Performance of Grade 3 Learners in English: Basis for a Proposed Instructional Materials

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading skills is one of the most important requisites of literacy. The primary purpose of this research was to assess the performance of Grade 3 learners in English of the selected public elementary school in the City of Tagaytay for the SY 2017-2018. The study focused on the assessment of the acceptability of the instructional materials in teaching reading. Phil-IRI results were used to analyze the reading level of the pupils. A pretest and a post-test were given to the selected grade 3 pupils.

METHODS

A descriptive research design was used in the study. It was used to gather information about the present existing condition. The researcher gathered the data and determined the acceptability of the instructional materials in the reading. Using an adopted and validated the questionnaire, it provided valuable data on how acceptable the developed instructional materials. The researcher conducted a survey using the questionnaire in gathering the respondents' perception of the instructional materials used in assessing the performance of the students. The data gathered from the respondents were treated statistically using percentage, weighted mean and t-test.

RESULTS

The respondents assessed the instructional materials as acceptable. The results indicate that the objectives of the instructional materials were specific, measurable, attainable, and time-bounded. The materials measure and assess what is being outlined in the objectives. The results indicate that in terms of usefulness, the materials were considered useful since it is aligned to the K to 12 basic competencies in reading.

DISCUSSIONS

The instructional materials can be potential support in enhancing teaching and learning reading. It can also aid in the improvement of the reading skills of the Grade 3 pupils. There are still a considerable number of frustrated readers. Also, the number of independent readers had a minimal increase to which an intervention or remediation activities are deemed necessary to address these issues. The instructional material was developed to provide some support in teaching and learning aimed at improving the reading skills of the pupils. The developed instructional materials were rated as acceptable considering all the criteria used to assess the materials. There was an improvement in the performance of the pupils after the utilization of the developed multimedia instructional materials. The level of performance of the pupils in the post-test differs significantly as compared to the pretest.