Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-assisted instruction: Its Implication to the Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) Performance of Grade 7 Students of Emilia Ambalada Poblete Natio

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Parents want to see their children do well in school and excel in all subjects. Seeing high grades in their children's report cards make them happy. On the other hand, they begin to worry once they get a glimpse of low grades in any of their subjects. Parents are told that Technology and Home Economics is a minor subject but the student cannot consider graduating if they failed to pass this. Technology and Livelihood Education teachers are having difficulty explaining to students the importance of TLE subject in their curriculum. Students tend not to pay attention during TLE which most find boring.

METHODS

This study made use of a Quasi-Experimental Design in order to determine the implication of the Information and Communication Technology Assisted Instruction in teaching TLE to grade 7 students. Using a simple random technique, one hundred forty (140) out of six hundred forty-four (644) Grade 7 students were chosen as participants. They formed two classes with seventy (70) students in each class, the control group was exposed to the traditional teaching approach, while the second group or experimental group was taught using the ICT-Assisted Instruction Approach.

RESULTS

After their exposure to the two different pedagogies, a post-test was conducted to determine their performance level in learning area which resulted that there was a significance difference in the level of performance between the experimental group and the control group with a t value of 2.76 and a p-value of 1.90 with degrees of freedom at 0.05 level of significance.

DISCUSSIONS

The hypothesis that states that there is no significant difference in the level of performance between the experimental and control group were rejected. Obviously, the implication of using ICT assisted instruction to improve the performance of grade 7 students is one of the effective tools during the teaching-learning process. Teachers should further enhance their capability in providing the right ICT teaching materials to improve and develop the knowledge and skills of every learner.