Project Climate: Enhancing Least Mastered Skills in Araling Panlipunan 7 through Cooperative Learning Instructional Materials

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The study was carried out to explore the effect of cooperative learning instructional materials on academic achievement in enhancing the least mastered skills in Araling Panlipunan 7. In the local context, it was a unique experiment, as the chosen subject has been taught through a lecture or book method.

This research focuses on improving the Least Mastered Skills in Araling Panlipunan 7 during the second quarter period. Based on the result given during the second quarter school year 2018-2019 by the Division of Cavite South Cluster the Least Mastered Skills is PAGHAHAMBING SA KABIHASNAN SA ASYA.

METHODS

The research consists of two groups: treatment group (30 students) and control group (30 students) from grade 7 students of GEANHS-BAILEN, which was selected through a purposive sampling technique. A quasi-experimental design was used with cooperative learning as an instructional model and a traditional method as a control group. To measure the academic achievement of the two groups, students were given pre-test and post-test.

RESULTS

The mean scores of the experimental groups on post-test and pre-test shows a big positive difference in the level of their academic achievement. The two-tailed P value equals 0.0001 by conventional criteria; this difference is extremely statistically significant. The results indicate that Project CLIMATE, when used as an instructional strategy, has a positive effect on students' academic achievement.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of the study have proved its effectiveness in increasing the academic achievement of the Least Mastered Skills in Araling Panlipunan 7. Future research should focus on creating more cooperative learning instructional materials that can be used by diverse learners. Cooperative learning instructional Materials should be given more often to all grade levels to take full advantage of the ability of the students, and for the teacher to categorize student who needs an extra intervention.