Instructional Techniques in Teaching Kindergarten in Selected Elementary Schools in the Division of Calamba City

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Kindergarten is the foundation of education; what they learn in this stage they will bring with them when they grow up. Teachers are the key to achieve the vision of the K-12 education program. The researcher decided to investigate the manifestation of teaching techniques of phonemic awareness, storytelling, and manipulatives on the performance of kindergarten pupils in the Division of Calamba City.

METHODS

The study focused on assessing the utilization of phonemic awareness, storytelling, and manipulatives and the performance of pupils using instructional techniques in teaching Kindergarten in selected public Elementary Schools in the Division of Calamba City. The descriptive analysis method was used with thirty-nine kindergarten teachers from the sampled fifteen public schools. The experimental analysis was used for the thirty pupils selected elementary schools in the Division of Calamba City. The instrument in getting the pupils' performance was their scores in pre-test and post-test.

RESULTS

Based on the general mean assessment, the Phonemic Awareness, Storytelling, and Manipulatives means were 3.36, 3.16 and 3.44, respectively. Meanwhile, the mean performance of the Kindergarten pupils in the pre-test on the Phonemic Awareness, Storytelling, and Manipulatives are 74.73, 87.73 and 76.60, respectively. In the post-test, they were 93.93, 93.43, and 96.20. The comparative analysis reveals a highly significant difference between the results of the pre-test and post-test assessments (t-value 62.79, 45.20,65.38; p-value .000) which implies that the use of instructional techniques has a significant effect on the pupils' performance.

DISCUSSIONS

The findings of the test revealed that students were at the beginning level of proficiency in Phonemic Awareness and Manipulatives. While in the proficient level on Storytelling in pre-test it turned to be in advance level in post-test which signifies that the pupils are properly guided, well taught, and well-trained using instructional techniques in teaching the kindergarten education. And the manifestations of instructional techniques are noteworthy for the advancement of learning among pupils.