Improving the Science Mastery Level of Grade Three Pupils through the Sci-Learning Brochure

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Science is one of the basic subjects in elementary education that every learner should understand and master. There are various concepts and process skills in Science, greatly help the pupils to understand the happenings of the world around them. In elementary education, pupils first start to take Science as part of their subject during their third-grade level. The researcher of this study is in her seventh year of teaching Science in grade three. Over those years, she noticed and observed that Science is one of the subjects that frequently got a low mean percentage score. Thus, the researcher in this action research study used self-made Sci-learning brochure to test the significant difference of mean percentage score in the pre-test and post-test result before and after using the instructional material.

METHODS

The Quasi-experimental method of research was employed in determining the significant difference of Grade III learners' mastery and was treated statistically using a descriptive-comparative method of research. The respondents of this study were the twenty-six (26) grade three pupils of Buenavista West ES, School Year 2018-2019, who were also the researcher advisee class. A teacher-made test that was validated by the school principal and master teacher was used to gather the needed data. Statistical treatment that employed in determining the significant difference of mean during the pre-test and post-test results was a T-test with a 0.5 level of significance.

RESULTS

The mean percentage results during the pre-test were 36.06% which is below the national passing rate standard of 75%. However, after employing the use of a Sci-learning brochure as instructional materials it became 77.02% during the post-test results. It also revealed that the null hypothesis was rejected that stated "there is no significant difference in the mastery level of grade III pupils before and after using sense organ Sci-learning brochure as the findings revealed that T-value is -24.493 which is higher than the critical T-value of -1.645.

DISCUSSIONS

The results showed that the use of a Sci-learning brochure as an instructional material in teaching Science specifically in the topic about sense organs is effective. This was evident in the post-test results as well as in rejecting the null hypothesis. Thus, using a Sci-learning brochure has a significant difference in improving learner's mastery level. It can also be deduced that using the brochure as an instructional material is effective.