Improving the Performance Level of Grade 9 Students in Science through the Buddy System and Rewards System Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Some of the Grade 9 students in Maglambing Integrated School were experiencing low performance level in Science, thus, an intervention should be conducted to prevent these students from failing the subject. Based on observation, learners get higher scores with the help of their classmates. Hence, the program was used as an intervention in improving the performance level of the students in Science subject.

METHODS

In choosing the recipients of the program, the researcher used a purposive sampling method wherein students belonging to a Fairly Satisfactory level for the first quarter were picked. In this research, different methods were employed in gathering the data. The first method was through the use of the students' performance rating for the first quarter to determine the performance level of the identified Grade 9 students. Second method was through a comparative analysis of the performance level of the students before and after the implementation of the program to determine the effectiveness of the intervention program in minimizing the problem on the performance level of the students. The third method was through the use of analysis of variance (ANOVA) in testing the null hypothesis of the study.

RESULTS

The results show that there is an improvement in the performance level of Grade 9 students in Science. Based on the data, eighteen (18) of the identified students belong to a Fairly Satisfactory performance level having an average performance rating of 76%. However, this performance level was improved to Satisfactory level having an average performance rating of 80% after the conduct of the intervention.

DISCUSSIONS

The research results also indicate that the adoption of Buddy system with the integration of rewards system is effective as it helps in improving the performance of the students in Science subject.