Improving the Performance Level of Students by Aligning Activities to Their Learning Styles
Keywords:
learning styles, performance level, visual, auditory, kinestheticAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Several studies point to different learning styles such as visual, auditory and kinesthetic. In the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) Domain 6, teachers have to address the diversity of learners by providing differentiated instruction that would cater to the needs of learners. In this study, the researcher seeks to solve the problem on low performance level of Grade 8 students in Lian National High School by means of aligning activities to their learning style.
METHODS
The proponent used the quasi-experimental design wherein two groups have been identified. The control group is composed of 33 students grouped randomly while the experimental group is composed of 41 students grouped according to their learning styles. The VAK Questionnaire by V Chislett MSc & A Chapman (2005) retrieved from www.businessballs.com was used to identify learning preferences. Weighted mean, percentage, and t-test were used in this research.
RESULTS
The results revealed that in the pre-assessment, the control group yielded a weighted mean of 88.60 while the experimental group yielded a weighted mean of 82.53. There is a reported significant difference between the performance level of the two groups with a t value of 2.64 as compared to the critical value of 2.04 at 0.05 level of significance. In the post-assessment, the control group yielded a weighted mean of 93.73 while the experimental group yielded a weighted mean of 90.07. It yielded a significant difference between the performance level of the experimental group in the pre and post assessment with a t value of 3.37 as compared to the critical value of 2.04 at 0.01 level of significance.
DISCUSSIONS
The results showed the effectiveness of the strategy in improving the performance level of students clearly evident by the significant increase of the performance level of students in the experimental group before and after the application of the intervention.
