Students' Developmental Activities in Teaching Social Studies at Sta. Rita National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The implication of students' academic performance in social studies in high school level should not to be taken for granted because their academic deficiency would most likely be carried over to the tertiary level.

METHODS

The descriptive research design was used in the study with the questionnaire as the instrument to gather important data. The respondents of the study were 200 students of Sta. Rita National High School from grade seven to grade ten. The statistical tools used in data analysis were percentage, frequency, weighted mean and ranking.

RESULTS

The most common used group activity in teaching this social studies was group discussion with the weighted mean of 3.82 and interpreted as always used, wherein teachers often grouped the students for activity to make sure that all students were involved.

With regards with to factors that contribute to students' interest relative to topic, student's involvement, activities and teaching strategies used, respondents strongly agreed that using technology to motivate students to learn the topic will boost the interest of the students in teaching the subject. It obtained a weighted mean of 3.88 which ranked first. It appears that the students learned a lot using technology in teaching. Ability to connect topic to topic was highly observed and ranked first with the weighted mean of 3.58 in the ranked order distributions as regards to the respondents relative to student's involvement. Promoting leadership in the class ranked first in the rank order distribution with 3.67 as its weighted mean and verbally interpreted as highly observed relative to activities. Genuinely applicable in real-life situations ranked first in the rank order distribution and had a weighted mean of 3.65, perceived by the respondents as highly observed and performance-based strategy ranked first in the rank order distribution and has its weighted mean of 3.87 and verbally interpreted as highly observed by the respondents relative to teaching strategies used.

DISCUSSIONS

Sample plan of group activities in social studies classes from grade seven to grade ten students was proposed to address the problems revealed in this study. The proposed activities intended to enhance the use of group activities in teaching Social Studies focused on concept mapping for Asian history, peer teaching for world history, flow charting for economics and research-based activity for contemporary social issues in education.