Use of Carousel Exercise in Grade 10 Students of Dacanlao G. Agoncillo National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The main responsibility of the teacher is to be able to help her students learn the lesson and to motivate the students to think on their own and generate ideas that are related to the topic being discussed. But these are not easy to accomplish especially for Grade 10 students. These challenges can be solved by Carousel Exercise. It is an intense experience that is strongly focused on a single topic for a limited period of time. It provides a very different and stimulating student interaction of time. The technique has a great potential as a closure activity and is also a good assessment tool as it assists in evaluating the students' understanding and knowledge about the topic.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was applied using Teacher-made test to determine the performance of the students. There were 40 students, 25 boys, and 15 girls between 15 to 20 years of age, who were the respondents of the study. They composed one section, thus, no sampling was used in the study. Frequency percentage and ranking were the statistical approach used in the study. The methods used were designed to provide summaries of data that support the hypotheses under study. The researcher used the result of examination of students for this study. The examination was administered after each lesson after carousel excise were applied.

RESULTS

From the results the following conclusions were drawn: first, carousel exercise allowed students to have alive and extraordinary opportunity in the classroom, then lessons about short story, poem, and essay were taught using carousel exercise and the students had high performance in each lesson about short story, poem, and essay.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the findings and conclusions of the study the following recommendations are offered: 1) use the carousel exercise in brainstorming activities to boost the interest and understanding of the students, 2) explore additional techniques or methods in brainstorming activities to give the teachers additional options, 3) conduct a similar study using experimental method to test the reliability and validity of the study.