Using Video as Supplementary instruction for Laboratory Activity in TLE 9 - Computer

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Understanding a task is important when it comes to Laboratory Activity or Follow-up Activity. It becomes a solid way of showing that the lesson is appreciated and is learned through performing the task. Performance can be a way to see if students really understood the lesson whether individually or as a group. This was considered a reason for the study entitled using video as Supplementary instruction for laboratory activity in TLE 9 -Computer.

METHODS

This is an Action Research and purposive sampling was used for student-respondents. Out of the Questionnaire, Observation and Interviews were used to ensure the result of the study. After the collection, tabulation and computation, the results were collected. The supplementary video for laboratory activity was accepted as a way to strengthen the lesson.

RESULTS

The distribution of the respondents was predominantly male. Most of the respondents were aged 15(79%), secondly aged 14 (16%) and lastly, aged 13(5%). This could mean that they were in their teens and some were considered as adolescent coming from the Latin word adolescentia which means adult person, who is growing up or has at least understanding at their age. Majority of the respondents owned a laptop/computer (66%) while others do not own a laptop/computer (44%). This could mean that the respondents who know how to operate computers can perform computer skills and use these knowledge to their advantage. The mean on age of student-respondents is 4.16 and owning a computer or laptop has the weighted mean of 0.781. The computation made in MS Excel on the correlation coefficient is -0.51, which interpreted its correlation as moderate downhill negative relationship, although there exists a strong curve relationship in this case since it is far away from 0.

DISCUSSIONS

Assessment of students in Nueva Ecija University of Science and technology on the supplementary video given prior to the laboratory activity was adequate and the relationship between the age of the respondents, owning a computer or laptop, the content, visual, teacher factor and student factor as away to strengthen the lesson learned as high negative correlation. A collection of all information for the purpose of creating an output or result, makes it a useful way to determine if the students are understanding the lesson and the outcome of the study creates more avenues for the researcher to improve laboratory activities and to help meet with the learning needs of the students.