Effectiveness of Strategic Intervention Materials in Developing Pupils' Competencies in Science 5

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The result of the pre-test in Science 5 as of S.Y. 2015-2016 of Sto. Toribio Elementary School in North District showed that it achieved only 65% mastery which is 10% lower than target rating of at least 75%.

The findings was way behind the expectation of Corpuz [2010] who was asserted that one of the long range goals of science teaching is to develop the competence of pupils in acquiring valuable knowledge and information. To aid this problem, Strategic Intervention Materials for Science 5were made. Interventions according to Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning [2010] must have developed all aspects of learning in a learner and thus a child must have achieved the mastery level expected.In this study, the researcher seeks to find out the effectiveness of Strategic Intervention Materials in developing pupils' competencies in Science 5.

METHODS

The study used the experimental group pretest-post-test design for the respondents. The data as regards to effectiveness of strategic intervention materialsin developing pupils’ competencies in Science 5 in Sto Toribio Elementary School were derived through the analysis of the results of pretest and post-test. The researcher created strategic intervention materials where pupils are advised to answer, but experimental group only used SIM for one month. SIM explore the performance of the pupils. Same materials were administered in the pretest and post-test.

RESULTS

For the pre-test, the controlled group belongs to below average performance bracket. For the experimental group, they also fall on below the average performance bracket in drawing conclusions. In terms of the post test results, it was also observed that there were improvements on the performances of the two groups during the post-test. The recorded increase performance in the post-test of the pupils was noticed in experimental group rather than the controlled group. This meant SIM helped in developing and raising pupil’s performance.

DISCUSSIONS

Since it could infer from the result that the utilization of SIM increased the performance of the pupils in Grade V in Science, School heads may directly monitor and keep teachers informed of the different intervention materials in strengthening of SIM through evaluate periodically the teacher performance of instructional function in relation to the pupil achievement in Science. Teachers may practice the best methods of teaching they learned through more training, reading materials and application of ICT and new trends in education.