Supplementary Activity Sheets for Grade-11 ABM Students in SHS in Lian

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Senior High School (SHS) in Lian always do the best in delivering quality education to the native students of the municipality of Lian and its nearby places. One of the program being offered by the school is the ABM strand. Based on the academic performance of the ABM students, there are some problems encountered in taking accounting subject that needs to be solved immediately. Aside from the basic mathematical operations, accounting subjects needs the use of analytical and logical thinking that makes the subject difficult. With this action research, the researcher wants to determine the causes of low academic achievement in accounting subject of Grade 11-ABM students along with proposing an action plan and strategies to address the problem in academic achievement of the student in accounting

METHODS

The subject of the study was the Grade-11 ABM students whereas the researcher was their adviser. The questionnaire was the main tool or instrument used in data gathering data and information needed in the study. The result of the retrieved instrument was tallied and tabulated accordance with the frequency counts for thegiven options. The data were analyzed and interpreted, the instrument went through the validation of the expert in the field of action research writing

RESULTS

The study reveals that the understanding and interpretation of the problem by the students and none prescribed learning materials for the subject are the factors that affect the academic performance of the students. In teacher competence, it is evident that the teacher has academic and technical competency as needed in the subject. The most prevalent among the causes of unsatisfactory academic performance is the learning materials availability. With the help of supplementary activity sheets, students had a better understanding for the subject and able to practice their analytical and logical thinking skills

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the result of the research conducted, the researcher finds out that availability of learners' material is the most prevalent cause of unsatisfactory performance of students. Students were able to practice their analytical and logical thinking with the help of activity sheets. Also, to cope up this problem, the school management should be aware in the present difficulties being encountered by the learners in accounting subject. Teacher concerned should also find more ways to produce learning materials that could be useful and relevant to the topics that was aligned to the curriculum guide of the subject