Intervention Technique to Improve Study Habits of Grade VI pupils in Gulod Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This action research aims to determine the profile of the pupils in terms of age, gender, and monthly income of the family; identify if there is a significant difference in the response of pupils with regard to Pupils Attitudes toward Study Habits, Teachers as Facilitator of Learning, Parents Cooperation and Assistance to Pupils, My Peers and School Environment; identify the factors affecting the study habits of Grade Six pupils of Gulod Elementary School; and propose intervention techniques that could be made to improve the study habits of Grade Six pupils.

METHODS

Descriptive research is used to obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomena and to describe "what exists" with respect to variables or conditions in a situation.

RESULTS

Most of the parents of Gulod Elementary School were low-middle class earner with an average income of eleven thousand and below. Teachers were facilitators of learning and medium of direct instruction, although the teacher possesses excellent skills that could help improve pupils learning, it is still evident that pupils tend to dislike school because of fear towards teachers. 93% of learners do not enjoy school with strict and terror teachers.It is also observable that most pupils' show a positive attitude towards school especially when supported by their parents but pupils who were neglected by their parents tends to show a negative attitude towards school. It says that parent's involvement at school contributes to the positive academic outlook of the pupils. It was shown that most of the pupils were positive about having a child-friendly environment. It was also shown that they do not like being bullied at school. It was presented in the result that most of the respondents were positive towards peers and school environment.

DISCUSSIONS

The participants will be randomly selected among Grade 6 pupils of Gulod Elementary School. The researcher will randomly select 15 pupils from the population with different academic standing. The closed-ended questionnaire will be utilized to solicit two-way responses. Those are the recall type and that of multiple response types. The questionnaire was divided into two parts. The first part gathers information about the profile of the pupils like name, which is optional; age as well as general and family's monthly income. The second part determines the factors affecting the study habit of children.