Parental Involvement in Reading Intervention: A Reading Program for the Improvement of Grade Four Learners at Risk

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The proponents of this reading intervention program strongly agree that school and community partnership should be enhanced for the improvement of quality education. The objectives of this Reading Intervention program are: 1.) Capacitate the parents towards shared responsibility. 2.) Strengthen the linkages between school and community. 3.) Involve the stakeholders toward the realization of DepEd's Vision, Mission, and Goal of creating 21st Century Learners.

METHODS

The researchers used the total enumeration sampling and experimental research design. In this design, the researchers experiment on Grade four pupils that were on frustration level during the administration of PHIL-IRI. The respondents were sub-divided into 3 levels, namely: level 1 VC/ CV reader; level 2 CVC reader; and level 3 blending reader. The experimental group was exposed to Parental Involvement in Reading Intervention.

RESULTS

To assess the level of performance in reading of Grade four pupils exposed and unexposed to Parental Involvement in Reading Intervention, the mean and standard deviation were used. The data analysis of pre-test and the post-test revealed that the experimental group had improved after they had been exposed to the reading program. A 4.18 difference was noted, from 2.12 mean score during the pre-test, it became 6.30 during post-test.it was revealed that from the 1.62 mean score during pre-test and 5.70 during post-test a 4.08 difference was noted. The results reveal that the experimental group gained higher mean scores than the controlled group, which implies that there is an increase in the level of performance of the respondents. On the other hand, the post-test results for Level 3 revealed that the reading skills of Grade four pupils reached High since the weighted mean is 5.42 from 2.48 as the pre-test result. A 2.94 improvement was recorded. Results of the Action Research shall be used for school improvement purposes and for academic advancement of the school.

DISCUSSIONS

The present study built strong community partnerships and developed better parent-teacher rapport. Hence, it will provide evidence to the school as to how the school could improve their parental involvement activities.