Effectiveness of Multimedia Presentation in Teaching Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao 10 in Tanay National High School SY 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One of the learning areas which aim to develop an individual's full potential is Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao. However, it is deemed difficult to teach the subject as students usually get bored when concepts are taught in the traditional way of teaching such as using visual aids and reading the lesson, as evident in the gradual decline of 5.86% from 66.77% (SY 2016-2017) to 60.91 (SY 2017-2018) mean percentage score during the second grading period. This is the particular reason by which this study tackled about the utilization of multimedia presentation in EsP 10 which covered an in-depth account of using authentic and simplified task and worthwhile activities to be used for the improvement of learning outcome, thus making it alive and also enjoyable not only for the students but also the teacher as well.

METHODS

The study is experimental in nature. The instrument used is a multimedia presentation of the lesson in EsP 10. This was a teacher made PowerPoint presentation from the lesson in Modyul 7 and 8 and 40 items pretest and posttest made by the researcher. The subjects of the study were the 24 grade 10 learners enrolled in section Copernicus and Dalton. Those learners were classified according to their average grade ranging from 75 and above.

RESULTS

Though the performances of the control and experimental group have both improved according to the pretest and posttest results, it is evident that the performance of the experimental group has improved compared to the group who were not exposed to the multimedia presentation in the different lessons in Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao 10 based on the results of their posttest. The performance of the experimental group in Modyul 7 and Modyul 8 in EsP 10 is significantly different from the control group. It was therefore found out that the learners who were taught using the multimedia presentation in EsP 10 performed better than the students who didn't with respect to different lessons as revealed by their posttest results and the utilization of multimedia presentation is an effective teaching material.

DISCUSSIONS

The effectiveness of the multimedia presentation in Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao 10 is recommended to facilitate the teaching-learning process. It is also suggested to implement the use of the multimedia presentation in EsP, encourage teachers to produce instructional materials to develop the critical thinking skills of the learners and conduct a follow-up study for further development and enrichment of the lesson using other variables.