Effects of Intervention Program on Reading Comprehension Skills of Grade Six Pupils in Muzon Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The researcher, as an elementary classroom teacher observed that many pupils have poor comprehension skills.

Furthermore, it has been observed that many pupils have not yet mastered the basic reading skills specifically word recognition and reading comprehension skills which is very important for them to be able to comprehend what they read.

With this, the researcher is interested to determine the reading comprehension skills of the grade six pupils to have a basis in providing remediation program.

METHODS

Specifically, the documentary analysis was used since the results in the pretest and posttest of the Phil-IRI for the School Year 2016-2017 was used to determine the reading comprehension skills of grade VI pupils.A descriptive research design was used in the study.

RESULTS

Reading comprehension skills of the grade six pupils in the pretest and posttest differ significantly after the implementation of the intervention program.

DISCUSSIONS

Reading comprehension skills of the grade six pupils improved in the post-test as a result of the implementation of the intervention program.Pretest and post-test of the grade six pupils in reading differ significantly after the implementation of the intervention program.