The Effects of PROJECT SILT (Science instruction and Learning through Technology) in Grade V Pupils of Sta. Monica Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Instructional systems and educational technology have been gaining great attention by educators in order to enhance pupils' learning. The use of technology is a major instructional trend because technology maintains pupils' attention, increases their motivation, facilitates presentation of figures and graphs, and provides more active teaching environments. Furthermore, it goes with the latest trend to cater the need of today's generation or what we call millennial learners, technology help them to be more innovative and creative in presenting their outputs during the cooperative learning. In view of the foregoing research, the researcher was motivated to administer an action research on which approaches and strategies would best fit pupils' effective learning. This research is done to determine the effects of technology-based instruction on pupils in improving poor performance in Science of Grade Five pupils in Sta. Monica Elementary School.

METHODS

This study used a between-group experimental design since its main purpose is to determine the effectiveness of technology-based instruction. The pupils were group in two, first group was designated as control group and the second group was designated as the experimental group. The control group was exposed only to the traditional teacher-led instructional method, while the experimental group had both the teacher-led instructional method and accessibility to the new multimedia instructional material.

RESULTS

There is an improvement in the groupings of pupils both in the control and experimental group but significant improvement was shown for the pupils taught using technology-based instruction. The result was shown that there is an increase of 5 % in their performance level. Utilization of multimedia in teaching science is effective considering the higher scores of the experimental group compared to the control group.

DISCUSSIONS

The result of the study exhibited that utilization of Technology-based instruction has positive effect in teaching pupils in Science especially in heterogeneous classes because it improved their classroom performance. Teachers encouraged to be updated with latest trends on technology-based instruction for them to gain more knowledge and clear understanding of the approach. Continuous implementation of PROJECT SILT is recommended for further improvement of the performance level of the pupils in Science and Technology.