Enhancing the Performance of Grade 9 Students of Malapad na Parang National High School in Araling Panlipunan Using Information and Communication Technology

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Araling Panlipunan curriculum in Junior High School is focused on developing skills and values inherent in the disciplines of history, economics, and current trends. Some people considered it as a boring subject because other says it is focused only in reading and writing activities where students acquired learning. Students seemed not to be interested in enhancing their study habits towards the subject which results in low academic performance. Information and Communication Technology is one of the teaching and learning aids that can be used and utilized by the teachers to enhance the academic performance of the students. In this study, the researcher used a variety of ICT materials to enhance the academic performance of Grade 9students in learning Araling Panlipunan.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was used in the study. The Grade 9 students of Malapad na Parang National High School were the respondents of the study. The researcher formulated a pretest composed of 20-item multiple choice to assess the students’ performance and a posttest to assess the possible improvement and determine the significant difference of pretest and posttest in the performance of students.

RESULTS

Grade 9 students enjoyed doing their activity using Information and Communication Technology. There was a change in their learning style and behavior in acquiring knowledge in this subject. The students were given a chance to operate and use multimedia in presenting their output. Based on the results, there is a significant relationship between the performance of students in pretest and posttest results in learning Araling Panlipunan using ICT.

DISCUSSIONS

The results showed that the Information and Communication Technology had a great impact in enhancing the teaching and learning process both for teacher and students. The students learned more if the teacher used a variety of ICT teaching materials and engaged them in different activities in learning Araling Panlipunan. Also, this means that the teacher is efficient and effective in enhancing the level of performance of the students in learning towards the subject.