Extent of Use and Perceived Effectiveness of Differentiated Instruction in Teaching Araling Panlipunan 9 in Selected Secondary Schools in Rosario District, Division of Batangas

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The study aims to determine the extent of use and perceived effectiveness of Differentiated Instruction in teaching Araling Panlipunan 9 in selected secondary schools in Rosario District, Division of Batangas. The researcher has observed that only few teachers utilize Differentiated Instruction as a teaching strategy to facilitate the teaching and learning process. At present, making the students learn the different topics in Araling Panlipunan has always been a big challenge to teachers which convinced the researcher to make Differentiated Instruction as a subject of study with the intention to find how effective it is as a strategy in teaching.

METHODS

The study utilized the descriptive method of research. Simple Percentage was used to describe the demographic profile of the respondents according to someselected variables such as age, gender, and years in service. Weighted Mean was used to determine the typicality of responses. Other statistical tools used were Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, Spearman Brown Formula, and t-test.

RESULTS

Based on the results, the respondents are of legal working age, majority of whom are female with considerable length of teaching experience and years of service. The teachers regularly utilize differentiated instruction in the teaching of Araling Panlipunan9 with much focus on content, process, product, and learning environment. The teachers' utilization of differentiated instruction contributes a lot in the students' development of skills and competencies in the three domains which include cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. When grouped by varied items on the respondents' profile variables that include age, gender, and years in service, the comparisons by groups in terms of the extent of utilization of differentiated instruction in the teaching of Araling Panlipunan 9 tend to arrive more at similarities and common points of view but the occurrence of differences and variations remains inevitable.

DISCUSSIONS

Generally, there is a strong association between the extent of utilization of differentiated instruction in the teaching of Araling Panlipunan 9 and its effects on the students' development of skills and competencies in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. The findings of the study imply that a continuous and consistent utilization of differentiated instruction in the teaching of Araling Panlipunan 9 will certainly be of great value and contribution to the students' development of varied skills and competencies.