The Level of Effectiveness of Strategies in Teaching Science 4 in the Division of Quezon: A Basis for the Lesson Exemplar Development

Abstract

Various teaching strategies are used in teaching different topics.For this to be done, there is a need for teachers not only to be aware of these strategies but also to learn how to use these strategies appropriately in the classroom. A teacher who is not cognizant of a variety of such approaches can neither attempt to use them in the first place nor use them appropriately. With this, the researcher conducted the study entitled, “The Level of Effectiveness of Strategies in Teaching Science 4 in the Division of Quezon: Basis for Lesson Exemplar Development”, which aims toanalyze and prescribed effective teaching strategies to recommend an output that will enhance the teacher’s performance in teaching of science. This study utilized a mixed-method design of research also known as a qualitative –quantitative or hybrid research design (Tashakkori & Teddlie, 2008, Terrell, 2012) to describe the usability and acceptability of the material and to find out the level of effectiveness of the Science teaching strategies in Grade 4. This method gave the researcher a holistic view ofthe study with balance bottom-up and top-down data. This research study determined the level of effectiveness, the challenges met in using each, and the level of acceptability and usability of the ten commonly used teaching strategies in Science 4. Thispaper utilized a descriptive research method, wherein the data needed were gathered using a survey questionnaire. There were 206 grade 4 Science teachers who served as respondents and were chosen using availability sampling. The researcher found out that the ten most used teaching strategies in Science 4 were as follows: cooperative learning, demonstration, multimedia teaching, hands-on learning, PowerPoint-based learning, experiential learning, KWL chart, discovery learning, storytelling, and Socratic Method. All the ten teaching strategies were highly effective and got moderately agree on the challenges met. The developed lesson exemplars were highly acceptable in terms of contents, clarity, and originality. The ten teachings strategies are highly effective. On the problems/challenges met in education using the ten teaching strategies enumerated in number 1, the respondents generally agree on the indicators presented. The lesson exemplar was made from a modified DLL/DLP format incorporating the Four A’s approach. The developed lesson exemplar is highly acceptable in the three evaluation components