Teaching Method: Its Effects to the Academic Performance of Selected Grade 12 General Academic Strand Students

Abstract

Teaching Method comprises the principles and methods used by teachers to enable student learning. Poor Academic performance is the result of the ineffective use of teaching methods. The teaching methods should fit the characteristics of the students to get their interest to learn. The researchers conducted this study to determine the effects of teaching methods on the academic performance of students and to seek recommendations to address the problem. This research uses Descriptive Design in such a way that the Survey Questionnaire was administered to Fifty (50) Grade 12 General Academic Strand students that were chosen randomly. The Survey Questionnaire was constructed to determine how Lecture Method, Demonstration Method, Inquiry-Based Method affect the Academic Performance of the students. Moreover, the Theory of Benjamin Bloom or Bloom's Taxonomy emphasized the focus on stimulus-response when teaching. Utilizing this theory, the student can be taught as a blank slate. Then as you teach a concept or fact, students respond in a certain way. The data collected were analyzed qualitatively. Many respondents in this study agreed that the teaching method has effects on the academic performance of the students. The students responded that the lack of participation between the teacher and the students was one of the most common factors that affected them in the Lecture Method. In the Demonstration Method, respondents stressed that no time was wasted because students witnessed the live presentation and understood the theoretical knowledge. Lastly, in Inquiry-Based Method, students pointed out that it built up the learners' confidence through answering questions. The results ask for recommendations to address the problems in the teaching methods used by the teacher. The researchers concluded that there were recommendations to improve the teaching methods that affected the academic performance of the students. These include: teachers should get the attention of their students; teachers should provide visual aids and enrichment materials to help the students understand the lesson better; and they should identify what teaching method was effective in teaching a particular set of students.