Enhancement of Learning Capabilities in Discipline and Ideas in Applied Social Science Subject by Grade 12 HUMSS Student at Bestlink College of the Philippines

Vol.3, No.1D

Abstract

Mastering the DIASS Subject requires critical thinking in any circumstance that involves applied social science. You must be familiar with some of the most astounding history achieved by well-known people and prior information on the political structure and processes of several countries, particularly our government system. Learning the dimensions of community and the connections of individuals within society is important to categorize who they are, what they do, and where they are moving in the future. Some parts of DIASS include frequently used terminology and lessons that contain broad phrases based on the content, which confuses some students to comprehend the issue, resulting in difficulty for them to master the major subject and inability to apply it in the future. 

To prove the assumption that there are challenges encountered in studying DIASS and there are challenges that affect the learning capabilities of the students. An online survey was distributed to the 50 Grade 12 HUMSS students as respondents of the study, and they were chosen using stratified random sampling as the sampling technique. The results showed the age group around 18 - 19 got the highest frequency of 35, followed by the age group 16 - 17 with a frequency of 13, while the 20 and above got a frequency of 2 and the 15 and below got 0 frequency. Regarding gender, the female got a frequency of 32, and the male got a frequency of 18. The results also showed that too many unfamiliar words are the challenges that are always encountered by the students, with a weighted mean of 3.69, and the challenges that are sometimes encountered are low literacy skills, with a 2.64 weighted mean. For the challenges that affect the learning capabilities in terms of written works, Broad content makes the activity difficult to understand got the first rank with a weighted mean of 3.80 and the lowest rank is not having enough knowledge to finish the activity with the weighted mean of 2.48 and for the performance task and assessment, Using a traditional way of teaching affects the students’ Performance and obtaining low scores due to unfamiliar words got the highest rank with the weighted mean of 3.80 and 3.68.