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An Action Research
Introduction
mathematics. Despite the efforts to lead every learning in attaining mastery of learning,
it was found out in the recently concluded first quarterly examination for school year
2018-2019, that Grade 7 science students of Sto. Tomas National High School have
Out of 1398 Grade 7 students who took the exam at the same day and at the
same time frame, 879 or 62.92 percent of the students got Item No. 12 wrong. This
“12. When making a jell-o, you accidentally use twice as much jell-o powder as
the recipe calls for. You stir and stir, but you cannot get all of the jell-o to
The above question was included in the Division Unified Test in Secondary
Thus, this is also considered as the least-learned competency for the first quarter of
Moreover, in 2017, it was also reported that the same learning competency was
deemed the least-learned among Grade 7 students in another secondary school within
With this data, it is inevitable that further instructional efforts are required to
specifically, this action research will test the effectivity of the administered Strategic
7 Science students.
Research Questions
Research Design
This action research initiated by the researcher to test the effectivity of a crafted
Grade 7 students towards a least-learned competency, will utilize the Pre-Test Post-
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Sampling
The participants of this action research were purposefully chosen with the
objective of administering the intervention to students from the section with highest
percentage of frequency of error for Item No. 12. There are 49 students in the section
Research Instrument
learnt competency. The set of questions stipulated in the Pre-test and Post-test are
uniform.
The researcher observed the following steps in the conduct of this action
research project:
the competency which needs enhancement. The top mean error was
selected as basis for the design of intervention material. The data was
acquired from the frequency of errors recorded per section from the Division
7. Analysis. Data were then tabulated and analyzed using statistical concepts.
Data Analysis
Statistical treatment and tools will be considered, and the use of SPSS 20
software will be of great help in the analysis of the test responses from the participants.
In the light of quantitative data analysis, the following statistical tool will be used:
Paired (Dependent) t-test. This will be used to test the effectiveness of the
test if the means of two paired measurements, such as pretest/posttest scores, are
significantly different.
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This portion presents the results of this research and the answers of the
enhance their mastery of the least-learned learning competency includes a guide card
and set of activities crafted based on the properties of saturated and unsaturated
The mean of the pretest and posttest results of the 49 participants are
TABLE 1
Mean Score of the Pretest and Posttest Results of Participants
The mean score of 49 participants to the pretest is only 2.7755 over 10 item
test. Whereas, after the administration of the intervention material, the pretest mean
score was more than doubled in the posttest mean score of 7.4082 over 10 items test.
between the score attained by the participants in pretest and posttest, the results are
TABLE 2
Paired Differences and t-value
PAIRED DIFFERENCES
Sig (2
Mean Std. Std. Error 95% Confidence t df tailed)
Deviation Mean Interval of the
Difference
Lower Upper
Pair 1 -4.63265 1.76416 0.25202 -5.13938 -4.12593 -18.382 48 0.000
Pretest-Posttest
The pretest score and the posttest score presented in Table 1 has standard
deviation of 1.76426 as shown in Table 2. Using paired sample test of the scores, it
yielded a significant value (p-value) of 0.000, which is less than 0.05, therefore, it can
administering the strategic intervention material. That is, the strategic intervention
Recommendation
and accessible for all teachers and students. As a strategy in facilitating learners in
learners, hence the ultimate goal of Philippine education, “Education for All”.
Future researchers may pursue the same conceptual framework used in this
study, but emphasis will also be given to other factors that may have had effects on a
learner’s mastery of learning, such as age, nutritional status, and reading ability.
Prepared by:
Reviewed by:
REY A. MANGARIN
STNHS Research Coordinator
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Recommending Approval: