TITLE: Effect of Teacher-Made Advance Exercises as Intervention

to Disruptive Behaviour of Pupils in Science and Health 4

Researcher:

Roy V. Rebolado

Graceville Elementary School

Chapter 1 : THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
RATIONALE
This Action Research was undertaken to describe the impact of teachermade advance exercises as intervention on disruptive behaviour of pupils in
Science and Health 4. The subjects of this study were Grade Four E pupils who
were constantly disrupting the class during Science period taken from the list
made by the teacher through visual observation.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
For the last two grading periods handling a cream class, a lot of repeated
disruptive behaviours such as incessant talking or getting out of their seats to
name a few, which were very taxing to the teacher, were observed. These
disruptive behaviours were mostly due to boredom especially to those pupils who
got to finish their seatwork fast. This called for a classroom management skill.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The researcher believes that the present study is beneficial to the:
Grade Four Emerald pupils with disruptive behaviour since such
intervention did not only transform their unacceptable behaviour into an
acceptable one, but improve their performance in Science and Health 4 as well.
Teachers, stress from reprimanding their pupils was not only minimized,
but an increase in their pupils performance in less interesting topics in Science
was also seen.
School, the salient findings of this study will be beneficial to the school as
other teachers handling cream classes and as well relative to Science and
Technology Fair contests. This research will also of help in increasing school
performance in Science.
Community, the school performance is important to the community, if this
action research succeed to its goal of increasing school performance in Science it
will not only be the success of the school but the community as well.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Disruptive Pupils

These pupils are observed to be displaying unacceptable

behaviors like incessant talking or getting out of their seats.

Teacher-Made

These exercises are prepared by the teacher based on the

Advance Exercises

third quarter Science lessons but with a higher degree of

difficulty.
Chapter 2 : METHODS AND PROCEDURE
RESEARCH DESIGN
After a thorough research, a Non-Equivalent Groups Design (NEGD) of a
Quasi-Experimental Design is most fit for a pretest-posttest randomized
experiment because the groups used in this study were not equivalent. It used a
pretest and posttest for a treated and comparison group. The rationale behind
the use of this method lies on the intention of the researcher not just to describe
the influence of intervention to disruptive pupils, but also to determine the same
when grouped according to specified variables.
PARTICIPANTS
In this study, the group was composed of eight (8) pupils with
disruptive behavior will take a pre-test before the implementation of TeacherMade Advance Exercises, and post-test after the implementation.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
The teacher-made Pretest-Posttest which consist a 20-item test was used as
research instrument for this study. A table of frequency was prepared for a visual
evaluation of disruptive behavior of pupils in class.
DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE
The researcher first sought the approval of the school principal and the
district in-charge for the action research proposal. The proposal was then
forwarded to the Schools Division Superintendent of San Jose Del Monte City for
approval, with the teacher-made instrument and intervention attached. After the
approval of the Schools Division Superintendent, the researcher then used the
same to the respondents in class.
STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

The analysis and interpretation of the gathered data were facilitated

through the use of the following measures:
1. Frequency and percentage was used in determining the extent of disruptive
behavior in class with the Chi-Square as statistical tool.
2. The mean was used to measure the increase of Pretest and Posttest
Performance for the group of pupils with disruptive behavior in Science and
Health 4