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ROMEO CHUA
Master Teacher I
An Action Research
Presented to the
Araling Panlipunan Department
Las Piñas North National High School
Las Piñas City
October 3, 2016
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
I. Background of the Study
The Las Piñas North National High School student population as there is
exceptionally heterogeneous and there are broad differences in the intelligence, abilities,
aptitudes, interests and goals of students. Some students seek the simple; others the
complex; some pursue the concrete; others the abstract; some are interested in the
School is focused on developing skills and values inherent in the disciplines of history
and economics. Through the study of history the students will be better able to understand
their own society as well as others. By understanding the relationship of past and present,
students will be equipped to deal with problems that might in the future.
Panlipunan still a problem. This scenario has found that academic achievement of a
study habits, teaching method, environment and technology. This is the main reason
behind the Project is to improve the level of mastery through the use of technology and
the use of available teaching methods and materials. The project implementer have tried
to benefit from what the commercial advertisers already seem to know by incorporating
an active, creative, visual and spatial learning activity in their hierarchical relationship. It
provides the opportunity to organize, analyse, evaluate, summarize and own ideas.
ROME MAPPING technique can be used to improve students’ learning achievements and
interests in social studies specifically through the use of graphic organizer, Venn diagram,
organization chart or a flow diagram. The most useful form of a concept map for teaching
and learning is one arranged in a hierarchical organization which the more general and
more inclusive concepts at the top of the map and the more concrete and specific ones
at the bottom. There are three basic features used in creating concept maps: (1) a list of
concepts, (2) lines that represent the relational links between these concepts, and (3)
The procedure of concept mapping starts with the generation of a list of concepts
through brainstorming. Connecting lines are drawn between these concepts to indicate
the flow of inter-relationships. Labels along the connecting lines further explain the inter-
relationships between concepts which may result in a knowledge structure. These maps
The extensive use of concept maps in class rooms and related learning and
knowledge sharing contexts has shown that numerous benefits can be achieved by
applying visual mapping techniques that foster the graphic re-construction of Knowledge3.
According to Asan10, Concept mapping is a method to visualize the structure of
knowledge. Since the knowledge expressed in the maps is mostly semantic, concept
maps are sometimes called semantic networks. According to Nelson11, Concept Mapping
processing of data over time. Well prepared concept maps facilitate both teaching and
learning processes. These maps facilitate teaching because teachers can use them to
Moreover, during the concept mapping process, teachers will have the opportunity
to identify and reduce ambiguities, enabling them to deliver clearer and more coherent
explanations to students. For the students, concept mapping gives new meaning to
words in the same way that a sentence diagram represents the grammar of a sentence,
a road map represents the locations of highways and towns, and a circuit diagram
represents the workings of an electrical appliance. In a concept map, each word or phrase
is connected to another and linked back to the original idea, word or phrase. Concept
maps are a way to develop logical thinking and study skills by revealing connections and
creative, visual and spatial learning activity in their hierarchical relationship. It provides
achievements and int erests in social studies. It is a better technique that significantly
approach. It reflects teaching- learning, student’s knowledge and facilitates their sense-
making and Improves their meaningful learning. It improves student’s higher order
thinking skills in social studies. Student’s achievements better in terms of subject matter
content mastery when taught with psychological strategies using concept mapping. This
of the students. Concept mapping gives also real-time feedback to the students as well
as the teachers.
Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer is a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between
facts, terms, and or ideas within a learning task. Graphic organizers are also sometimes
referred to as knowledge maps, concept maps, story maps, cognitive organizers, advance
Graphic organizers come in many different forms, each one best suited to organizing a
particular type of information. A Descriptive or Thematic Map works well for mapping
elements, is made easier by constructing a Network Tree. When the information relating
to a main idea or theme does not fit into a hierarchy, a Spider Map can help with
organization. When information contains cause and effect problems and solutions, a
Problem and Solution Map can be useful for organizing. A Problem-Solution Outline helps
benefit learners who have difficulty organizing information (Fisher & Schumaker, 1995).
Graphic organizers are meant to help students clearly visualize how ideas are organized
Graphic organizers are important and effective pedagogical tools for organizing
content and ideas and facilitating learners’ comprehension of newly acquired information.
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences posits that students are better able to learn and
instructional strategy. Since graphic organizers present material through the visual and
spatial modalities (and reinforce what is taught in the classroom), the use of graphic
strategies and learning tools that students can be more successful learners. Numerous
studies have found graphic organizers to be effective for teaching and learning, and many
support the effectiveness of graphic organizers for gifted children and students with
special needs. Textbook publishers have taken note of the research that supports the
importance of graphic organizers for teaching and learning, and regularly feature them in
textbooks.
Conceptual Cluster
information or learning content with the help of pre-defined categories. The categories
Ishikawa’s 5M diagram,7 or Kaplan and Norton’s strategy map.9 All of these conceptual
diagrams structure information visually with the help of pre-defined (often theory-derived)
graphic ‘containers’.
classification developed mainly during the 1980s. It is distinguished from ordinary data
clustering by generating a concept description for each generated class. Most conceptual
to formal concept analysis, decision tree learning, and mixture model learning.
background knowledge latent attributes for exemplars and appropriate concepts to ready
exemplars are easier to interpret than others. Fisher (1985) proposes such a view, and
states that the two phases (called the aggregation and characterization problems,
Data Retrieval
Instructional decision making in the social studies has been based on a limited
knowledge base, and as a result, computer use among students in social studies
education has often relied on basic applications of technology as a tool for word
processing or accessing factual information. Yet, there is the potential for technology to
be fostered as a tool that overcomes the traditional isolation of the classroom setting
(Braun, 1997), provides access to expansive resources (Becker, 1999), and improves
Another common instructional strategy used among social studies teachers is data
retrieval. According to Berson (1996), data retrieval are especially useful for managing
the extensive knowledge base in the social studies; they also foster students'
develop and test hypotheses. As Garcia & Michaekis (2001) assert, making data retrieval
help to build skills in locating, organizing, indexing, retrieving, and analyzing information.
Databases can be made to organize information on students and their families, the
community, states, regions, countries, careers, notable people and any other topics.
Venn Diagram
A Venn diagram is an illustration of the relationships between and among sets, groups of
1. What are the students’ weekly test performances in the control and experimental
group?
3. What is the most effective type of concept mapping strategies based on the weekly
test results?
quarterly grades in Araling Panlipunan 7 after their exposure to the Project ROME
MAPPING?
V. Methodology
This is a descriptive - experimental cross sectional study conducted at the Las Piñas
North National High School among selected Grade 7 students from November 3, 2016 to
Experimental Students’
Study Performance
Controlled
Traditional Strategy
Group
B. Study Population
The study was conducted at Las Piñas North National High School, Las Piñas City to
selected 183 or 24% out of 772 students from Grade 7 level being handled by the
from the combination of four extreme sections of Grade 7 for school year 2016-2017.
C. Sampling
D. Instrument/Tool
In the conduct of the study, the researcher used the Weekly Test instrument. This was
instrument used for quantitative measurement to determine significant difference
between the students’ performance in the Araling Panlipunan of two groups. The Concept
Mapping tools were not evaluated but it was analyzed depending on the weekly scores
of the participants.
E. Data Collection
The PROJECT was conducted in four sections in Grade 7 and was divided into
experimental and controlled groups. Grade 7 sections Quirino and Marcos was the
experimental group and Grade 7 sections Garcia and Ramos was the controlled group.
The experimental group was taught using concept mapping teaching technique while the
controlled group was taught using traditional method. The same weekly test was given to
both groups. The weekly test results was compared and analyzed. The difference of
quarterly grades between two groups was analyzed by comparing their third quarterly
grades. The best concept mapping practices among four chosen strategies was
determined.
The Project was started at the beginning of the third quarter of the school year,
from November 2016 to January 2017. The content coverage was limited to the topics on
third grading, based on the Secondary School Learning Competencies (SSLC) in Araling
Education. This project was managed by the Master Teacher under supervision of the
F. Data Analysis
Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the weekly test results and quarterly grades
of the participants. Mean and SD was used for interval/ratio variables. To compare scores
of controlled and experimental group, the researcher used the independent t-test. To
compare variables that measures student achievement, the researcher also used the
independent t-test. All valid data was included in the analysis. Missing variables was
estimated. Null hypothesis will be rejected at 0.05α-level of significance. SPSS 21.0 was
G. Result
The collected data on weekly quizzes results were tabulated and presented in
Eighty Three (183) students were included in the study. It was revealed that Grade7-
Quirino and Grade 7-Marcos got the highest mean in four quizzes that were
approximately about 66% of 30-item problems. The two stated sections were considered
as experimental group. The two remaining sections, which are considered as controlled
group got a weighted mean of at most 13 with an approximate mean percentile score of
43%.
7 – Quirino 18/28 2.54 21.96 11/26 3.15 21.23 18/26 2.46 20.89 19/27 1.82 22.23
(N=44)
7 – Marcos 7/27 3.96 21.04 10/28 3.33 19.70 3/26 3.82 20.44 10/27 2.94 21.71
(N=45)
7 – Ramos 7/19 3.08 13.48 7/19 2.72 13.16 7/18 3.22 13.24 4/19 2.97 13.86
(N=44)
7 – Garcia 19/19 2.29 14.88 4/23 4.22 11.82 5/18 3.13 13.30 10/18 2.10 13.66
(N=50)
The independent t-test on experimental and controlled group based on weekly test results
was shown in Table 3. The comparison between two groups observed that experimental
group had a higher mean compared to controlled group. Using t-test, the result shown
that there was significant difference between experimental and controlled group (t-value
= 33.2, p =0.000). The result implicated that there was a significant increase on the test
results on the group of students with an application of concept mapping compared to the
Shown in Table 4 was the descriptive result of weekly quizzes based on the type
of concept mapping being used. The Venn diagram acquired the highest mean difference
(8.23) followed by graphic organizer (8.20), data retrieval (7.39), and concept cluster
(7.22). Thus, Venn diagram and graphic organizer are the best types of concept mapping
being used in study.
Table 4. Descriptive Results of Weekly Quizzes Based on the Type of Concept Mapping
being Used
Graphic Organizer Concept Cluster Data Retrieval Venn Diagram
Shown in Table 5 was the descriptive result of quarterly grades of experimental and
controlled group. The minimum and maximum grades acquired by experimental group
are 76 and 93, respectively while 70 and 86 for controlled group. The experimental group
has a better quarterly grade average compared to controlled group (81.03 vs. 77.09). This
result implicated that the group that used the concept mapping has a better performance
than a group who did not used the concept mapping strategy.
Table 5. Descriptive Results of Quarterly Grades of Experimental and Controlled Group
Individual Group
Group Grade/Sectio
n Min/Max SD Mean Min/Max SD Mean
Table 6. Independent t-test Analysis of Experimental and Controlled Group Based on the
Quarterly Grades
Group Mean±SD t-value p-value Remarks
H. Summary of Findings
1. Grade7-Quirino and Grade 7-Marcos got the highest mean in four quizzes that
were approximately about 66% of 30-item problems while the two remaining sections,
which are considered as controlled group, got a weighted mean of at most 13 with an
2. The result shown that there was significant difference between experimental and
3. The Venn diagram acquired the highest mean difference (8.23) followed by graphic
5. The t-value value between the means of two groups was 7.267. The p-value
between the third quarterly grades of experimental and controlled groups was less than
0.05.
I. Conclusion
Based on the findings of the study, the following conclusions were drawn:
1. There was a significant increase on the test results on the group of students with an
2. Venn diagram and graphic organizer are the best types of concept mapping being used
in study
3. The experimental group that used the concept mapping has a better academic
performance than controlled group who did not used the concept mapping strategy.
Panlipunan 7.
6. The Project ROME Mapping tends to increase the degree of students’ quarterly
H. Ethical Considerations
Action research was submitted to the School Head of LPNNHS for review and approval.
sources were received in the making of this study. No potential conflicts of interest have
been identified. The principal investigator reports no disclosure. Codes was used as
students identifiers and only the principal investigator will have the access regarding the
student’s profile and data gathered during the study. Participants’ confidentiality were
ensured during the study. Informed consent will be explained and obtained by the
researcher. Recruitment will be done by the researcher. There are no perceived risks in
this study.
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Research Materials
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Miscellaneous
Based on the findings of the study and the conclusions drawn, the following are the action
to be taken:
1. Use Project ROME Mapping in other topics in Araling Panlipunan to further validate the
2. Conduct similar studies on the use of Project ROME Mapping in other disciplines to
subject matter.
4. Teachers are provided with more seminars and workshops on how to use concept
IX. REFERENCES
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Tools in Schools and Corporations. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah,
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10. Askin Asan, (2007). Concept Mapping in Science Class: A Case Study of fifth grade
students. Educational Technology & Society Volume 10 (1), pp 186-195.
11. Attieh, (2008). The Effect of Using Concept Maps as Study Tools on Achievement in
Chemistry, EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology
Education, volume 4 no. 3, pp 233-246.
Quirino
Descriptive Statistics
Valid N (listwise) 44
Marcos
Descriptive Statistics
Q2 45 7 27 21.04 3.960
Q4 45 3 26 20.44 3.817
Valid N (listwise) 43
Ramos
Descriptive Statistics
Valid N (listwise) 42
Garcia
Descriptive Statistics
Valid N (listwise) 49
Controlled
Descriptive Statistics
Q4 93 4 19 13.77 2.537
Valid N (listwise) 90
Exp
Descriptive Statistics
Q1 89 7 28 21.49 3.348
Q3 89 3 26 20.66 3.208
Valid N (listwise) 87
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