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Submitted by:
Daisy G. Ale
Juanita R. Comota
Agnes J. Villanea
Master Teacher I/Researchers
Submitted to:
March 2020
APPROVAL SHEET
MERCEDITA S. GARCIA
EPS- MAPEH/PAPS Division Coordinator
Recommending Approval:
We, the researchers, would like to express our deepest thanks to those
individuals who helped us in making our action research a success.
To our co-researchers, special mention to Mam Netnet and Mam Agnes, thank
you for understanding, encouragement and patiently assisting words of assurance
throughout the making of this research.
To Almighty God, for all the Graces and good health You bestowed on us.
Thank you very much.
Researchers
VIDEODISC TO IMPROVE THE READING ABILITIES OF
GRADE THREE STUDENTS IN CALBAYOG PILOT
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
SCHOOL YEAR 2019-2020
Daisy G. Ale
Juanita R. Comota
Agnes J. Villanea
ABSTRACT
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life (Bernardo, 2013). Being one of
the basic literacy skills a learner should be endowed with, reading is of utmost
importance in the teaching and learning scenario especially in the elementary education
ladder. However, teachers are confronted with a dilemma since today’s students’
interests has been risked by the attraction of children to gadgets and computers.
Though, this dilemma, could be turned around through strategic interventions to improve
reading abilities of students especially in the foundation years such as the production of
quality, relevant and reliable reading materials that are aided by computers and other
similar platforms to draw back the interest of students to reading. In Calbayog Pilot
Central Elementary School, the prevalence of frustration readers and non-readers
especially in the primary grade levels such as Grade 3, specifically in lower sections,
often lead to poor academic performance as in the case of reading abilities of Grade 3
pupils. Two hundred thirty-five (235) grade three students were subjected to the PHIL-
IRI Group Screening Test, one hundred fifty-seven (157) students out of 235 were given
Grade Passages for individual assessment. Out of 157, 45 were identified as frustration
reader and 8 were non-readers. These identified learners were subjected to exposure to
videodiscs digital learning materials as an intervention to reading improvement. Based
on the posttest results, the non-readers were zeroed out while frustration readers were
reduced from 45 to 17. Therefore, it is concluded that the use of videodisc digital reading
materials help to improve the reading ability of Grade Three students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Approval Sheet ii
Acknowledgment iii
Abstract iv
Table of Contents v
CONTEXT AND RATIONALE 1
Action Research Questions 4
Significance of the Study 4
METHODOLOGY
Research Design 5
Respondents of the Study 5
Sampling Procedure 6
Data Collection 6
Research Ethics 7
Statistical Treatment 7
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 8
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary of Findings
10
Conclusions 10
Recommendations 11
REFERENCES 13
Appendices
Output of the Study
To have strong comprehension skills, children must know about the world in
which they live, and must have elaborate background knowledge that is relevant to what
they are trying to understand. This knowledge is a reference base for personal
experiences, scripts, and schema that help children understand how the world works
(Balingit, 2011).
Reading is the most fundamental aspect of education since it opens doors for
opportunities of growth and development. Cultures and civilized nations and the world
can be explored in volumes of printed materials. A glimpse of the past can be made
possible through reading (Martin, 2011). Great readers are said to be tomorrow’s great
leaders. The enormity of the rewards of avid reading is achieved with the accumulation
of knowledge in many things and one’s ability to explore the whole world and be updated
with what is going on anywhere (Esperanzate, 2011).
According to Mortimer J. Adler, “reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life”
(Bernardo, 2013). Being one of the basic literacy skills a learner should be endowed
with, reading is of utmost importance in the teaching and learning scenario especially in
the elementary education ladder. Along with writing and arithmetic, reading is a
prerequisite skill in primary education which would in turn be the ultimate tool of children
for learning the higher-level skills in the higher-grade levels. Orcino (2011), stressed that
teaching a child to read at an early age enables a child to be freed from struggles in the
later years. Fluency in reading is essential to children’s success in school in which
comprehension skills, spelling ability and vocabulary skills become improved.
Along the line of quality education however, most learners often fall short of
academic performance in subjects which entail reading and comprehension of texts
found in learners’ materials, alternative references, and the like. This is attributed to the
learners’ frail foundations in reading abilities which should have backboned their abilities
to comprehend lessons in the rest of the subject areas. Various interventions have been
proposed, tried, tested, and practiced over time. Perhaps, the most feasible is one which
captures the interests of today’s new generation of learners.
Today, computers and other modern gadgets have practically permeated all
fields of endeavors such that local, national, and international news and events affects
our ways of living come in handy. How can a learner understand what is going in the
classroom and around him if they don’t know how to read, and much more if they
couldn’t grasp what they read? Improving learners’ reading ability is a tedious and
serious task. However, the most viable answer to the woes in the educational system is
actually to teach everyone to read (Martin, 2011).
In “Reading Problems: A National Dilemma,” Dr. Cutiongco as cited by Bernardo
(2013) stated that few of the problems experienced by teachers in the teaching of
reading and literacy include lack of appropriate reading materials especially the
substandard materials that may be paired with poor teaching which could produce
dismal results for students. Another dilemma includes the interest of today’s youth to
computer games. Many youngsters in school has been vulnerable to the attraction of
children to computers. However, these dilemmas could be turned around through
strategic interventions such as the production of quality, relevant and reliable reading
materials that are aided by computers and other similar platforms to draw back the
interest of children to reading.
In Calbayog Pilot Central Elementary School, the prevalence of frustration
readers and non-readers especially in the primary grade levels such as Grade 3,
specifically in lower sections, often lead to poor academic performance as in the case of
reading abilities of Grade 3 pupils. Pupils’ performance often falls below the desired
results because these pupils don’t have a grasp of the lesson as they are not able to
understand the texts they read in textbooks and in the learning materials as well as the
medium of instruction used by the teacher in delivering the lessons.
It is for this reason that the researchers sought for an intervention as a means to
improve the reading ability of Grade three pupils in Calbayog Pilot Central Elementary
School, school year 2019-2020 who are identified as frustration readers and non-readers
after they have been subjected to the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (PHIL-IRI).
With the trends in incorporating ICT as a functional literacy skill of the K to 12 curriculum,
the researchers’ intervention is to help improve the learners’ reading ability through the
use of videodisc digital learning materials in form of videos, digital and reading tutorials
that are harvested by the researchers in reliable sources in the internet. It includes video
series from Kid’s TV, Alphablocks, and First Step Reading. Likewise, the researcher
made a slide deck using the Microsoft PowerPoint and converted to video. This slide
decks also contain materials from other media sources. These materials are convenient
that it can be accessed through compatible platforms such as personal computers (PC),
laptops, tablets, ipads, smartphones, LED and SMART TV, and the likes. Moreover, the
teachers were oriented on how to used and utilized the platform through the use of
technology and other platforms used. Furthermore, the researchers want to know if the
intervention is effective to the respondents, the Grade three pupils frustrated readers
and non-readers.
Furthermore, teachers can tell and assess the pupils reading grade level whether the
reading ability is at, or below their grade placement. The pupil’s performance in
decoding (the ability to read isolated words using phonics knowledge) and word
recognition (the ability to automatically identify words on sight) is measured.
This study was anchored on the E-Reading Theory wherein it stressed that
teachers must address the current digital literacy needs of their students in preparation
for the 21st century with text structures in digital formats using technologies such as
digital games, tools, and contexts which advances the mission of resource-based
teaching and learning (Ortlieb, 2014).
The role of digital texts, identifying three loose categories of studies which
position technology as: deliverer of literacy; site for interaction around texts; and medium
for meaning-making. Following the aspects of actor-network theory (Latour, 2005) are
used to consider other ways that technology and children may be ‘acting upon’ literacy in
educational settings through recontextualizing meanings from other domains. This
considers how digital practices within educational settings relate to other dimensions of
children’s literacy learning, in order to better understand how new technologies are and
could be contributing to children’s literacy within educational settings. It suggests that
actor-network theory may offer a way of conceptualizing young children’s engagement
with digital texts in new ways (Burnett, 2010).
Meanwhile, Deped Order No. 78, series of 2010 responds to the legal mandate
of promoting the right of all citizens to take appropriate steps in making education
accessible to all. The department is geared towards transforming education through the
DepEd Computerization Program (DCP) which aims to provide public schools with
appropriate technologies to enhance the teaching-learning process and meet the
challenges of the 21st century.
The aforesaid studies are related to the current study on the context of using the
digital media in classroom instructions. However, this study puts emphasis on using
videodiscs digital media to augment the reading abilities of frustration readers and non-
readers on the case on this study.
Research Questions
This study sought to improve the reading ability of Grade three students through
the use of videodisc digital learning materials.
Specifically, it seeks answers to the following questions:
1. What is the reading ability level of Grade three pupils in Calbayog Pilot Central
Elementary School in terms of:
a. PHIL-IRI Pre-test;
b. PHIL-IRI Posttest?
2. What percentage of grade three pupils fall in the frustration level and non-
readers?
3. What is the difference of the reading abilities of pupils exposed to videodisc
digital materials in terms of:
a. PHIL-IRI Pre-test;
b. PHIL-IRI Posttest?
4. What is the level of the reading ability of Grade three pupils after the
intervention?
5. Can videodisc digital reading materials improve the reading ability of Grade three
pupils?
Teachers. This study would encourage teachers in using gadgets and computers
in teaching for them to be more equipped and ICT literate. It would help them in teaching
reading more easy than old times.
Students. This would help the students become aware of the new teaching
strategies that teachers used now a days for them to motivate in learning.
Parents. The outcome of the study could give deeper insights on how to teach
their children how to read while they are in their respective houses. Likewise, for them to
understand that improving students’ reading ability is a tedious and serios task by
teachers.
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
This study used a descriptive action research which used a mixed quantitative
and quantitative methods with a Pre-test – Posttest design. This is because it made use
of numerical data observed from a pre-test result of PHL-IRI and a comparison and
analysis of the posttest result to determine the effectiveness of using the videodiscs
digital learning materials to help improve reading ability of pupils. Quantitative measures
were likewise treated in terms of observation of teachers and parents on the reading
progress of subjects as well as interviews.
The study was a collaborative action research in the sense that the researchers
grouped together in gathering the data needed specifically the results of Phil-IRI Pre-test
and Posttest. Moreover, the administration of intervention in form of videodiscs digital
learning materials were done only after the reading ability of the pupils were identified,
first the researchers used their own laptop and cellphone. Eventually, the videos used
are shared to parents for home follow-ups, except for those pupils who neither had
computer nor cellphone at home. The said videodisc digital learning resources also
shared to Grade three teachers after they oriented on how to use the platforms.
Likewise, the videodisc was converted and saved to USB wherein it used in the
classroom with their television and laptops. Furthermore, grade one pupils can use only
the videodisc for their Remedial, reinforcement and enrichment for those who needs it.
Since they don’t have PHIL-IRI, same as to Grade Three. The exposure of children to
such videodisc media were done during Filipino subject and RRE time.
This study subjected two hundred thirty-five (235) SSES and regular Grade three
pupils in Calbayog Pilot Central Elementary School, Calbayog II District, Calbayog City
for SY 2019-2020 to PHIL-IRI Group Screening Test wherein the identified frustration
readers and non-readers were given interventions in form of videodiscs digital learning
materials to improve their reading ability. After which, a PHIL-IRI posttest conducted to
determine the effectiveness of the intervention.
Sampling Procedure
This study used a two-stage sampling technique wherein initially, the total
population of Grade Three which is 235 were considered. Universal sample of which 126
male and 109 female was taken. These students were subjected to PHIL-IRI pre-test.
Thereafter, Purposive sampling technique was utilized for those frustrated readers and
non-readers which were taken as the subjects and determinants of the sample size who
in turn were subjects to digital learning materials to help improve their reading ability.
Data Collection
Research Ethics
Before the action research is conducted, written permission from the school head
was secured especially that documents from PHIL-IRI results which was utilized and that
RRE used in the intervention. Likewise, a written permission from the parents sought
since the intervention were exposed to digital materials. On the other hand, other
references that are sought by the researchers were appropriately cited in the study.
Statistical Treatment
After the data gathered, the following statistical techniques were employed:
To identify the reading levels of Grade three pupils, frequency count and percentage
formulas are used. To quantify changes in the pre-test and posttest results to test the
effectiveness of using digital learning materials on the reading ability of grade three
pupils, the difference is obtained.
To analyze qualitatively the non-numerical data from the respondents, the most
recurring responses and descriptions are summarized.
READING LEVEL
GRADE
LEVEL AS
GRADE LEVEL & SECTION
TO NON-
LEARNERS IND INS FRUS READER
READING
ABILITY
13 BELOW
14 ABOVE
Post
Post
Post
Post
Pre
Pre
Pre
Pre
1 2
III- SSES 15 15 2 13 5 11 6 3 4 1 0 0
III – 1 26 10 4 6 4 5 4 4 2 1 0 0
III – 2 10 26 1 25 9 14 10 10 7 2 0 0
III – 3 9 26 1 25 7 12 10 11 9 2 0 0
III – 4 8 26 6 18 8 9 9 14 7 3 2 0
III – 5 5 28 5 20 10 14 8 10 7 4 3 0
III – 6 5 26 3 20 5 10 9 12 9 4 3 0
TOTAL 78 157 22 127 48 75 56 64 45 17 8 0
Based on the data, 235 students (78 got the score of 14 above while 157
students had a score of 13 below) administered the Group Screening Test. There were
157 students need one-on one administration of Graded Passages. They were given
passages suited to their reading ability level. Wherein, the Learners Reading Ability were
recognized based on their starting point for Graded Passages. After which, the reading
level were computed, 45 students were frustration level and 8 non-readers. There were
53 grade three students had the intervention using videodisc digital reading material.
The researchers together with the grade three teachers and other master teachers
utilized the videodisc reading materials to help improve the reading ability of the
students. After the intervention, only 17 students belong to frustration level. There was a
decrease number of frustration level after using the intervention.
DIFFERENCE IN
GRADE LEVEL & SECTION
FRUS
Post
Post
Post
Post
Post
Post
IND
INS
Pre
Pre
Pre
Pre
Pre
Pre
NR
III- SSES 15 5 11 6 3 4 1 0 0 27% 7% 0% 0% 6 -3 -3 0
III – 1 10 4 5 4 4 2 1 0 0 20% 10% 0% 0% 1 0 -1 0
III – 2 26 9 14 10 10 7 2 0 0 27% 8% 0% 0% 5 0 -5 0
III – 3 26 7 12 10 11 9 2 0 0 35% 8% 0% 0% 5 1 -7 0
III – 4 26 8 9 9 14 7 3 2 0 27% 12% 8% 0% 1 5 -4 -2
III – 5 28 10 14 8 10 7 4 3 0 25% 14% 11% 0% 4 2 -3 -3
III – 6 26 5 10 9 12 9 4 3 0 35% 15% 12% 0% 5 3 -5 -3
TOTAL 157 48 75 56 64 45 17 8 0 29% 11% 5% 0% 27 8 -28 -8
Summary of Findings
Conclusion
Based on the results of the study, the following conclusions were drawn:
1. The reading level of Grade three students have significantly improved from the
pretest to posttest.
2. The number of students in frustration reading level has been reduced to 11%
while all non-readers were zeroed out.
3. A change in the results were achieved indicative of improvement of students’
reading levels after they were exposed to videodisc digital reading materials.
4. Therefore, it could be concluded that videodisc digital reading materials help
improve reading abilities of students especially in the foundation years
Recommendation
In the light of the conclusions cited above, the following recommendations are
hereby proposed:
1. A parallel study of using videodisc digital reading materials focused in English as
intervention in teaching can be used especially in developing reading ability of
students in their foundations years.
2. Videodisc digital reading materials in Mother Tongue and English can be used.
3. Feasibility study in the use of digital gadgets in the classroom on a regular basis
for educational purposes can likewise be conducted among public schools.
4. Videodisc digital learning material can be used by the teachers in grade one and
two students for their RRE classes.
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a. masaya b. malungkot c. nagalit
20. Alin sa sumusunod ang isa pang magandang pamagat para sa kuwento?
(Pagsusuri)
a. Parada ng mga Kotse
b. Karera ng mga Kotse
c. Karera ng Bisikleta