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Completed AR Ambulong ES Grade6
Completed AR Ambulong ES Grade6
Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF TANAUAN CITY
AMBULONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRGY AMBULONG, TANAUAN CITY
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CRITERIA INDICATORS S
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5 4 3
The research topic is clear and relevant to /
the current situation
The nature/ extent of the identified school/ /
Context and classroom problem or issue is
Rationale comprehensively discussed
The people or groups of people who will /
benefit from the results of the research is
stated
The innovation, intervention or strategy is /
Innovation, explained in detail
Intervention or The credibility as a way to address the /
Strategy problem or issue is given support
POINTS
CRITERIA INDICATORS Excellent Good Fair
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Discussion of /
Results and The alignment to the research questions is
Recommendations evident
TOTAL 60 12
GRAND TOTAL 72
Remarks: (In compliance to DM 231 s. 2021, please include if you are recommending the
research to be presented in any other research conference or can be a basis for the Chief
Education Supervisor/s for the issuance of a localized policy or both
Evaluated by:
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CRITERIA INDICATORS Excellent Good Fair
5 4 3
The research topic is clear and relevant /
to the current situation
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ALEJANDRA C. CAROLINO
EMELITA P. CONTRERAS
ROSALIE G. MARTILLANA
Tanauan City is a second-class city with a land area of 10, 967.43 hectares, about 3.47%
of the total land area of the province. Industrialization and increasing population of the city has
decreased its land area allotted to agriculture. Based on the Farmers Registry System, the city
has 2, 866 farmers or 1.88% of its total population (S.M. Rimas, personal communication, July 9,
2021). The Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) is a skill-based subjects offered in Grade
over other popular courses for food production and security in the future.
With the pandemic outbreak last March 2020, the agency issued DepEd Order No. 12 s.
2020 otherwise known as the “Adoption of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan for School
Year 2020-2021 in Light of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency.” The Basic Education Learning
Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) engaged internal and external stakeholders in ensuring learning
multiple learning delivery modalities, provision of corresponding training for teachers and school
The issuance was further strengthened by guiding the options of stakeholders to different
learning modalities with the issuance of DM-CI-2020-00162 from DepEd Office of the
Implementing Distance Learning Delivery Modalities (DLDM) for School Year 2020-2021.” The City
Schools Division of Tanauan is currently implementing the new normal education set-up through
Modular Distance Learning (MDL) which is categorized into Digital Modular Distance Learning
needed in accomplishing the learning tasks provided in print or digitized. A learner must accomplish
written work and performance in eight learning areas which maybe burdensome but DepEd Order
No. 31, s. 2020 or “Interim Guidelines for Assessment and Grading in Light of the Basic Education
Learning Continuity Plan” advised teachers to collaboratively design and implement learning tasks
that integrate two or more competencies within or across learning areas, known as integrative
assessments. This is in consonance with the DepEd Memorandum OUCI-2020-307 which focuses
on “Suggested Measures to Foster Academic Ease During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” Its primary
purpose is to help the teachers and learners in dealing with essential things related to school during
Furthermore, the learning journey outside the four corners of the classrooms for every
Tanaueño goes beyond the printed and digitized materials. As they stay at home, DepEd
Memorandum No. 053, s. 2020 encourages the establishment of Gulayan sa Tahanan or Urban
Vegetable Gardening at Home for personal consumption, and improve the income, health, and
Knobloch and Martin (2000), elementary teachers agreed that agriculture could be integrated into
their elementary classes because the basic knowledge of it is needed in making daily decisions.
Further, as indicated by Trexler and Suvedi (1998) in their research paper about perception of
agriculture as a context for elementary science teaching, teachers were comfortable using the
agriculture as a context for science. This means that more concepts in science can be taught
through agricultural examples. K-12 teachers perceived that their students favored topics on food,
nutrition, environment, plants, wildlife, insects, food processing and history which can be integrated
It is in these frameworks that select teachers in TLE, crafted the Teaching and Learning
Materials for Agricultural Literacy, a brainchild of OIC-SDS Rogelio F. Opulencia, which integrate
both the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) of other learning areas with Agriculture
Card for Teachers (tracks the learning tasks, if assigned as summative or formative
These innovative teaching and learning materials intend to improve the learning
performance and agricultural literacy of learners as we embrace another School Year under the
New Normal. For School Year 2020-2021, Ambulong Elementary School had recorded an average
grade of 83.18% in Grade 6 – TLE Agriculture which is lower than the expected result, if only TLE
was integrated to other learning areas. While there were only 43 out of 133 learners or 32% of the
total Grade 6 learners who established Gulayan sa Tahanan which was the final application last
year from which can be attributed to Taal Volcano Eruption, COVID 19 pandemic and due to
overloading of learners’ tasks. Many of our learners with their family went and lived to other places
Such circumstances and previous studies scaffold the offering of Grade 6 – TLE Agriculture
component for Quarter 1 of SY 2021-2022. Thus, this research endeavor intends to determine the
effectiveness of localized teaching and learning materials in enhancing the academic performance
The Teaching and Learning Materials for Agricultural Literacy in Technology and Livelihood
Education (TLE) – Agriculture for teachers and Grade 6 learners of City Schools Division of
Tanauan is the innovation selected by the researchers. These localized materials crafted by the
select Grade 6 Agriculture teachers, include the integration of learning tasks in TLE - Agriculture
with the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) of various disciplines for the First Quarter
of SY 2021-2022. As indicated in Division Memorandum 230, s. 2021, this innovation is under the
“Academic Ease” During the COVID-19 Pandemic and DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2020 entitled
Interim Policy Guidelines for Assessment and Grading in the Light of BE – LCP.
This interdisciplinary integration will allow holistic way of learning, without the restrictions
often imposed by learning standards of each subject area. With integration, comprehensive
learning is achievable by engaging and connecting learning tasks that are relevant, meaningful,
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of localized teaching and
learning materials in enhancing academic performance and agricultural literacy among Grade 6
materials?
IV. METHODOLOGY
This section discusses the sampling method and data collection procedure and plan for data
analysis.
A. Sampling
The population considered in this study was the one hundred twenty-three (123) Grade 6
learners taking TLE - Agriculture of Ambulong Elementary School. Using Slovin’s formula, the
sample size is 123 learners with 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error. The sampling
technique used was simple random sampling and the data gathered were from the First Quarter
of SY 2021-2022 since all the respondents took agriculture component in this quarter and utilized
Data were gathered to address the research questions contained in the statement of the
problem. The researchers obtained the scores of teacher-made 30-items pre-test within the week
of school opening and 30-items post-test within the week after the end of First Quarter of the
current school year to determine their level of performance. The items in the test were based on
the topics covered in the Teaching and Learning Materials for Agricultural Literacy which were
aligned to the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) issued by the Department of
Education. Validation of the instrument was done by the Education Program Supervisor in
EPP/TLE. Data was collected from the same respondents on both conditions
and each respondent registered a score on the pre-test, and after the utilization of Teaching
and Learning Materials for Agricultural Literacy, a score on the post-test was obtained.
enhancing the agricultural literacy of Grade 6 learners, researchers prepared questionnaire that
required respondents to use a four-point scale. Each statement was rated with numerical value
from one to four. Descriptive equivalents or verbal interpretation were provided for the
interpretation of results:
This was submitted to experts for validation and upon approval, was converted to google
documents for the accessibility of the respondents. After the researchers were give permission by
This was submitted to experts for validation and upon approval, was converted to google
documents for the accessibility of the respondents. After the researchers were give permission by
the school head, data gathering was done in two occasions. The data generated from the web-
The researchers will utilize the quantitative – descriptive method for this research
undertaking. In determining the levels of performance on both pretest and posttest, mean will be
used while standard deviation and t-test will determine its significant difference. In treating the
data on the results of questionnaire with Likert Scale, the weighted mean and rank will be
employed. Based on the collective findings from the research questions, action plan may be
proposed.
The tables present the data gathered to show the mean scores of the pretest and posttest,
results of the paired t-test and posttest and the extent of enhancing literacy among the
respondents.
Presented on the table above was the result of both pre-test and post-test of the 100
respondents in the 30-item test conducted by the researchers before and after the utilization of
Technology and Livelihood Education. It showed that the pre-test acquired a mean of 12.34 and
It can be deduced that there was an outstanding increase in the academic performance of
the learners after the utilization of the Technology and Livelihood Education. Such results suggests
that the utilization of the localized teaching and learning materials is highly effective in enhancing
learner’s academic performance as well as increasing the agricultural literacy of the Grade 6
leaners.
Paired Differences
Lower Upper
Post-
test
As shown in table 2, the difference between the means of pretest and posttest (12.74)
implies that learners significantly performed better on the posttest. The t-value was obtained by
dividing the Mean difference (12.74) by the Standard Error Mean (0.479) which is equal to 26.597
and compared to be greater critical value shown as 1.984, two-tailed. The p-value shown at 2-
tailed is <.001 is smaller than the chosen alpha level (0.05) which if from the confidence level of
95%.
Therefore, the results confirmed that there is a real difference between the pre-test and post-
test. This concluded that the mean of post-test is greater than the mean of pre-test which indicates
the effectivity of utilizing localized teaching and learning materials. It can be inferred that the
observed difference between the two means is statistically significant. In other words, there is
overwhelming evidence that a "gain" has taken place on the post-test because of using the
Mean interpretation
The learners rated the extent of enhancing agricultural literacy by responding to the ten
Table 3 showed that the learners ranked highest the item Learners manifested the
optimism to learn more concepts and demonstrate agricultural skills in next grade level with a
weighted mean of 3.78, interpreted as to a great extent. It can be deduced that the respondents
manifested the optimism to learn more concepts and demonstrate agricultural skills in next grade
level. It also indicates that the teachers effectively conveyed the concept of entrepreneurship to
Learned that agriculture is very profitable and viable long-term livelihood ranked second,
having 3.76 weighted mean. As such, respondents learned that agriculture is very profitable and
viable long-term livelihood. Next to this, they declared Reduced the number of tasks in other
subjects due to the integration of TLE to a great extent, with weighted mean of 3.68 and ranked
third in order distribution. It can be inferred that reduction of tasks in other subjects due to the
integration of TLE is considered significant. This implies that the integration made greatly helps
The item can establish an organic urban garden at their homes or raise farm animals as
food source with verbal interpretation of to some extent obtained a weighted mean of 3.39 ranked
last among the responses. This signifies that there is a less possibility that learners will establish
an organic urban garden at their homes or raise farm animals as food source. The gap can be
attributed to the availability of space and agricultural materials and tools to establish home garden.
Moreover, this suggests that there is a need for teachers to strengthen the learner’s drive to eat
more plant-based food and reduce the expenses in buying commercially grown agricultural
products.
The learners themselves indicated that it only affected them to some extent the item .
possessed the ability to do projects, assignments and learning activities in other subjects with
agricultural concepts., ranking second from the last with a weighted mean of 3.42. This lower rank
the limited number of learning tasks by integration with other disciplines has taught some learners
that they can make outputs for other subjects using concepts and terminologies in agriculture, thus,
Linking to this item to some extent is completed all learning tasks with integration with other
subjects with weighted mean of 3.51, ranked 8th which implies that completing all learning tasks
with the help of integration with other subjects is conducive and beneficial.
As presented in Table 3, learners perceived that out of ten items, only two items were
described to have to some extent effect while the remaining eight items were to a great extent. In
general, the Grade 6 learners described the interdisciplinary integration of learning tasks in
enhancing the agricultural literacy to a great extent with composite mean of 3.576. This means that
that the localized teaching and learning materials in Agricultural Literacy was effective in integrating
the competencies of other disciplines in the learning tasks and enhancing the learners’ interest in
agriculture that will benefit them, their families, and the surrounding communities.
VI. CONCLUSION
This research undertaking concludes that the localized teaching and learning materials in
Agricultural Literacy had enhanced the academic performance and agricultural literacy among
VII. RECOMMENDATION
to increase the academic performance and to sustain the learner’s interest in agriculture.
project in the teachers and school EPP/TLE June – EPP/TLE Bond Paper 90%
P1,500.00 Teachers
Agriculture head for the project Teachers July Ink compliance
2022 Advisers Folder
- Submit proposed School Head
School
project on Gulayan sa Head
Paaralan / Tahanan to
SDO
Implementation Proper
Increase / - Conduct meeting and
Enhance supervise parents on
quality and quality and productive
productive urban gardening EPP / TLE 90%
urban - Visit schools with: Teachers EPP /TLE Laptop attended
gardening a. urban gardening School Head Teachers White the
awareness b. vertical gardening Parents July P5,000.00 Advisers Screen trainings
and started c. organic concoction Learners 2022 City ICT and
home/school d. hydroponics gardening Agricultu- Coordinator
Partnership applied the
gardens e. animal raising Stakeholders rists seedlings
activities
- Administer seminar /
learned
training on quality
productive gardening
a. urban gardening
b. vertical gardening
c. organic concoction
d. hydroponics gardening
e. animal raising
tified school- - Craft assessment tool School Head EPP COT tion of Gu-
based project to monitor the imple- Parents Year P1,000.00 Coordina SMEA layan sa
and learners’ Mentation of the Learners Round -tor / Tools Tahanan
Gulayan sa program Partnership Teachers
Tahanan Stakeholders 90% of
- Conduct SMEA for teachers
project/program imple- integrated
Mentation agricultural
literacy in
- Interpret/Analyze data demo
gather and make re- teaching
commendations
Sustainability
Improve -Coordinate with SBFP Seedling
recipients’ EPP/TLE trays 75% of the
nutritional - Create efficient and Teachers Chicken yield/produc
status sustainable income School Head EPP cage e (vegeta-
generating project Learners March P5,000.00 Coordina Organic bles,eggs
Create other Parents 2023 -tor fertilizers and poultry)
source of was sold to
- Tap/map/communi- Stakeholders
funds for consumers/
cate with stakeholders
school and used for
to support related
learners feeding
projects program
-Conduct Classroom
Maitain
instructional Observation
strategies in
interdiscipli- Cooperate with other
nary integra- subject area teachers
tion for maintaining integra-
tion
Sustain
learners’ Cooperate with parents
agricultural /community members
activities at for support on
home or continuity of the
school Gulayan sa Tahanan
IX. REFERENCES
Knobloch, N.A. & Martin, R.A. (2000). Agricultural Awareness Activities and their Integration into
the Curriculum as Perceived by Elementary Teachers. Journal of Agricultural Education, 41(4),
21-22.
Trexler, C. J., & Suvedi, M. (1998). Perception of Agriculture as a Context for Elementary Science
Teaching: A Case of Change in Sanilac County, Michigan. Journal of Agricultural Education,
39(4), 28-36.
DepEd Order No. 012, s. 2020. Adoption of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan for
School Year 2020-2021 in Light of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency.
DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2020. Interim Guidelines for Assessment and Grading in Light of the Basic
Education Learning Continuity Plan.
DepEd Memorandum No. 053, s. 2020. Joint Implementing Guidelines on the 2020 Brigada
Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela Relative to the COVID-19 Situation.