WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Luna St. La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines

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Research Title: ELEVATING LEARNERS’ CLASS PARTICIPATION IN THEATER

ARTS THROUGH DRAMA-BASED SUPPLEMENTARY LESSONS

Name of Authors: Macariola, Mary Albert P.2

Medina, Danica D.1
Rojo, Jason Paul B.1
Salavia, Rey Agustin D.1
Testigo, Isabella Bien D.1
Villasis, Jean Charish G.3
Puljanan, Ryan L.1

1
Affiliation of College of PESCAR, West Visayas State University
2
Authors: Basic Education Department, Iloilo Doctors College
3
Holy Rosary Academy, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras

Name of Presenter: Puljanan, Ryan L.

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Presenter’s College of PESCAR, West Visayas State University

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Email Address of ryan.puljanan@wvsu.edu.ph

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WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Luna St. La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines
Classroom-Based Action Research
The study was conducted to enhance the level of participation of Special
Program in the Arts (SPA) Theater Arts majors of Iloilo City National High
School in their online theater class by providing drama- based supplemental
lessons. The validated theater class participation questionnaire-checklist
using google form as instrument of the study was developed by the
researchers with the guidance of drama specialist. The participants of the
study were the 36 purposively selected Grade 7-10 Theater Arts Major
learners of Iloilo City National High School S.Y. 2021-2022. They were
selected according to their capacity to meet the requirements of drama-
based supplementary lessons. These requirements included the parents’
consent, smart phones, their knowledge in using online applications and their
internet connectivity. Online class participation, as one of the problems
during the online class, was noted by the researchers during online class
observation. The innovation and intervention process is a set of Drama-
based supplementary lessons that include a series of topics and activities,
learning techniques on how to deliver a more skilled performance, enhancing
their communication skills, exploring the learners’ bodies that create
characters and communicate through movements, and lastly, expand
learners’ good skills that are set through movements related to their topic in
the current quarter with a different approach for them to understand and
cope easily with their lessons to improve online participation in class. Using
Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, the findings showed a significant difference
between the pre and post level of class participation in theater class using
supplementary activities for drama lessons. It was concluded that the drama-
based supplementary lessons were effective in enhancing the class
participation of students. Furthermore, the study is hoped to serve as a
reference for the theater specialist and other teachers struggling in
enhancing learners’ class participation.
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 WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Luna St. La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines

Submitted by:

RYAN L. PULJANAN
Full Name over e-Signature

Date of Submission: September 11, 2022

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