MABALACAT CITY COLLEGE

Dolores, Mabalacat City, Pampanga

Institute of Teacher Education

Bachelor of Elementary Education

FIELD STUDY 2:
Participation and Assistantship

MODULE 3
Understanding AR Concepts,
Process and Models
(Episode 3)

Arvina D. Sarmiento, LPT, MAN

Instructor
 Worksheet 3
Name of Observer: Ignacio Rhea Joy M.
Year and Section: Beced 4A
Name and Signature of Cooperating Teacher: Maria Monessa Tolentino De Belen
Cooperating School: Bamban Central Elementary School

Participate and Assist

You are now ready to participate and assist!

Understanding fully the concept and the process of Action Research will enable you to learn and provide

the needed assistance to your teacher mentor in doing Action Research.

Notice

What concepts have been emphasized in the task and infographics? Give at least four.

1. The main problems in the classroom that is needed to solve

2. The models that will be using

3. The procedures and steps

4. elements in the cycle

Since the 3 models are all for action research, what are the common elements of the three?

They have the same cycle and elements like the Mcniff and white head models and nelson model, it has
common elements like title and Author(s)Observed, Reflect, Plan and act. The said elements are also be
same to the Deped model but the Deped Model elements are more specific and the information needed
is more emphasis rather than the twe models.

Analyze

Choose the AR sample Abstract that you submitted in Episode 2.

Analyze the components vis-à-vis only one model out of the 3 presented

If you choose to compare with Model A-McNiff & Whitehead, 2006, here are the components.
Title and Author of the Action Improving reading comprehension through higher-order thinking skills
Research: (Briggite A. Mcknows B.S
& Cynthia L. barnett B.S
Key Components Entry from your Sample AR
OBSERVE The problem
The researcher of this research have found out that many of the students
in preschool are not able to read fluently. And still have difficulty in
answering the how and why questions. I am hoping that by incorporating
higher order thinking skills my children would be able to transfer and
make connections to reading. This is important in order for a child to be
successful. I feel that incorporating reading strategies and showing
students how to reflect about what they read, would improve their
reading comprehension and to become life-long learners, I am looking
forward to watching on this area of concern, and sharing my finding with
my co-teachers.
REFLECT Reflection
The area of focus for my project is improving reading comprehension
through the use of higher Order thinking skill activities. Without the solid
foundation of reading skills. The researcher feels the children will be
struggle hard learning the best comprehension strategies and how to best
teach these strategies to the children’s, the solid foundation needed to
succeed.
PLAN Plan of Action
The Study covered the PITIL-ORI assessment result of the school year
2011-2012 utilizing the post-test and national achievement (NAT). the
aspect study will look into different reading strategies, predicting, making
connections, visualizing, inferring, questioning and summarizing are shown
on this research to improve reading comprehension.
ACT Implementation
The meta-comprehension strategy index had a total of 25 question divided
into tree parts that asked about the strategies children used to help them
better understand the story. The strategies used while reading a story and
part III of the MSI consist of statement about the strategies used after
reading the story.

EVALUATE Findings
The authors find that Reading comprehension is complex and
multifaceted, making it difficult to improve. Stagnant scores of adolescents
are likely due to multiple reasons including the ones outlined in this
article. Improving adolescent reading comprehension will require a
concerted effort from researchers, educators, and policymakers to forgo
short-term gains on measures that tap low-level comprehension for long-
term solutions that take years to develop. An early and sustained focus on
developing background knowledge, vocabulary, inference, and
comprehension monitoring skills is necessary to improve reading
comprehension across grade levels
MODIFY Recommendation
Have students predict possible answer to be possible questions using their
background knowledge and thinking abilities. Have students engage in a
question and answer similar to the television game show Jeopardy, for this
 activity, ask students to ask question in the teacher related to the
information presented in each group.

What have you understood about the concept of Action Research and how will these be utilized

in your practice?

Reflect

As a future teacher, is conducting an Action Research worth doing?

Why?

Yes because it will help to enhance my reflective teaching process as I enhance awareness. Ot is
important for the teacher to have a good learning environment and most of all it will develop one’s
personal and professional capability.

How can AR be useful for every classroom teacher?

Action Research creates opportunity for teacher to help students grasp abstract concepts, by using the
interaction an experimentation that action research technologies offers, teacher can enhance classroom
experiences, teach new skills, inspire student and get students excited about exploring new academic
interest.

Write Action Research Prompts

1. OBSERVE

Remembering my classroom observations in FS 1, I noticed that there are many questions that I

raised in my mind. These include:

a. What are the Strength and weaknesses of that specific competency?

b. Poor performance of the students in Mathematics Subject
c. What are the competencies that the teacher’s always use? Is it effective even day?

2. REFLECT

Thinking deeply about those problems, perhaps something must have been done to solve the problem
or answer the question, like:

a. Reflecting on what part of the students that needs to focus more?

b. What are the skills that need to work on?
c. What are the steps in determining the problem?

3. PLAN

Now, that I am in FS 2, I plan to make a plan for my solution to problem (choose from a, b, c) Because
 I plan for my solution to problem B( poor performance of the students in Mathematics subject) because
I remember when I was in Elementary, a lot of students are saying that they hate to compute and to
solve mathematics than any other subjects and I am one of them, so it comes in my mind to do a
research regarding that issues.

4. ACT

My action will come later, given enough time in FS 2 or during my Teaching Internship.

I am hoping that during my teaching internship, I will finish my Action research and provide answer and
solution regarding to that problem.

Check for Mastery

Direction: Check from the choices, what answer/s respond to the question correctly and put an X if

otherwise.

1. Action research requires a teacher to be:

____✔__ observant of what is happening in the classroom.

___✔___ asking one self of how to improve teaching.

___✖__ following the daily routine all the time.

___✔___ finding ways on how children should learn better

___✖___ blaming learners for their inability to learn

2. There are many ways of doing action research which follow a cyclical process. The process include:

____✔__ Observe, Reflect, Plan, Act

___✖___ Observe, Plan, Act, Reflect

___✖___ Reflect, Act, Plan, Observe

___✖___ Plan, Observe, Act, Reflect

___✖___ Modify, Observe, Plan, Reflect

3. As an action researcher, I will be developing my skill as a person who is

_____✔_ Systematic

___✔___ Reflective

___✔___ Rigorous

__✔____ Futuristic

____✔__ Situational

4. On which of the following would you choose to conduct an Action Research. Why?
___✔___ Changes in the classroom practices. Why?

__✖____ Effects of curriculum restructuring. Why?

___✔___ Understanding of self as a teacher. Why?

___✔___ Teaching a new process to the students. Why?

5. Which of the following relates closely to what action research is?

____✔__ Used to address practical problems in the classroom

___✔___ Refers only to everyday life of the learners

___✔___ Allows teachers to study their own classroom

____✔__ Brings theories and practices together

Work on my Artifacts

Your artifact will be a full-blown completed Action Research

TITLE:
Improving reading comprehension through higher-order thinking skills
AUTHOR:
Briggite A. Mcknows B.S & Cynthia L. barnett B.S
LINK
https://files.eric.ed.gov./fulltext/ED496377.pdf