GRADE 6 STUDENT’S LEARNING MODALITIES AND ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW NORMAL

JAYSON T. HERRERA
RUBY JANE Y. CAJANDIG

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF TEACHER

EDUCATION, SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT FOR THE COURSE REQUIREMENT IN EEDRES012
THESIS WRITING

AUGUST 2021
 TRANSMITTAL

The thesis attached entitled “GRADE 6 STUDENT’S LEARNING

MODALITIES & ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW NORMAL”
prepared and submitted by JAYSON T. HERRERA, in partial fulfillment for the
course requirement in EEDRES012 Thesis Writing is hereby endorsed for
approval.

HASSANAL P. ABUSAMA, MAT ANESA P. MANGINDRA PhD

Adviser Program Chairperson

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Date Signed Date Signed

RIZALYN B. CUDERA, MSc

Research Coordinator

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Date Signed

Accepted as partial fulfillment for the course requirement in EEDRES012

Thesis Writing.

NANCY B. ESPACIO, EdD

College Dean

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Date Signed

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 APPROVAL SHEET

The thesis attached entitled “GRADE 6 STUDENT’S LEARNING

MODALITIES & ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW NORMAL”
prepared and submitted by JAYSON T. HERRERA, in partial fulfillment for the
course requirement in EEDRES012 Thesis Writing has passed the standards set
by the Sultan Kudarat State University and was successfully defended before this
guidance committee.

MARY JEAN S. FALSARIO, PhD VIVENCIO L. CALIXTRO, JR., EdD-PE

Member Member

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Date Signed Date Signed

HASSANAL P. ABUSAMA
Adviser

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Date Signed

Approved as partial fulfillment for the course requirement in EEDRES012

Thesis Writing.

ANESA P. MANGINDRA PhD RIZALYN B. CUDERA, MSc

Program Chairperson Research Coordinator

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Date Signed Date Signed

NANCY B. ESPACIO, EdD

College Dean

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Date Signed

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 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Personal Information

Name: Jayson T. Herrera

Age: 22
Address: Purok 4, Biwang Bagumbayan Sultan Kudarat
Birthdate: July 10, 1999
Birthplace: EJC MontillaTacurong City
Nationality: Filipino
Religion: Roman Catholic
Father’s Name: Alson T. Herrera
Mother’s Name: Lailane T. Herrera

Educational Background
Senior High School
STI College Tacurong, 2016-2018
Junior High School
Biwang National High School, 2013-1016
Elementary School
Biwang Central School, 2008-2013

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The researcher wishes to express their profound gratitude to the following

individuals who have immensely contributed in realizing this research journey:

DR. ROLANDO F. HECHANOVA, SKSU President and NANCY B

ESPACIO, EdD, Dean of the College of Teacher Education, for their leadership
that paves the way to realize this dream of pursuing graduate studies through the
university.

Professor Hassanal P. Abusama, for being our research adviser. Thank

you for believing in our skills. We truly appreciate your valuable guidance,
support, and words of encouragement. Your advice helped us focus on some of
the most important contributions for this study.

Dr. Mary Jean Falsario, we sincerely treasure your most articulate and
impeccable timely suggestions. Additionally, your interest to our study kept us
motivated and keen to study the research problem more.

Professor Ruby M. Legarde our member examining committee thank you

ma’am for your support and guidance.

Mutawali K. Jamal, MST., to our statistician we would like to say thank you
for your effort and time in being part of the solving process of this study.

Ainee Grace S. Sansano MAEd our grammarian we would like thank you a
lot on being our critic reader and we acknowledge your support in the success of
this study.

To the faculty members of College of TeachersEducation, we would like

to take this opportunity to thank

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 all you for sharing your ideas and knowledge and for continuing the learning
process despite of what we are facing right now, your are all our modern heroes
and front liners.

We would like to thank the schools where our study conducted,

BiwangCentral Elementary School, ShriVisaya Elementary School and
Centralla Elementary School and also to the elementary students/pupils our
respondents to complete our study.

To our belovedBEED 3C family, your emotional support was much more

doable because of you.

To our friends and colleagues, thank you for your unwavering support that
you gave to the researcher, this means a lot to them.

Thank you also to our beloved parents/guardians who supported us

financially to make it done and successful. Your help and guidance is very
important in the completion of the study

And above all thank you God for not letting our hearts and minds feel weak,
you are our source of everything, our life and our hope.

Researcher

JAYSON T. HERRERA

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY PAGES
Title Page i
Transmittal ii
Approval Sheet iii
Biographical Data iv
Acknowledgement vii
Table of Contents ix
List of Tables x
List of Figures xi
Abstract xii

INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study 1
Conceptual and Theoretical Framework 3
Statement of the Problem 4

METHODOLOGY
Research Design 15
Locale of the Study 15
Respondents of the Study 16
Data Gathering Instruments 16
Data Gathering Procedure 17
Statistical Tools and Treatment of Data

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 18

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 21

REFERENCE

APPENDIX

Appendix 1 Application for Title Defense 21

Appendix 2 Application for Proposal Defense 22

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Appendix 3 Application for the Conduct of the Study 23

Appendix 4 Signed Validation Tool 24

Appendix 5 Reliability Result of the Data Gathering Instrument 25

Appendix 6 Certification of the Statistician 26

Appendix 7 Certification of the Grammarian 27

Appendix 8 Application of the Final Defense 28

Appendix 9 Application for Thesis Final Printing and Binding 29

Appendix 10 Data Gathering Instrument 30

Appendix 11 Raw Data 31

Appendix 12 Pictorials and Screenshots 32

Appendix 13 Drive 33

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE TITLE PAGE

1 Mean Scores in the Pre-test of Grade 6 Pupils 3

18 in Different Learning Modalities

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE TITLE PAGE

1 The Conceptual and Theoretical Framework of 3

the Study

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Student’s Learning Modalities & Academic Performance in the New Normal

JAYSON T. HERRERA1, HASSANAL P. ABUSAMA1

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Sultan Kudarat State University, EJC Montilla, Tacurong City
jaysonherrera@sksu.edu.ph

ABSTRACT

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Keywords: Google Classroom, Learning Modalities, Modular Learning, New
Normal, SLM’s.

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