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Hilongos, Leyte
An Action Research on
2018
Based on RA 9155 Section 2, paragraph 2 states that the school shall be the heart of the
formal education system. It is where children learn, hence, schools shall have a single aim of
providing the best possible basic education for all learners. However, as observed from the NAT
results of Concepcion National High School from S.Y 2011-2012 to S.Y 2014-2015, the MPS level
went from 52.70% to 56.64%. Although the school’s over-all MPS is increasing; however, it has not
reached the national standard level of 75%. Thus, there is a need for an intervention.
Based on a study, reading for pleasure was linked to greater intellectual progress, both in
vocabulary, spelling and mathematics. In fact, the impact was around four times greater than that of
having a parent with a post-secondary degree. (Sullivan, 2013). According to that study, of the 17,000
members, 6,000 took a range of cognitive tests at age 16. They then compared children from the same
social backgrounds who achieved similar tested abilities at ages five and 10, and discovered that those
who frequently read books at age 10 and more than once a week when they were 16 had higher test
results than those who read less.
From these basis, Project READ is conceptualized, where Grade 7 students will be chosen as
participants to become critical samples, to which, if the implementation of the intervention to them
will be successful, there would be high probability that it will also be effective to all other higher grade
levels.
The whole purpose of implementing this project is to improve the MPS level of the school and
at the same time develop the proficiency level of students holistically. The success of the project will
be beneficial specifically to the school, the teachers, the students and their parents. Which in effect
will contribute to a much morally and intellectually developed society.
The study aims to determine the effect of the Project READ implementation in relation to
students’ MPS level which specifically, will seek to answer the following questions:
1. What are the reading profiles of students based on the Phil. IRI pretest?
2. Is there a significant difference between the means in Phil. IRI pretest and posttest
scores?
3. Is there a significant difference between the means of pretest and posttest based from
the scores using periodical assessment tool?
4. Is there a significant correlation between the Phil. IRI posttest scores and the students’
posttest scores in the test using periodical assessment tool?
5. What are the observed behaviors of students while conducting the reading circle?
This project is not a typical method to increase students’ academic skills since this will not be
dealing on improving students’ academic skills through conducting a rigid review approach per
subject areas, but instead will develop students’ critical thinking through exposing them to a series
of reading activity.
Intervention
Strategy
A pretest-posttest method will be used to analyze data which will include the principal to
validate first the quality of the assessment tools, namely the Phil IRI Assessment Sheets and the NAT
Reviewers. Two pretest will be given to measure students’ reading and NAT-MPS level. Then, the
Project READ will be conducted by the students twice a week for 3 months, with the guidance and
assistance of teachers; and will be facilitated by identified high performing students. After the given
duration, the researchers will conduct the posttests to all the participants.
Researchers will seek permission to all people and authorities included in the conduct of the
research. Additionally, participants and other sources of data are given the rights to withhold
information with respect to their rights to privacy.
The study will involve 25 Grade 7 students (as critical samples) of Concepcion National High
School which will be selected through purposive sampling. Other sources of data and information
will include the principal, PHIL. IRI coordinator and the rest of the teachers (as confirming sample).
To gather data of students’ development with regards to their reading level for both pretest
and posttest, the researchers will make use of the tool based on D.O. 14 , s. 2018 known as the Revised
Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) which was created to provide classroom teachers- a
tool for measuring and describing reading performance. It is an assessment tool composed of graded
passages designed to determine a student’s reading level. It is important to note that the Phil-IRI only
provides an approximation of the learner’s abilities and may be used in combination with other
reliable tools of assessment.
On the other hand, to measure the development of students’ MPS level, the researchers will
use periodic assessment tool. Where the students’ scores in the 1st test will be treated as pre-test
scores (given that the intervention is not yet applied), and the 2nd will be treated as posttest scores.
During the checking of test papers in the pretest stage, the correct answers for each item will
not be revealed to the students, so that participants will not have the chance to familiarize correct
choices. This strategy will be done to assure that the results after the posttest will be directly related
to students’ intellectual progress because of the intervention done through Project READ, and not
because of familiarity of the answers.
To analyze data quantitatively, a t-test will be used as the statistical data treatment which in
particular will use independent sample t-test to determine if there is a significant difference between
means of pretests and posttests from Phil. IRI. While, to determine if there is a correlation between
the Phil. IRI posttest scores and the students’ posttest scores in the test using periodic assessment
tool, the researchers will use Pearson’s Correlation formula.
However, to analyze data qualitatively, the researchers will generalize data making use of
the information from the data source triangulation.
FIRST TRANCHE
Crafting of Work Bond paper
1 Ream P 200
Plan ( A4 ) P 200
Crafting of data
collection August –
instrument October 2018
Ink Black
Printing of Work 1 Pc P 280 P 280
EPSON 120
Plan and data
collection
instrument
Sending request
letter of
permission to the
schools division
superintendent
on the conduct of
the study Bond paper 3 P 10.00
Ballpen 1 P 60.00 P 77.00
August –
October 2018
White envelope 2 Pcs P 7.00
Sending request Travel Order to
letter of D.O.
permission to
EPS and school
principal on the
conduct of the
study
Ink Black
P 280
EPSON 120 1 pc
Liquidation:
Last Tranche 9,000
First Tranche 21,000
Total: 30,000
VI. Plans for Dissemination and Utilization
VII.
References
Anderson, P., & Corbett, L. (2008). Literature Circles for Students With Learning Disabilities.