Basic Principles of SIM

Construction
Division Seminar Workshop in
Strategic Intervention Materials (SIM)
August 30- September 01, 2017, SFCS
Tacloban City

GALICANO JAY N. FABI

Leyte National High School
• What do you usually do if most of your
learners fail in the assessment given?
•the use of instructional materials has
a strong relationship with academic
performance of the secondary
students (Dahar and Faize, 2011)
Basic Principles of SIM Construction

•DEFINITION
1

2 •RATIONALE

• PRINCIPLES (Specific
3 Guidelines/Criteria for Judging
What is a SIM?
•stands for Strategic Intervention
Material
•a tool for remediating poor
achievement of the learners
What is a SIM?
•refers to a teaching aid introduced
into the teaching methods to
stimulate the activity of the students
and thereby increased their level of
understanding (Dy, 2011)
What is a SIM?
•a strategically prepared and designed
for teaching remediation for low
achievers in the subject.
•an instructional material meant to
reteach the concept(s) or topics which
are considered least mastered by the
students
•material given to the learners to help
them master a competency- based skill
which they were not able to develop
during regular classroom teaching
•Multifaceted approach to help
students become independent and
successful learners
• DepEd Memo No. 117 Series of 2005 entitled
“Training Workshop On Strategic Intervention
Materials (SIMs) for Successful Learning”,
provided the science secondary teachers the
training in the preparation of SIMs as part of
intensifying and developing strategic intervention
materials as tool for remediating poor
performance in Science
• SIM ensured alignment of activities with the tasks
or objectives, kept the activities short and simple,
provided a variety of activities to cater to the
diverse learning styles
• provided number of activities so that the learner
can have enough practice in developing the skill
and lastly focus on the least mastered skills,
simple, easy to understand and reproduce
(Soberano, 2009)
• Activities included in the SIM allowed students to make
discoveries and formulate ideas on their own, guide and
challenge their thinking and learning and use local data and
situations like interacting with people in the community.
• Provide questions that will guide students to develop concepts
and focus skills, elicit the message or meaning that a student
can take away from an activity and it will establish the
relationship between the topic and what students already know
or are familiar to them (Soberano, 2009)
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ANSWER
GUIDE CARD
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REFERENCE
SIM ACTIVITY
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ENRICHMENT ASSESSMENT
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SPECIFIC GUIDELINES/CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

1. Sub tasking - 15
Competency-based 5
Bloom's Taxonomy followed 6
SMART 4
 G8 Science
Learning Competency:
Compare mitosis and meiosis, and their role in the
cell division.

Enumerate and explain the stages of mitosis.

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES/CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

2. Congruence – 15

Activities in line with content and skills 5

Assessment in line with content and skills 10

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES/CRITERIA FOR JUDGING
3. Usability/Functionality - 45
Language 3
Title Card 2
Guide Card 4
Activity Card 14
Assessment Card 3
Enrichment Card 3
Reference Card 3
Answer Card 3
Packaging 10
SPECIFIC GUIDELINES/CRITERIA FOR JUDGING

4. Replicability - 25
Validate before classroom use 5
Development of Material Based on Least
learned Learning Competency 5
Material used improved mastery level 5
Handy & Easy to copy 8
Cost 2

TOTAL 100
 SUMMARY
• SIM is intended for individualized instruction with minimal or no
supervision of a teacher at all.
• Make it interactive, as if you are talking to the student using your
SIM.
• Ensure alignment of activities with the objectives.
• Keep the activities short, simple and easy to understand.
• Provide a variety of activities to cater to the diverse learning styles.
• Provide a number of activities (at least three per task) so that the
learner can have enough practice in developing the skill.
• SIM is supported an action research.
• It must be easy to reproduce.
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References
Dy, J. O. (2011). Startegic Intervention Materials (SIM) in
Teaching Science IV (Physics): Its Effectiveness. Retrieved
from http://jhody.hubpages.com/hub/Sample-of-a-Brief-
Full-Version-of-a-Research-Study-Strategic-Intervention-
Materials-SIM. February 13, 2015.
Soberano, A. L. (2009). Strategic Intervention Materials in
Chemistry: Development and Effectiveness. Muntinlupa
Science High School. Muntinlupa City, Philippines.
DepEd Memo No. 117 s. 2005. (2005). Training Workshop
on Strategic Intervention Materials (SIMs) for Successful
Learning. Republic of the Philippines, Department of
Education.