Effectiveness of Self-Learning Kits (SLK) to the Performance of Grade V Pupils in English

AUTHOR(S)

Girlie E. Cabelin

ABSTRACT

The Department of Education (DepEd) is committed to ensure educational continuity amidst the challenges on COVID-19. Education must continue to give hope and stability, contribute to normalization of activities in the country, facilitate development of the learners and bring normalcy to their lives, but health and safety of learners and school personnel are of utmost importance and must be protected at all times (DO No. 07, s. 2020). With these, the Department of Education (DepEd) had come up with the decision to conduct the opening of classes by August 24. With this announcement, the Kananga II District has an intervention to craft SelfLearning Kit (SLK) as a supplementary learning resource; hence self-learning modules are not yet available. With joint forces from the teachers and school heads, the district was able to formulate the SLK. As one of the proponents of this innovation, the researcher decided to conduct this study to determine its effectiveness to the performance of the Grade V pupils in English. It was revealed in this study that there is a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test performances of the Grade 5 pupils in English. Thus, it was concluded that self-learning kit effectively improves the pupils’ performance in English. The proposed improvement plan is recommended