Effectiveness Of Science Text Cards To The Test Performance Of Grade 8 Students In Science & Technology

AUTHOR(S)

MONA L. NUÑEZ

ABSTRACT

—— This study aimed to determine the Effectiveness of Science Text Cards to the performance of the Grade 8 learners in Science and Technology. The findings of the study served as a basis of a proposed intervention plan. This study used the Quasi- Experimental method of research to determine the significant difference of the aforementioned variables. The researcher utilized Universal Sampling in identifying the respondents of the study. The test of difference between the scores in the post-test of Grade 8 learners for control and experimental group in Science and Technology after the integration of Science Text cards in the delivery of the different learning competencies in Science and Technology that covered 1 month of the implementation. Based on the table 4, showing the Grade 4 learners’ performances in the test scores particularly in the control and experimental groups it can be gleaned, that the posttest performance of the aforementioned group is effective considering that the results in table 4 for control group in the posttest is 6.50 which is lowered compared to the posttest gained by the experimental group. The results have resulted to the computed t value and considered highest compared to the critical t value. Based from the given data, the hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference between the post-test performances of the Grade 8 learners both the control and experimental group in Mathematics after the integration of Science Text Card is rejected. The results in table 4 implied that the utilization of the Science Text Cards in Teaching Science is significantly effective in improving the test performance of the Grade 8 learners considering that learning Science is not really an easy task on the part of the learners as well to the teachers. It really needs perseverance and dedication in making different learning materials that could augment the learning gap of the learners .The use of traditional teaching techniques should only be used if the subject matter is not particularly challenging. This is because the use of the aforementioned strategy has the potential to cause students to become confused, which could lower their test scores. Additionally, in order for the students to perform better in Science, the teacher needs to keep up with new approaches to the subject, such as identifying powerful techniques that could close the achievement gap. Keywords — Effectiveness, Science Text Cards, Science, Grade 8 Learners