Effectiveness of Directed Reading Thinking Activities to The Comprehension Performance of the Grade 7 Learners

AUTHOR(S)

SHENYL B. JUGAR

ABSTRACT

—The test of difference between the scores in the pre-test and posttest performances in terms of comprehension skills of the grade 7 learners before and after the integration of the directed reading thinking activities in the delivery of the most essential learning competencies in teaching English. Based on the findings of the study , there was a positive impact gained by the grade 7 learners from the new intervention shared by the teacher in the delivery of the most essential learnings competencies in Filipino that was lasted for 4 weeks. Based from the results given, it can be gleaned that the pretest performance of the grade 7 learners is equal to 20.36 which is lesser than the posttest performance of the grade 7 learners when the researcher compared the two assessment result scores gained by the Grade 7 leaners after the integration of DRTA which resulted to the computed T value and greater than the critical t value of which means that the hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference between the pretest and posttest performance of the Grade 7 learners before and after the integration of the Directed reading thinking Activities in the delivery of the most essential learning competencies in reading is rejected which means that the intervention is significantly effective in improving the comprehension skills of learners specially those topics which are very difficult to understand. The result in table 3 implied that most of the grade 7 learners who took the pretest assessment on the comprehension skills of the learners are belong in the good level reading performances have the tendencies that there are times that those learners who were belong to the good level of performance could lower their performance or those who are in the fair level of performance could make their life difficult which means chances are they will be lowered to poor level of performance. The results really give a manifestation to all the teachers that they really need a favorable attention in order to improve their learning experiences and also create chances that makes them more motivated to learn the topics or skills. Moreover, to bridge the gap between the results of the learners to the expected performance level of the learners, the researcher needs new strategies to be adopted in order to improve the comprehension skills of the Grade 7 learners in order to improve their comprehension skills from fair level of performance to excellent level or very good level of performance at least. the learning intervention which is the direct order thinking activities they have already given the chance to improve their learning skills and create a more directly proportional level of performances to all types of learners. Because some of the learners who are in the bottom level of performances have already gained positive impact on their learning career and created learning freedom to the learners. This results also gave the idea for teachers to focus on the things that the learners are really love the most. Keywords — Effectiveness, Directed Order Thinking Activities, Performance, Grade 7 Pupils, Comprehension Skills, Filipino