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Development and Utilization of Supplementary

Enrichment Learning Materials toward Students’
Improved Performance in Physics 7
Ian Ismael E. Marces
Master Teacher, Mayamot National High School,
Senior High School Department, Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines

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This action research aimed to develop and utilize supplementary enrichment Marces "Development and Utilization of
learning materials toward students’ improved performance in Physics 7 at Supplementary Enrichment Learning
Mayamot National High School during school year 2016-2017. This study Materials toward Students’ Improved
utilized quasi-experimental type of research in order to achieve its main Performance in
objective, which was to develop and utilize supplementary enrichment Physics 7" Published
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INRODUCTION
The aim of education is to produce well-rounded and well- while students with poor grades at the end of the school year
prepared students who are ready to face the reality. Also, it will have to attend summer classes.”
provides students the things they need to develop so they
can continue to be successful in their chosen endeavor after Enrichment or Intervention class is something that must be
graduation. As stipulated in Section 2 of the Republic Act No. part of every classroom from elementary to college. It
10533 “The State shall create a functional basic education contributes to the student’s achievement of the expected
system that will develop productive and responsible citizens competencies in certain subjects. Students who have
equipped with the essential competencies, skills and values difficulty in a particular subject had given a chance to fully
for both life-long learning and employment.” understand the least mastered skills of the subject.
Moreover, the Department of Education Memorandum No.
However, with the present condition of Philippine 46, series of 2013 mandates “Conducting of the new
educational system, Department of Education (DepEd) intervention should be done to ensure that poorly
budget are not sufficient to provide to the needs in every performing pupils/ students would be fully prepared to the
classroom, there are shortages in the classrooms, lack of next level”. In order to achieve the objectives of the school,
appropriate instructional materials and other devices that appropriate instructional tools and materials should be used
the teacher can use in teaching all over the country. There in enrichment and intervention class. These Instructional
are many ways to cope up with this scenario, One of them is materials should be appropriate for the diverse abilities and
doing enrichment and intervention program. Ronda (2014) maturity levels of the students. In relation with this, the
cited in his article at the Philippine Star that “According to provisions in section 63, chapter 3 of the educational act of
Department of Education officials, the intervention class 1982 as it aims to “Develop curriculum, prepare
aims to raise the quality of education in all public schools in instructional materials, prepare and evaluate programs to
line with the K+12 (Kindergarten+12 Basic Education upgrade the quality of teaching”.
Curriculum) program. Mandatory remedial classes will be
given to under-achieving students at the end of each quarter Jamela (2011) mentioned that low performance of students
is attributed to the deficiency of textbook and instructional

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materials in teaching the subject. Thus, it is important for the cope up with the lesson. Likewise, Hammerman (2010:33)
teacher to know how to develop teaching aid and materials. mentioned, Instructional materials can be powerful tools for
The selection of instructional materials should be based on providing high quality instruction in the science classroom.
the needs, interest and capabilities of the pupils. Likewise, Well-designed units and carefully crafted lessons may be
Presidential Decree No. 6-A, Section 5 states that: “Designing, used to guide the instructional process for all teachers.
utilizing and improving instructional technology and
developing or producing textbook and other instructional One of the studies that are related to the present study was
materials will lead to quality education”. Developing conducted by Parales (2012), He developed a work text in
instructional materials is an important element in the Physics which showed very significant results in increasing
teaching-learning process. It is an instrument to make the the academic performance in Physics of fourth year students.
process of learning fruitful and systematic. Salandanan The experimental group or those students taught with the
(2001) as cited by Baltazar (2011) mentioned that use of the developed work text in Physics got a higher mean
instructional materials, particularly printed materials, offer percentage score compared to the control group or those
the best means by which a teacher can provide directions in students taught with the use of the textbook from Dep.Ed.
his students’ daily search for new understanding and Selpa (2012), on the development and validation of
verification. enhancement activities in mathematics for grade VI pupils,
aimed to determine the effectiveness of the developed
The researcher being a science teacher chose to develop the enhancement activities in Mathematics. Based on the result
enrichment learning materials because he believes that of her study, the developed enhancement materials in terms
developing instructional materials will be a great help in the of objectives was highly implemented; content was very
further development of teaching and learning process. Also, highly sufficient; in usefulness, it was found out to be
the researcher believes that the study could address the strongly useful; in language and style, it was strongly
school’s needs to provide suitable instructional materials for effective. In terms of the level of performance of the student-
intervention to cope with the least mastered topics. And respondents, the student respondents showed high increase
lastly, he strongly believes that the enrichment learning in their mean percentage score after teaching them with the
materials in Science 7 will be used as a reviewer in different developed enhancement activities in mathematics
achievement tests like Division Performance Test (DPT),
National Achievement Test (NAT) and National Career Samonte (2012) on the development and validation of
Assessment Examination (NCAE). interactive instructional material in elementary algebra, the
developed interactive instructional material was based on
Review of Related Literature the least mastered skills in elementary algebra. The study
Intervention whether it is an enrichment or remediation revealed that the developed interactive instructional
class is important to cope up with the current condition of material in elementary algebra was an effective instrument
the Science education in the Philippines. As mentioned by for teaching-learning process since the student-respondents
Selvarajan and Vasanthagumar (2012:51), remedial teaching shows a significant increase in their mastery level of the
can also be defined, as the name implies, as designed to cater chosen least mastered topics after using the interactive
to the needs of children unable to keep pace with the instructional material in elementary algebra. Gomez (2014)
teaching-learning process in a normal classroom. Remedial on development and validation of work text in food service
teaching will act as a safety valve for the students who are management, developed supplementary instructional
behind the expected level of achievement. It involves materials in teaching food service management which were
diagnosis of specific difficulties, provide suitable remedial found to be very acceptable in terms of objectives, content,
measures and provide support to prevent reoccurring of language and style, usability, learning activities and graphics.
them again in future. Se (2015) on the development and validation of
supplementary learning materials in drafting technology XI,
Furthermore, Ebert et.al (2011:458), claim that an the developed materials increased the level of performance
intervention is some effort that supplements normal of the student-respondents as reflected on their post-test.
procedure either by providing remediation and enrichment,
or by extending or reducing responsibility or authority. Statement of the Problem
Interventions typically are in response to some specific need, This action research aimed to develop and utilize
and though they can be a permanent change. Also, Remedial supplementary enrichment learning materials toward
teaching is to ensure the desired quality of learning. It is very students’ improved performance in Physics 7 at Mayamot
essential for ensuring effective learning and in improving the National High School during school year 2016-2017.
quality of education. (https://www.scribd.com/
doc/39375713/Remedial-Teaching) Specifically, it sought answers to the following questions:
1. What is the performance of the two groups of student-
For-at-risk children who do not appear to be making respondents in pretest and posttest?
sufficient progress to overcome their difficulties with 2. Is there a significant difference in the performance of
classroom instruction alone, it can be more than a bit of a the two groups of student- respondents in pretest and
challenge to find time in the day to provide additional posttest?
intervention services. (Scanlon et.al, 2010:46) But of course,
it is also important to choose the suitable instructional Hypothesis
materials / tools during the intervention class. Agoo This study pursued the hypothesis that there is no significant
(2012:12) in her article in the modern teacher, in order for difference in the performance of the two groups of student-
learning to be effective, teachers should use instructional respondents in pretest and posttest.
materials. These will also help the average learners to easily

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METHODOLOGY The table 2 presents the comparative analysis between the
This study utilized quasi-experimental type of research in performance of the two groups of respondents in pretest. It
order to achieve its main objective, which was to develop can be gleaned from the table that there is a significant
and utilize supplementary enrichment learning materials difference in the posttest result of the two groups of
toward students’ improved performance in Physics 7 at respondents as reflected in the t-value of 1.1567 with a sig.
Mayamot National High School during school year 2016- value of 0.033 which is less than α = 0.05. Therefore, the null
2017. hypothesis is rejected. This implies that the experimental
group (x = 35.89) performed higher than control (x = 24.26)
Quasi-experimental method was utilized by the researcher in in terms of posttest.
determining the impact of the developed supplementary
enrichment learning materials in Physics 7 through the Conclusions
results of the pretest and posttest. Based on the findings, the following conclusions are arrived
at:
Research Design
1. The developed enrichment learning materials are well
Without prepared and are acceptable to the Science teachers and
Group 1
Supplementary Enrichment department heads.
(Control Group)
Learning Material
2. The developed enrichment learning materials in Physics
With 7 is effective and has improved the performance of the
Group 2 students in the chosen least mastered topics.
Supplementary Enrichment
Experimental Group)
Learning Material
Recommendations
In line with the findings and the conclusions of the study, the
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
following recommendations are offered:
Table1 Comparative Analysis between the
Performance of the Two Groups of Respondents in 1. Science teachers should use the developed
Pretest supplementary enrichment learning materials in
Control Experimental teaching the selected least mastered topics.
Group Group
2. The developed supplementary enrichment learning
Mean 6.17 5.83 materials should be further evaluated by other
t-value 1.3750 researchers for improvement.
3. Science teachers should develop supplementary
Sig. value 0.1735
enrichment learning materials for other least mastered
Interpretation Not Significant topics.
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