Supplementary Activities For Developing Laboratory Skills Of Grade 7 Students
Volume 3 - Issue 6, June 2019 Edition
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Author(s)
Roldan D. Atienza, MA
Keywords
Laboratory, Performance, Skills, Supplementary activities
Abstract
This study aimed to develop supplementary activities to enhance the Grade 7 students’ laboratory skills in private secondary schools in Area III, Division of Batangas. It also determined the respondent’s level of performance in science laboratory skills with reference to the following skills: observing, classifying, interpreting, predicting and inferring. Extent of students’ manifestation in skills like identifying variables, measuring, communicating and organizing was also determined. This study also covered the difficulties encountered in the conduct of laboratory experiments and in the preparation of laboratory report. The descriptive method of research was utilized in the study with the use of a questionnaire as main data gathering instrument supplemented by informal interviews and focus group discussion. Respondents of the study were 257 udents from selected TEIs and selected elementary and secondary schools in the province of Batangas. The statistical tools used were weighted mean and Pearson -r. Results from the findings revealed that grade 7 students are proficient in observing, classifying, interpreting, predicting and inferring. As to the extent of manifestation, grade 7 manifested to a very great extent in identifying variables while manifested to a great extent in measuring, communicating and organizing. Moreover, the respondents found it difficult to comprehend and understand the nature and the purpose of the experiments. Supplementary activities for developing laboratory performance of grade seven students are designed to provide the needs of the 21st century students under the new educational curriculum, K to 12 with highly motivating and exciting series of activities to understand concepts and main ideas in Science 7, engage them in a new way of discovering something, and develop positive atmosphere among them. This will also help them improve their laboratory performance far better by addressing such science skills. Thus, this is made with a hope of achieving great outcome from the students.
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