1 Action Research Proponent : LYNHYLL JOY R. DIGNOS School : Lagao 2nd Bo. Elementary School Division : General Santos City Research Title : THE USE OF RENAMING METHOD IN MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMSOLVING SKILLS AMONG GRADE 3 LEARNERS OF LAGAO 2ND BO. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Contact Number :09068578708 I. Context and Rationale Learning areas, including learners' ability to use numbers, have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to school closures, issues with online learning, and a lack of access to technology and educational materials, many children all had hard time getting the best possible learning (Apriyanti, 2020). Schools have been compelled into a learning system that is complex and restricted as a result of the shift from direct instruction to more indirect approaches (Rasmitadila, 2020). The school, teachers, and learners were all greatly affected by this experience (Mailizar et al., 2020). A survey conducted by the National Numeracy organization in the Philippines found that only 10% of parents believed their children were ahead or on track in maths during the first lockdown in 2020. Another study of primary schools in the Philippines found that the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in Mathematics at age 11 decreased from 73% in 2019 to 60% in 2020 due to the pandemic’s impact. 2 The present educational situation of the Philippines, is somehow dictated by the existing pandemic crisis that there will be a “New Normal” for classroom teaching delivery with the virus threatening the health of the citizens of the country. With the existing practice of blended learning where classroom lecture and teaching reading prevails, it is now a question for the schools on how the classes and the learning delivery system will be addressed for the upcoming school year especially in teaching reading for the learners. Reading is a habit where students learn, gain knowledge and develop new skills (Olivar, 2014). Understanding the significance of reading and in line with the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program, the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented “Bawat Bata Bumabasa” (3B’s Initiative), through Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum No. 173. S, 2019. This aims to make every learner a proficient reader and tasked all schools to help learners develop their reading skills. According to the result of the conducted national assessment by the Department of Education (DepEd), it was revealed that there are still many early grade learners struggling to meet learning standards in early language, literacy and numeracy. They have low achievement levels in English, Math and Science caused by gaps in their reading comprehension. This means that there are many low performing learners who could not comprehend for all learning areas, (DepEd Memorandum No. 173, S. 2019). Most of the schools preferred to implement the Modular Distance Learning (MDL) using the Self-Learning Modules (SLM) as a learning modality in the New Normal. In General Santos City Division, the “Radyo Mo, Kinabukasan Ko” was launched in order to conduct classes using the radio transistors and recorded lessons 3 as a supplement to the SLMs. It also aims to help learners in the far flung schools as one of their learning resources in this new normal. However, teaching reading was one of the struggles since there was no interaction between the teachers and learners since it is only a one-way radio based instruction. In order to address the aforementioned gaps, the Fataldao Primary School, amidst pandemic happening around the globe, is still committed to extend quality learning to the IP learners through strengthening the reading proficiency of every learner and to nurture a culture of reading which is a requisite skill in all content areas. II. Action Research Questions The study seeks to find out the effect of the use of Portable two-way radio transceiver in teaching to the oral fluency of the Grade 6 IP Pupils of Fataldao Primary School. Specifically answer the following questions: 1. What is the oral reading level of the Grade 6 IP pupils of Fataldao Primary School in terms of speed before the utilization of portable two-way radio transceiver? 2. What is the oral reading level of the Grade 6 IP pupils of Fataldao Primary School in terms of speed when after portable two-way radio transceiver was used? 3. Is there a significant effect on the oral reading level, in terms of speed, of the pupils with the used of portable two-way radio transceiver? III. Proposed Innovation, Intervention and Strategy 4 Innovation The study proposes to explore the possibilities of teaching and enhancing reading skills of the pupils in times of pandemic with the help of the teachers who are less and far from the learners at home. This is to provide continuous teaching reading and learning experience among the IP learners even they do not have access to internet and cannot provide their own gadgets as their learning resources in these trying times. It aims of possibilities of partnering with parents and other stakeholders to learn and improve the reading abilities of the IP learners. More so, an avenue as well to increase the academic performance of the IP Learners even during pandemic. Intervention The study proposes to address the issue on how to teach reading to the learners during public health emergency when parents are not available because they are working especially to the IP learners. It also provides intervention on the perennial problem that educators had been confronting for decades, the challenges of bringing slow readers to independent reading level since reading is one of the most essential skills that learners need to develop to become a life-long learner. Strategy The study proposes to utilized portable two-way radio transceiver. The identified participants will be given reading materials and learn reading using the portable two-way radio transceiver. Learners will be provided with a set of text passages arranged into an increasing level of difficulty which they will be teaching by 5 their teachers using the portable two-way radio transceiver installed in the designated community learning center (CLC). Parent enablers will be requested to facilitate and assist the learners in order to follow strictly the health and safety protocols. After reading a single text passage from the compilation, the pupils had to answer an established comprehension questions based on what they had read. They also had to ask their parent enablers to affix their signatures in an evaluation form provided to monitor the performance of the pupils towards the duration of the activity with their supervision. The researcher will check the answers of the pupils. This will serve as comprehension results of the pupils. The researcher then will ask every pupil to read the passage orally to identify his/her speed and accuracy rate. Speed will be determined by identifying the words per minute (wpm). IV. Action Research Method Participants This research will focus on effect of the use of Portable Two-way Radio Transceiver as a tool in teaching the oral reading fluency in this new normal among Grade 6 IP learners in Fataldao Primary School, South Fatima District, General Santos City. The study will be conducted to all Grade 6 IP Learners who are officially enrolled in the school year 2020-2021. Data Gathering Method 6 The researcher will secure a letter of permission from the principal to conduct the study. A letter also will be given to the Purok Chairman to request the Purok Hall as the Community Learning Center (CLC) where the two-way portable radio transceiver is installed. Upon approval, he will the conduct an informal oral reading inventory with the use of the “running record” to identify the oral reading level of the pupils in the Grade 6 IP Learners. This pre-test will serve as a baseline data for this research. The over-all fluency in reading of the will be the basis of the researcher to provide an intervention to increase the level of the reading fluency. These pupils will be driven with the portable two-way radio transceiver strategy. These pupils will be provided with set of text passages arranged into an increasing level of difficulty which they will learn in the CLC using the installed portable two-way radio transceiver. After reading a single text passage from the compilation, the pupils had to answer an established comprehension questions basing on what they read. They will also had to ask their parent enablers to affix their signatures in an evaluation form to monitor the performance of the pupils towards the duration of the activity. The researcher will check the answers of the pupils. This will serve as comprehension results of the pupils. The researcher will ask every pupil to read the passage orally to identify his/her speed and accuracy rate. Speed will be determined by identifying the words per minute (wpm). Data Analysis Plan 7 A post-test was then will be conducted after 1 month to identify the oral reading level in terms of speed of the pupils. The researcher will use frequency count, mean and percentage to identify the speed of the students in oral reading. Pearson r will be employed to identify the significant relationship on the use of Portable Two-way Radio Transceiver to the oral reading speed of the IP Learners. V. Action Research Work Plan and Timeliness Chapt er Research Proposal Topic 1 Introduction of the Research Literature Review Research Questions Scope and Limitation Research Methodology Results and Discussion Conclusions and Recommendati ons Timetable/Gan nt chart 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Months Janua Fe ry b Marc Apr Ma h il y Jun e Jul y Au g. Sep t. Oc t. 8 VI. Cost Estimates Activity Amount Production of Instruments 4, 000.00 Validity and Reliability 4,000.00 Data Collections 5,000.00 Data Analysis 4, 500.00 Report Writing for 5 days 3, 000.00 Printing of Final Manuscript 2, 000.00 Dissemination (Regional Research Congress Forum) a. Transportation 500.00 b. Meal Allowance 300.00 c. Registration 4,000.00 d. Contingency fund 3,000.00 TOTAL P 30,000.00 VII. Plans for Dissemination and Utilization The result will be presented in the school, district, division and regional trainings or congress and will be used in the Learning Action Cell session in South Fatima District. 9 VIII. 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