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provided to the students and that of learner’s Since the SIM is prepared in a way that a
interest in the subject as they cannot meet the learner can do it independently from the
acceptable learners’ mastery and competence presence of a teacher, the strategies must be
set by the academe hinged on providing opportunities to learn
Over the years, poor performances contents in the simpler way possible.
are correlated with poor and wrong choice of According to Bjork (2007), to effectively
teaching materials and methods (Selçuk, implement a self-guided learning approach,
Çalışkan, &Erol, 2008). The basic education the learner needs to face certain intuitions and
sector proposed a solution to that problem have a reasonably good understanding of the
through the use contextualized Strategic processes that underlie durable learning.
Intervention Materials (SIMs) as mandated in However, when students acquire new
DepEd Order NO. 39, Series of 2012. understanding, they do not study each item
According to Togonon (2011), as an just for a single time, but students need to go
instructional material it deepens learners’ over the materials multiple times before
skills in manipulating, thinking, terminating study. Many researches,
understanding and observing that can be used presupposes that SPL promotes self-reliance
by group or individually. Some researchers and independence, thereby increasing
have proven the versatility and effectiveness students amount of responsibility to their
of a Strategic intervention material. Dy own learning, since they are self-motivated.
(2011) affirmed that his prepared SIM aided Self-paced learning (SPL) as a teaching
learners to facilitate their own learnings, method, enables the students to move on to
hence the use of such innovation improves another module as soon as competence is
the learners’ academic performance. Lagata reached in the current module. The said
(2004) concluded that his developed SIM approach is popular to TVL programs. It is
was effective in developing and enhancing characterized as a diversion from the usual
learners problem-solving skills. While some teachers up front to teachers who should be
researchers were conducted in other readily available to help students who
disciplines like Lumogdang (2015) in TLE encounters difficulties with their materials. In
and Bruma (2016) in Filipino. many studies, the said approach is made
Corrolary, Siemon (2001) affirmed possible through modular encrypted
that an instructional material integrated with instruction. SPL promotes continual
concrete manipulatives improve QR learners’ enrolling to the course/program, topping of
achievement level while Guevara (2016) classes and increased in class sizes (Bunagan,
opined that the use of manipulatives makes 2012). In Self-paced learning the learner
mathematics concepts concrete due to its controls the pace of the learning process. The
hand on learning nature. The Department of content, learning sequence, pace of learning
Education through its K to 12 program and possibly even the media are determined
dictates that all learning experiences must be by the individual (Antigua, 2015). According
learner-centered. The learner-centered to Anadia (2015), self-paced learning
Psychological Principle (LPCs) provide an maximizes individual freedom. Rather than
educative framework that integrates social making the obviously incorrect assumption
constructivism, individual differences that all students learn at the same speed, have
theories, and cognitive learning theories to access and control over their lives to march
better cater a classroom of greater thinkers. along with a cohort group of learners or are
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mean score of 5.75, while the control group intervention material performed better
obtained 4.60 mean score. These results were compared to a learner’s textbook.
both interpreted as with “Low Achievement”
The data signify that the subjects in both Table 3. Posttest Achievement Level of the Four
groups belong to struggling learners and Groups
poorly performing in class. Overall, these Mean
Groups Interpretation
results is similar to the findings of Scores
Abuda(2019) who found that both the control EG1 16.3 Moving Towards
and experimental groups performed poorly in Achievement
EG2 15 Moving Towards
the pretest. Achievement
CG1 9.85 Average Achievement
Table 2. Pretest Achievement Levels of CG2 3.1 Low Achievement
Experimental and Control Groups
Groups
Mean
Interpretation
4.3 Difference between the Pretest
Scores Achievement Levels of the
EG1 5.75 Low Achievement Experimental and Control Groups
CG1 4.60 Low Achievement Table 4 discloses that the
experimental and control groups who were
4.2 Posttest Achievement of the Four pretested prior to exposing to treatments via
Groups QRSIM got an almost the same scores
deviation. Since the computed P value is
Table 3 showcases the posttest higher than the level of significance, there is
achievement levels of the four groups no ample evidence to reject the null
namely: (1) experimental group with pretest, hypothesis. Therefore, the pretest
(2) experimental group without pretest, (3) achievement levels of the experimental and
control group with pretest, and (4) control control groups do not have significant
group without pretest. The table shows that difference. This amplifies that the learning
both the experimental group with pretest and achievement of the subjects were
without pretest gained mean scores of 16.3 homogenous as opined by Fajardo (2004). A
and 15, respectively of which are interpreted similar mastery level resulted due to the
as “Moving towards achievement”. On the pairing made by the researcher to ensure that
other hand, the control group with pretest the two groups were made equal.
gained a mean score of 9.85 interpreted as
“Average achievement” while the control Table 4. Difference between the Pretest
group without pretest got the lowest Achievement Levels of the
achievement score of 3.1 interpreted as with Experimental and Control Groups
“Low achievement”. Based on the table, both t- P-
Groups SD Remarks
the experimental group with pretest (EG1) value value
and without pretest (EG2) acquired the EG1 2.4
1.41 0.08* Not Significant
highest achievement mean scores. These CG1 2.1
findings were confirmed in the study of Diaz
and Dio (2014) and Lazaro (2018) who both
proved that students exposed to a strategic
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4.4 Difference between the Pretest and Table 5. Difference between the Pretest
Posttest Achievement Levels of the and Posttest Achievement Levels of the
Experimental and Control Groups Experimental and Control Groups
t- P-
Table 5 shows the difference between Groups MD Remarks
value value
the achievement levels in the Pretest and EG1 10.55 24.41 0.000* Significant
Posttest results of the experimental group, the
control group, and the pretest sensitization of CG1 5.25 8.46 0.000* Significant
the pretest of control group (CG1) and CG1Pret
posttest score of the control group without est/
1.5 2.19 0.020* Significant
CG2Pos
pretest (CG2). All the computed P-values ttest
were less than the level of significance. The α = 0.05, MD: Mean Difference
results suggest, that there are significant
differences between the pretest and posttest 4.4 Difference between the Pretest and
scores of the experimental group, the control Posttest Achievement Levels of the
group, and the pretest sensitization of the Experimental and Control Groups
pretest of control group (CG1) and posttest Table 6 presents the comparison of
score of the control group without pretest the posttest achievement levels of the four
(CG2). Furthermore, it can be gleaned from groups. Since the F-value of 133.04 with a
the table that the experimental group got the computed P-value of 0.000 is less than the
highest mean difference and computed t- alpha level, it is safe to say that there is a
value of 10.55 and 24.41, respectively. This significant difference among the posttest
clearly suggest that the use of a QR-based achievement levels of the four groups.
Strategic Intervention Material enhances the Furthermore, the researcher looked into
achievement level of struggling math learners differences of these groups to determine
in the 11th grade curriculum. It was also which truly shows a significant difference,
observed that there is a significant difference using the Scheffe’s test. It can be observed
of achievement levels of students who were that only the experimental groups do not
exposed to pretest and those who were not significantly differ. This entails the use of a
pretested as a t-value of 2.19 with a critical P- QR-based Strategic Intervention Material
value of 0.02 is still less than the improves the achievement levels of students
unprecedented level of significance. Barles exposed to it. This result is supported by the
(2015) and Guevara (2016) both believed that findings shown in Table 4 revealing that the
the use of instructional materials can experimental groups moves towards the
positively improve the scholastic expected achievement level. This findings
performance of students. conform with Escoreal (2012) findings in
which he found out that the use of SIM
significantly reduce (p<0.05) in the pupils
mean number of least mastered skills and
Soberano (2010) who mentioned that
strategic intervention material were effective
in mastering the competency based-skills
whence posttests result were compared
between the experimental and control group.
This result however was opposite to the
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