ABSTRACT
In integrative teaching with the utilization of Computer Assisted Instructional Materials (CAIM), would significantly help teachers in shaping learner’s future. This would lead the learners to acquire their knowledge, skills, and values to become productive, and useful citizen which will be competitive workforce in the global economy. At present there is an urgent need for the innovation of teaching to ensure that the transfer of learning is not only from the teacher to the pupils but also from diverse sources. Learners are expected to have an understanding in the complexities of life and be motivated to become an active helper in building a better nation.
In the above-mentioned information, the researcher was encouraged and motivated to develop computer assisted instructional materials to enhance the delivery of quality instruction vis a is to enhance the performance level of pupils in English subject.
KEYWORDS: Assessment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials, Performance Level
INTRODUCTION
The use of computers in education started in 1960’s with the invention of convenient microcomputers in 1970. The use of computers in schools has become a widespread phenomenal from primary to tertiary level, even in some preschool programs. Instructional computers are basically used either to provide a straightforward presentation of data or to full a tutorial role in which the pupil is tested on comprehension. At present, modern education technology has a significant impact on ideas forms, process, methods, teaching, and management in education. In the era of knowledge society, different modern education technologies are developed. One of these technologies is the use of computer assisted materials in instruction. Advances in technology particularly in computer prompted the development and wide distribution of audio-visual aids in the close of the 20th century. Yet still the transmission of learning is on the rock particularly in the 21st century due to a number of emerging problems and challenges in teaching and learning specially with heterogeneous classes have shown individual differences requiring varied and diversified instruction and teaching methods; the lack of textbooks and other sources of materials; and the challenges brought about by mass media, internet connectivity, online games and other challenges in teaching and learning where these technological advances compete with the teacher in the process of knowledge transmission, delivery, exploration and utilization. Computer assisted instructional materials in instruction uses a combination of text, graphics, sounds and video in enhancing the learning process. It also represents a teaching tool that involves the use of a computer programs to facilitate the education of a group of pupils. As teachers employ this method when explaining and presenting concepts though the use of visual features with the aim of making the learner understands the topic presented by the teachers.
Education is a lifelong learning process; it evolves and moves in accordance with the transmission of learning from teacher itself to the pupils. The main aim of education is to preserve, transmit and advance the societal knowledge. In the past, this aim was achieved with the help of community elders serving as teachers, and then the invention of printing press enabled the widespread printing of books for personal reading enjoyment and for instructional purposes.
In integrative teaching with the utilization of Computer Assisted Instructional Materials (CAIM), would significantly help teachers in shaping learner’s future. This would lead the learners to acquire their knowledge, skills, and values to become productive, and useful citizen which will be competitive workforce in the global economy. At present there is an urgent need for the innovation of teaching to ensure that the transfer of learning is not only from the teacher to the pupils but also from diverse sources. Learners are expected to have an understanding in the complexities of life and be motivated to become an active helper in building a better nation.
English teaching shall encourage learners to learn through hands-on and minds-on manipulative and interactive activities. Pupils learn on their own because they can explore, discover, generalize, and apply what they learned in their daily lives. These activities shall be made effectively by using appropriate teaching strategies with adequate support of instructional material and equipment.
As a teaching technique, the use of computer assisted instructional material provides concrete and direct learning experiences for the pupils. This will serve as delivery vehicles for quality instruction. It would help the learners build more meaningful personal interpretations about the lesson and serves as a medium in representing what the learner knows and what he/she is learning.
In the above-mentioned information, the researcher was encouraged and motivated to develop computer assisted instructional materials to enhance the delivery of quality instruction vis a is to enhance the performance level of pupils in English subject.
MATERIALS/METHODS
The study utilized the descriptive and developmental research method. This is a fact-finding research with an adequate interpretation. This is something more and beyond data-gathering, the latter is not reflective thinking or research. The true meaning of the data collected should be reported from the point of view of the objective and basic assumption of the project underway. Descriptive research also describes and interprets what is concerned with condition of the relationship that exist, practices that prevail, belief and processes that are going on, effect that are being felt or trend thar are developing (Calderon and Gonzales, 2011).
This type of research is the most appropriate since it seeks to provide information to answer questions that can be answered in one or more ways using qualitative or quantitative method. The survey must collect responses from the representative sample of individual person.
With the above cited description, the researcher conducted a survey on the acceptability of the proposed Computer-Assisted Instructional Materials of the grade four pupils in the Division of Manila. aside from the survey questionnaire as her main instrument, she also conducted pretest and post test to validate the developed instructional materials for its usefulness.
RESULTS DISCUSSION
The salient findings of the study are as follows:
1. The level of performance of Grade 4 pupils in English in the Public Elementary School in the District of Manila for the last three years. The level of performance of the grade 4 pupils in English for the last three years was interpreted as average.
2. The proposed instructional material based on the findings. As reflected from the table the least utilized instructional materials in teaching English is the Computer-Assisted Instructional Material.
3. The acceptability of the Computer-Assisted Instructional Materials in English IV. The Computer-Assisted Instructional Material in English IV obtained an overall calculated mean value of 4.89 and was interpreted as highly acceptable to the respondents.
4. The significant difference in the assessment of Master Teachers/Coordinators and English Teachers on the variables. The Assessment of the respondents on the acceptability of the Computer-Assisted Instructional Materials in English 4 gained an overall t-value of .44 which is lower than the critical value of 1.645 at 0.05 level of significance with 76 degrees of freedom, therefore there is no significant difference between the assessments of the two groups of respondents on the acceptability of the Computer-Assisted Instructional Material in English IV, so the hypothesis is accepted.
5. The pupils performed in the pre-test and post-test before and after using the Computer-Assisted Instructional Material. Is there a significant difference? The mean scores of the pupils had increased from 23.93 to 40.49 which obtained a high performance from 73.93 with a verbal interpretation of moving towards mastery to 90.49 which is interpreted as closely approximating mastery with a higher performance level in the post-test than the pre-test after the utilization of the Computer-Assisted Instructional Material in English IV.
The result manifested that the computed t-value of 17.25 with the degree of freedom of 89 is above the critical value of 1.645 at .05 level of significance which means there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test mean score of the Grade 4 pupils. Hence, the null hypothesis was rejected.
CONCLUSION
The conclusions of the findings of the study are as follows:
1. The performance level of the grade 4 pupils in English subject is average.
2. The computer-assisted instructional material is least utilized in teaching English 4.
3. The respondents shared similar views and perception that the instructional materials developed was highly acceptable.
4. The assessment of the two groups of respondents would have equally the same perceptions and interpretations that there is no significant difference on their views.
5. The performance of the pupils after using the developed computer-assisted instructional materials has dramatically improved with a sizeable performance.