Assessment Methods Used by English Teachers in assisting Under-achiever

in reading among Grade Seven Students

1.What is the demographic profile of the respondents in the terms of: age; sex;

marital status; years of teaching English; and educational attainment; 2. What are the factors affecting students’ achievement in reading?3. What are the common problems of English Teachers in Teaching Struggling readers?4. What are the assessment methods used by English teachers in in Teaching

Struggling Readers?5. What is the reading recovery activity that teacher undertaken to uplift the of Under-Achiever readers.

Statement of Problem

Research Paradigm

Output

Effective assessment used by English teachers in teaching Under achiever readers.

Process

Theoretical Framework

Lev Vigotsky Zone of Proximal Development

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Noams Chomsky Language Theory

R.C. Anderson Schema Theory

Methods and ProceduresMethods and Procedures

Locale and Respondents of the Study

Name of the School Respondents Number of Respondents

1. Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation Inc. 3

2. Parochial School of Catanauan 2

3. Luzon Academy 1

4. San Roque National High School 4

5. San Jose Anyao National High School 2

6. Tagabas Ibaba National High School 1

7. San Vicente Kanluran National High School 2

8. DoonganIlaya National High School 2

9. Catanauan National High School 2

10. MatandangSabang National High School 2

11. TagbacanIlaya National High School 1

12. San Isidro National High School 3Total number of respondents 25

Research Method

Sampling Procedure

Purposive Sampling

Slovin’s Formula

Research Design

Descriptive research method

Research Instrument

Survey questionnaire

Statistical Treatment of Data

The statistical formula used are the following:

Percentage

Weighted Mean

Average Weighted Mean

Data Interpretation

Ranking

ConclusionsConclusions

Majority of the respondents are in the age bracket of 20-25, 30-35 and 36-40 with the frequency 7 in each age bracket or 28% in every age bracket.

Most of the respondents were female with a frequency of 23 or 92% and the rest were males with a frequency of 2 or 8%. In terms of their civil status Majority of the respondents are married with a frequency of 16 or 64% while 8 or 32% of them are single and 1 or 4% of them is widowed.

In the years in teaching English Majority of them were teaching 0-5 years with a frequency of 8 or 32%.

In terms of educational attainment, majority of them attained Bachelor of Secondary Education with a frequency of 12 or 48% while 11 or 44% of the respondents answered that they attained of Master’s Units.

One of the most problems of students in reading achievement is their language and literacy development.

The most serious problem of English teachers in teaching struggling reader is s the parental support of the parents in their students in teaching struggling readers.

The most effective assessment method to be used in teaching struggling readers among the three classification is the is the formative assessment and the most effective source of formative assessment is questioning, it is refers to asking better questions affords students an opportunity for deeper thinking and provides teachers with significant insight into the degree and depth of student understanding about what the read.

Based on the gathered data the respondents stated that they often conduct reading recovery activity, maybe this is the reason why struggling readers are pre-dominant in grade seven students .

RecommendationsRecommendations

To the teachers:

They must be aware on what their students language and literacy has. They should have enough skills and careful in teaching and correcting the students who has differ language than their common students. To the Parents:

When communicating teachers, they should focus on the performance of their siblings not on how the teacher manage the classroom.

They should have enough time to check their siblings reading achievement, teach them in their home if necessary.

To the Commission on Higher Education

The education courses which the universities are offered, it should have the subject wherein the different language and dialect are studied in order for the future teachers to become effective, efficient and

skilful in teaching reading in the grade seven students.

Prepared and Presented by: Ms. Liezyl C.

NollasThe Researcher