JANICE B. PESINO, M. Ed.

Secondary School Teacher II

EFFECTIVENESS OF VOCABULARY

ENHANCERS FOR GRADE 8

IN MAYAMOT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

E F F E C T I VL U

VDOM

C A B

EVLEWT-K

Grade 8-Lilac

No. of Students

No. of students

who reached 50% of the total score in the Pre-

test

%

Male 25 2 8%

Female 27 9 33%

Total 52 11 41%Summary of Scores during the Pre-test

Table 1.

Vocabulary is a significant indicator of understanding.

-Frey (2011)

Students just don’t know enough words.

-Nist (2010)

(1) vocabulary is a basic part of reading comprehension

-Nist (2010)

(2) vocabulary is a major part of almost every standardized test

-Nist (2010)

(3) students with strong vocabularies are more successful in school.

-Nist (2010)

(4) in today’s world, a good vocabulary counts more than ever.

-Nist (2010)

1. What is the level of performance of the Grade 8-Lilac based on their pre-test?

RQ

2. What is the level of performance of the Grade 8-Lilac based on their post-test?

RQ

3. Is there a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the students?

RQ

CF

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

-25 male and 27 female Grade 8 Lilac

-pre-test

-administration of pre-test

-utilization of vocabulary enhancers module for grade 8

-administration of post-test

-analysis and interpretation of data

-increased in the result of post-test

-significant difference in the result of pre-test and post-test

MRD

BEFORE the conduct of the study:

*development of module*validation of module*evaluation of module

DURINGthe conduct of the study:

List of names of Grade 8-Lilac students (male/female)30 copies of modulePre-test/ Post-testAttendance sheetPowerpoint presentation of each lesson

MRD

Table 2. Sample Parts of the Module

MRD

Table 3. Pre-Test/Post-Test Material

RD

1. What is the level of performance of the Grade 8-Lilac based on their pre-test? 

RD1Before the utilization of

module After the utilization of

moduleGrade 8-Lilac

No. of Student

s

No. of students

who reached 50% of

the total score in the Pre-

test

% Grade 8-Lilac

No. of Student

s

No. of students

who reached

50% of the total score

in the Post-test

%

Male 25 2 8% Male 25 7 28%

Female

27 9 33% Female 27 17 63%

Total 52 11 41% Total 52 24 91%

RD

2. What is the level of performance of the Grade 8-Lilac based on their post-test? 

RD2

 Grade 8-Lilac

 No. of

Students

No. of students

who got an increase in the Post-test score

 %

Male 25 23 92%

Female 27 25 93%

Total 52 48 92.5%

RD

3. Is there a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the students?

RD3 

Group No. Of Respondents

 Wx

 SD

 t-

test compute

d

value

 t-

test tabula

r valu

e

 Decisio

n

 Interpretation

Pre Test 52 38.8

112.746  

7.507

 

1.676

 Reject Ho

 Significan

t

Post Test 52 48.3

714.976

1. The level of performance of the Grade 8-Lilac based on their pre-test shows that out of 52 students who took the pre-test there is only 41% of them who reached the average score of 50.

SF

2. The level of performance of Grade 8-Lilac based on their post-test showed that out of 25 male students 23 or 92% got an increase in their post-test scores. Meanwhile, out of 27 female students 25 or 93% of them got an increase in their post test scores.

SF

3. There is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the students based on the t-test computed value of 7.507 which is greater than the tabular value of 1.676 at 0.05 level of significance and at 51 degrees of freedom.

SF

CR

1. Students vocabulary skills could be developed using the Vocabulary Enhancers for Grade 8.2. Students learn better if they are hands on with their learning material.

CR

3. Students can improve their skill through the use of various activities.

CR

1. Utilize the module as early as first quarter period.2. Allow all grade 8 students to use the module so they could also improve their vocabulary skill.

CR

3. Teachers should prepare parallel activities to the given topic to suffice the needs of the learners.

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