Project EdRa (Educational Video-Assisted Reading Activities): A Reading Intervention Tool to Improve the Reading Performance of Grade 1 Pupils at Catanauan Central School
Leonisa Edra
Discipline: Education
Abstract:
This study determined the effectiveness of Project EdRA in improving the reading performance of Grade 1
pupils in Catanauan Central School. Quasi experimental research design to demonstrate causality between the
intervention and an outcome. Specifically, one group pre-test post-test design was employed to determine the
effectiveness of Project EdRA in improving the reading performance of the respondents. This study involved 28
respondents who were chosen through purposive sampling using the following criteria: (a) they are Grade 1LAE
learners in Catanauan Central School; and (b) they have low level reading performance based on the results of
Functional Literacy Assessment Tool (FLAT). In regard, the respondents were observed at two points of
experimentation: one was before the treatment (pretest) and the other one was after the treatment (posttest). In
connection, the researcher utilized a standardized passage from FLAT to determine the individual learner’s
reading performance. In order to interpret and analyze the gathered data, arithmetic mean was used. Meanwhile,
a test of normality of the data, which was conducted using Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test suggested a normal
distribution of data. Hence, paired sample t-test was employed to determine the significant difference of pre-test
and post-test scores. The study revealed that after the implementation of Project EdRA, as an intervention
program, there was a significant difference between the pre-test scores and the post-test scores of the
respondents, which means that there was a marked improvement in the reading performance of the respondents.
Also, the results that the use of Project EdRA is a helpful tool in enhancing the respondents’ reading skills.
Since the findings revealed that Project EdRA, as a reading intervention program, is a valid tool to enhance
learners’ reading performance, it can be used or adopted by other schools to enhance learners’ reading
performance.
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