Filipino and Hekasi Performance and Scholastic Achievement of Grade V Pupils: A Comparative Study
Keywords:
Filipino, Hekasi, Performance, Scholastic Achievement, Comparative StudyAbstract
This study attempted to assess the performance of grade V pupils in the Division of Samar in Filipino and HEKASI and determine its relationship to pupils’ scholastic achievement. The study used descriptive-correlational research, twelve districts, 305 teachers and 818 grade V pupils. In both measures, the performance in an achievement test and scholastic achievement, the pupil-respondents scored higher in Filipino than in HEKASI. These findings pointed to the fact that Filipinos are easier than HEKASI. In both subjects, Filipino and HEKASI, the pupils’ mean performance and scholastic achievement differed significantly. The GPA of the grade V pupils tended to be very much higher than their mean performance in the achievement test. In the achievement test, the grade V pupils performed equally well in Filipino and HEKASI. It can be concluded that language facility in Filipino influenced their performance in HEKASI, this subject being taught in Filipino. Comparing performance in achievement and scholastic achievement was inconclusive, unsound and incongruent because of the nature of the two measures. Aside from the issue of language of instruction, HEKASI and Filipino teachers should consider and address their factors which were discovered that affect the teaching and learning of the two subjects.
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