Effectiveness of the Discovery Method Using Indigenous Materials in Teaching Art Education Among Grade VI Pupils
Keywords:
Effectiveness, Indigenous Materials, Art EducationAbstract
This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of discovery/exploratory methods in teaching Art Education using indigenous materials in the elementary level for District II Alangalang, Leyte. This is an experimental type of research with the use of Pretest and Posttest Written and Practical/application type of test. The art education academic achievement of the control group significantly differed when they are classified according to sex. However, when grouped according to age and grade, the academic achievement of the two groups of subjects did not differ significantly. The mean ratings of the experimental group in the effectiveness of discovery/exploratory method ranged from 3.90 to 4.73 with a grand mean of 4.40. These results implied that the pupils “agree” with how the discovery method was used in teaching art education using indigenous materials by the experimental group. The experimental and control groups had more or less the same level of entry behavior on the basis of their sex, age, and grades in art education and pretest mean scores. This meant that the experiment was free from bias on the basis of the results arrived at. At the end of the experiment, the two groups had the same level of performance. Discovery/exploratory method and the use of lecture-discussion method resulted in a better academic performance in art education as attested by the gains from pretest to the posttest results. Hence, the use of any of the teaching methods in teaching art education was effective. Discovery/exploratory method as an effective tool in improving their performance in art education using indigenous materials.
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