Pre- and Mid-Pandemic Analysis on Student’s Science Grades: a Key for Future Action Research
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International Journal of Science and Management Studies (IJSMS) © 2022 by IJSMS Journal Volume-5 Issue-3 Year of Publication : 2022 Authors : Ducay, Richard A DOI: 10.51386/10.51386/25815946/ijsms-v5i3p111 |
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| Citation: MLA Style: Ducay, Richard A "Pre- and Mid-Pandemic Analysis on Student’s Science Grades: a Key for Future Action Research" International Journal of Science and Management Studies (IJSMS) V5.I3 (2022): 100-104. APA Style: Ducay, Richard A, Pre- and Mid-Pandemic Analysis on Student’s Science Grades: a Key for Future Action Research, International Journal of Science and Management Studies (IJSMS), v5(i3), 100-104. |
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| Abstract: The curse of the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the assessment of learning for the past two years. One of the disciplines that was greatly affected is Science. Science education is vital in human development. Most recently, numerous research articles have been published to assess assessment strategies, their effectivity and instrumentations across the globe. However, among these numerous research articles in the local and international scale, it can be observed that there is dearth in the assessment of student’s performance in Science. Thus, this study is conducted to assess the trend in student’s science grades before and during the pandemic in the Philippine Junior High School K to 12 curricula. This study employed a descriptive quantitative research design to attain the pre and mid pandemic analysis The respondents of this study were the Junior High School SY 2018-2019 and SY 2020-2021 completers. The acquired data shall be treated using T-Test of Independence. The results revealed that students’ grades in Science significantly increased during the pandemic era and become less varied which is evident in their lesser extent of its variability. This result runs counter to other researches on students output in time of pandemic and several areas need to be reassessed for its validity and reliability with students’ actual application of science skills which are lifelong vital tools. Thus, it is recommended that for future school-based action researches, educators should focus on themes like; Science skills and grades parallelism, modular and face to face modality comparisons, pandemic assessment lapses, and school problem management. |
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| Keywords:Science Assessment, K to 12 curriculum, students’ grades, pandemic. | ||
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