Undergraduate Thesis Bachelor in Elementary Education Area of Specialization-Content Courses University of Rizal System, Rodriguez, Rizal
2014

This study aimed to determine the adaptability to mother tongue based instruction of the Primary grades (1, 2 and 3) in Kasiglahan Village Elementary School during the School Year 2014-2015. There were 75 respondents in this study wherein 39 are male and 36 are female.

This research utilized descriptive evaluative method of research. The researchers used the following statistical treatment for result and accurate interpretation. To determine the profile of the respondents, in terms of frequency and percentage distribution were used frequency and percentage distributionwere also used to determine the performance of the students by their scores in terms of Math, Arts, Health and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao. ANOVA was used to determine if there is any significant difference in the performance of the respondents when grouped according to profile.

From the analysis of data and results obtained in the previous chapter, the following findings were summarized as follows:

On the profile of the respondents in terms of sex, males outnumbered females with frequency of 39 or 52 percent, while the latter had 36 or 48 percent. The total number of the respondents was 75. In terms of grade level, there was an equal distribution of the respondents per grade level. Thus, in Grade one there are 25 pupils or 33.33 percent, the same with the number of respondents in Grades two and three. In terms of language spoken at home, majority of the respondents used tagalog at home with a frequency of 66 or 88 percent of the respondents. Followed by Waray-waray that have a frequency of 5 or 6.7 percent and Cebuano with 4 or 5.3 percent.

On the performance of the students as revealed by their scores, top among the subjects learned by Grade one pupils using Mother Tongue was Health-1 with a mean of 8.56: Followed by Art-1 with a mean of 8.20 then, Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao -1 with a mean of 7.92. The least among them was Math-1 with a mean of 7.32, and average mean is 8.00. For the Grade two pupils Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao -2 take the top spot with a mean of 9.24; followed by Health-2 with a mean of 8.64, then, Math-2 with a mean of 8.24. The least among them was Arts-2 with a mean of 7.48, The average mean is 8.40. For Grade three top among the subjects using Mother Tongue was Math-3 with a mean of 9.12; followed by Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao -3 with a mean of 9.32; Then, Arts -3 with a mean of 8.96; The least among them was Health 3 with a mean of 8 60. The average mean was 9.00. On the consolidated performance of the elementary pupils, top among them was Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao with a mean of 8.82, followed by Health with a mean of 8.60; then, Math with a mean of 8.22; Least among these subjects was Arts with a mean of 8.21; The average mean is 8.46.

On the significant difference in the performance of the respondents when grouped according to their sex, Math and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao with the p-values of 011 and 004 respectively were less than 05 level of significance which meant that the null hypothesis was rejected while Arts and Health were the reverse for their p-values of 2.93 and 3.28 were greater than 05 level of significance. In terms of Grade Level, the p-values for Math, Arts, Health and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao were 45, 79, 69 and 1.66 respectively which were all greater than 05 level of significance. Therefore the null hypothesis was accepted. Parallel with the language spoken at home wherein the null hypothesis was also accepted, thus, the p-values were greater the level of significance; Math Arts Health and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao have 23, 83.18 and 73 p-values respectively.

With the enumerated findings, the following conclusions were drawn: Tagalog is the prevailing language spoken at home by the respondents. Primary pupils performed best in Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao. They performed least in Arts. With regards to grade level and language spoken at home they performed similarly in their academic subjects but not in terms of sex wherein they vary their performance in Math and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao subjects.

Based on the findings and conclusions drawn, the following are the recommendations offered by the researchers.

Students should appreciate and value the beauty of the Filipino dialect. They should continue using the mother tongue so this will continuously be enriched. With this, certainly, their lessons will become more comprehensive School Administrators and Curriculum Planners should continuously develop and innovate instructional materials to enrich further the teaching of academic subjects using the mother tongue. Teachers should be more patient, enthusiastic and motivated in teaching subjects using mother tongue so that their lessons will become more comprehensive. Future Researchers may replicate or may deepen this study using other possible variables.