EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPLEMENTAL TEACHING AT HOME FOR GRADE SCHOOL LEARNERS

Abstract

This study on effectiveness of supplemental teaching at home for grade school learners was conducted
to introduce an intervention that will assist learners with difficulties in mathematics and involve the
parents in enhancing the skills needed to achieve the learning competencies.
The study sought to answer the question: How may the effectiveness of home-based supplemental
teaching strategy be described? Specifically it sought answers to the following questions: (1). How may
the pupils’ profile be described in terms of: size of the family, economic status and educational
attainment of parents; (2). How may the conduct of home-based supplemental teaching be described in
terms of instructional supplemental materials, learning environment, and length of time for studying; (3).
What is the level of academic achievement of grade 3 pupils in Mathematics during the first quarter of
the school year 2017-2018 which is before the conduct of the home-based supplemental teaching?; (4).
What is the level of academic achievement of grade 3 pupils in mathematics during the second quarter
of the school year 2017-2018 which is after the conduct of the home-based supplemental teaching?; (5).
Is there a significant difference in the academic achievement of grade 3 pupils in mathematics before
and after the conduct of home-based supplemental teaching?; and (6). What are the problems being
encountered in the conduct of home-based supplemental teaching?
The respondents of the study were 30% of the population of grade three elementary pupils together
with their parents and one mathematics teacher from Macario Arnedo Elementary School. The first
quarter grade in mathematics before the conduct of the home-based supplemental teaching and the
second quarter grade after the intervention were used as basis for academic achievement.
Questionnaires were used for the parent-respondents to answer.

The statistical treatments utilized were percentage and frequency distribution for the demographic
profile of the respondents. The researcher ranked the problems faced by the parents. In determining the
significant difference of the academic achievement of the grade 3 pupils between the first and second
grading periods, the researcher used the t-test for the independent sample means.
It was found out the size of the family, economic status and educational attainment of the parents
should be considered in implementing the home-based supplemental teaching. An average number of
children will give more time to the parents to assist each of them. Moreover, parents who work at jobs
had difficulties finding their time to guide their children especially most of them needs the help of their
child in taking care of his younger siblings and in doing household chores. On the other hand,
educational attainment is also another factor to be considered.
The availability of supplemental materials should be taken into consideration. Moreover, learning
environment should be conducive for learning and enough time should be given to the pupils to conduct
the intervention. In terms of the availability of instructional supplemental materials, calculator and
window cards are the most common materials that are available at home. The least common material
that the respondents have is activity books and number card with pictures. In terms of learning
environment; ventilation was rated very satisfactory; lighting, space, noise-free area, organization of files
and gadget-free area were satisfactorily rated. The time allotted for the pupils is mostly 1-2 hours a day.
This explains the previous findings that most of them are working parents that makes them have a little
time for their child.
In terms of academic achievement, the findings showed that most of the pupils obtained fairly
satisfactory grades in terms of their academic achievement in mathematics for the first quarter. The
mean average of the grades of the grade three pupils for the first quarter is in satisfactory level. On the
other hand, the findings showed an increase in the number of pupils with an outstanding level of
academic achievement after the intervention. The number of pupils under the fairly satisfactory level
also decreased. This increase in the academic achievement of pupils who underwent intervention show
an improvement in their level of performance. However, the mean average still falls under the
satisfactory level.
Through analyzing the academic performance before and after the intervention, it was uncovered that
there was a significant difference in the academic achievement of grade 3 pupils in Mathematics before
and after the conduct of home-based supplemental teaching. This implied that the home-based
supplemental teaching is an effective intervention that can be implemented at home together with their
parents-in-charge
Different problems were also encountered during the conduct of the supplemental teaching at home.
The most common problem of the parents was that they need to go to work every day and do household
chores which made it difficult for them to deal with the home-based supplemental teaching.