THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

OF THIRD YEAR STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY III AT

CAWAYAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL, DIVISION OF NORTHERN SAMAR

MARLO DINEROS ALVAREZ

A Thesis
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
University of Eastern Philippines
University Town, Northern Samar

OCTOBER 2010

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This thesis titled THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER-AIDED
INSTRUCTION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THIRD YEAR
STUDENTS
IN
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
III
AT
CAWAYAN
INTEGRATED SCHOOL, DIVISION OF NORTHERN SAMAR, prepared
and submitted by MARLO D. ALVAREZ, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF ARTS IN
EDUCATION,
is
hereby
recommended
for
approval
and
acceptance.
MINDANILLA B. BROTO, DA
Adviser
Date: ___________

_______________________________________
Recommended for Acceptance and Approval
PANEL OF EXAMINERS
PROF. JOSE P. CHING JR.
Member
Date: __________

DR. SOCORRO V. DELA ROSA

Member
Date: __________

DR. RONATO S. BALLADO

Chairperson
Date: __________

_______________________________________
Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Education.

ATTY. MAR P. DE ASIS, PhD

OIC Dean, Graduate School
Date: __________

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ABSTRACT
TITLE

THE EFFECT OF COMPUTER-AIDED

INSTRUCTION ON THE ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE OF THIRD YEAR STUDENTS
IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY III AT
CAWAYAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL,
DIVISION OF NORTHERN SAMAR

RESEARCHER

MARLO DINEROS ALVAREZ

ADVISER

MINDANILLA B. BROTO, DA

SCHOOL

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES

YEAR

2010

DEGREE CONFERRED

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION MAJOR

IN ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION

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This study tried to find out the effect of computeraided instruction on the academic performance of third year
students

in

Integrated

Science

School,

specifically,

it

aimed

in

Science

Technology

instruction
performance
Science

and

the

the

of

to

pretest

(control
in

Technology

Division

performance
and

and

III

not

III

the
using

group);

Technology

Northern

determine
of

pretest

III

the

the

using

the

More

academic
taught

in

computer-aided
the

students
the

Cawayan

Samar.

students

ascertain

of

at

academic
taught

in

computer-aided

instruction (experimental group);find out if there was a

significant

difference

in

the

students

academic

performance in the pretest results of those taught using

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computer-aided instruction (experimental group) and those
who

were

not

performance
Science

in

and

instruction

the

group);

posttest

Technology

III

(control

performance
Science

(control

in

and

the

of
not

Technology

the

students
the

the

taught

the

students

using

academic
in

computer-aided

ascertain

of

III

the
using

group);

posttest

determine

the

academic
taught

in

computer-aided

instruction (experimental group); find out if there was a

significant

difference

in

the

students

academic

performance in the posttest results of those taught using

computer-aided instruction (experimental group) and those
who were not (control group); and find out if there was a
significant

difference

between

the

pretest

and

posttest

results of the control group and experimental group.

The
students

subjects
of

the

of

this

Cawayan

study

were

Integrated

the

School

third

year

particularly

those belonging to the centrics section. The study started

in June 15 and ended on August 17, 2010.
This
Control

study
Group

was

Design.

Pretest-Posttest

This

design

is

Nonequivalent
often

used

in

classroom experiment when the experimental and the control

groups are naturally assembled as intact classes which may
be similar. Quasi-experimental design was used considering
that the classes were already intact. One class under the

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control group was exposed to traditional lecture-discussion
method

while

the

experimental

group

was

given

the

to

measure

the

treatment, the computer-aided instruction.

The
academic

instrument

used

performance

of

was
the

designed
students

along

with

the

competencies stated in the Philippine Education Secondary

Learning Competencies (PSSLC). The items were taken from
the evaluation portion of the lesson plan in Science III
(Chemistry) of the Bureau of Secondary Education of the
Department

of

Education.

It

was

administered

by

the

researcher to both the experimental and the control groups

at the beginning and at the end of the experiment.
Powerpoint

presentations

were

devised

by

the

researcher and edited by the committee composed of experts

on instructional materials. This study employed the matched
group sampling of Gaudencio V. Aquino.
The finding of the study showed that the pretest of
the control group was found to be low. It showed that those
students

taught

using

the

traditional

method

lacked

scientific abilities in the subject.

The

mean

score

of

the

pretest

of

the

experimental

group was also low indicating that students taught using

computer-aided instruction lacked scientific abilities in
the subject.

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Comparing

the

pretest

results

of

both

control

and

experimental groups, it was found out that the mean scores

of pretest of the control and experimental groups did not
have significant difference. This means that the two groups
had similar mental abilities and that they are equivalent
groups.
The

posttest

was

given

to

the

control

group.

Its

result yielded an average academic performance. But there

was an improvement in the control group, compared to its
pretest result.
The

experimental

group

was

given

posttest

and

the

result was found to be average. It means that there was an

improvement

after

the

students

were

exposed

to

the

posttest

results

of

the

computer-aided instruction.
Comparison

between

the

students taught using computer-aided instruction was found

to

have

no

strategies

significant
were

difference.

effective

in

It

means

teaching

that

both

Science

and

Technology III.
Under the control group, the result of the comparison
between the pretest and posttest showed that there was a
significant

difference

in

the

pretest

and

the

posttest

which means that the students academic performance in the

control group had improved.

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Under

the

experimental

group,

the

result

of

the

difference between the pretest and posttest was found to be

significant.

This

means

that

there

was

gain

in

the

academic performance of the experimental subjects after the

treatment
effect

was

of

performance

administered.

computer-aided
of

the

third

Hence,

there

instruction
year

was

on

students

in

the

positive
academic

Science

and

Technology III at Cawayan Integrated School, Division of

Northern Samar.