Utilization of Instrumental Music in Teaching Science 8 To The Academically Challenged Students of Lamao National High School Test of Effectiveness

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Title Page
UTILIZATION OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS IN
SCIENCE 8: TEST OF EFFECTIVENESS
Joan J. Quiroz
Lamao National High School
Limay District
Schools Division of Bataan
(August, 2017)
Utilization of Instrumental Music in Solving Word Problems in Science 8 2
Table of Contents
Title Page .................................................................................................................................................... 1

Context and Rationale ................................................................................................................................. 3
Rationale ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Research Questions ..................................................................................................................... 5
Hypothesis ................................................................................................................................... 6
Significance of the Study ............................................................................................................ 6
Method........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Type of Research......................................................................................................................... 9
Respondents and Sampling Method ............................................................................................ 9
Proposed Intervention ............................................................................................................... 10
Instrument ................................................................................................................................. 10
Data Collection Procedure ........................................................................................................ 11
Ethical Considerations .............................................................................................................. 12
Data Analysis ............................................................................................................................ 12
Work Plan ................................................................................................................................................. 14
Cost Estimates .......................................................................................................................................... 16
Plan for Dissemination and Utilization ..................................................................................................... 17
Appendix A - Instruments ......................................................................................................................... 18
Appendix B - Consent and Assent Letter .................................................................................................. 22
Appendix C - Declaration of Anti-plagiarism ........................................................................................... 23
Appendix D - Declaration of Absence of Conflict of Interest ................................................................... 24
Appendix E - Letter of Request ............................................................................................................... 25
References ................................................................................................................................................ 30
Context and Rationale
Rationale
Problem solving is an important competency for all learners to imbibe. They are all
required to acquire necessary skills in performing well such academic task in all grade levels across
any academic disciplines. According to D'Zurilla and Goldfried (1971), it is a cognitive affective
behavioral process through which an individual attempts to identify, discover, or invent effective
means of coping with problems encountered in everyday living. Thus, it allows them to develop
their own reasoning skill, mathematical ability and mode organization. Further, Goldstein and
Levin (1987) confirmed that it is a higher-order cognitive process and intellectual function that
requires the modulation and control of more routine or fundamental skills. This implicates, as
Noelle declared, that they need to be a good problem solver in order to compete in todays global
economy. However, most of them find this difficult especially in problem solving in word form.
In particular, Verschaffel, Greer and De Corte (2000) defined word problem in science
education, as a mathematical exercise where significant background information on the problem
is presented as text rather than in mathematical notation. However, the learning process is a burden
for both teacher and students. As it is observed, students attention, participation and performance
are diverted to other things hindering them to catch up with the lesson. And so, it is an imperative
for teacher to think of ways and strategies to encourage the students to participate, to solve and to
master the required skills. Thus, it is inevitable to advance in to more complicated topics with
different learning competencies.
According to Hallam and Rogers (2012) study, that application of instrumental music to
learning has a positive implications for education. On the same manner, according to White (2007),
implementing background music to the grade four classroom has proven effective tool. Hence,
OHare (2011) confirmed that this has possible and practical applications in school. Further, Chau
and Riforgiate (2010), said that this really affects childs life.
In undocumented observations, the researcher found that eighty-seven (87) percent of her
students especially the academically challenged, didnt like problem solving in word. Moreover,
in her pretest, conducted at the beginning of the school year 2017, eighty-three (83) percent of her
students failed which marked as an alarming indication that they need to develop on this learning
area. Thus, informal interview revealed that throughout the course of diagnostic test, they find it
difficult to understand due to lack of knowledge and multitasking requirement of the process
refers to comprehension and solving. This reflected on Schooler et al (1995) study that claimed,
problem solving has a clear link between problem solving and perception. And these kind of
problems can be solved with insight, like visual illusions that have different configurations, for
seeing that such an illusion has multiple configurations requires insight, of a kind. This lead the
researcher to apply instrumental music to academic process as an opportunity to strengthen their
perception.
It is believed that music raises performance level and productivity by reducing stress and
tension, masking irritating sounds and contributing to a sense of privacy. Further, listening to the
right tunes can provide mood- altering effects and can create better quality of life for those who
use music to distress (Riotta, 2016). Based on the study conducted by Hallam and Price (2002),
students exposed to background music significantly improved their behavior and performance
during a mathematics task. According to the Maas (2013) study, classical music has a positive
relationship with the quiz scores.
Yao et al attested, that playing music in the background have positive effects on memory
recall, particularly spatial memory recall. Suggestions are made as to how and what kind of music
might be used in different classroom situations to create particular and more effective learning
environments. According to Garlin and Owen (2005), background music has been shown to affect
the in-store behavior of consumers; shoppers move at a slower pace through stores when slow
music is played, and spend more money than when the background music is fast.
With this, the researcher is moved to determine the appropriate technique and strategy to
aid the students in particular the academically challenged students utilization of instrumental
music to teaching and learning process. Hence, this study will evaluate the effectiveness of
instrumental music while studying or performing problem solving in word tasks.
Research Questions
The present study will aim to determine the effectiveness of instrumental music in relation
to solving word problem in Science 8 of the academically challenged students. The main problem
is: is instrumental music effective in improving the scholastic performance of the academically
challenged students in solving word problems (acceleration and work) in Science?
Specifically, it will also seek to answer the following questions:
1. How may the respondents be described in terms of:
1.1. age;
1.2. sex;
1.3. section; and
1.4. Second Grading Grade Point Average (GPA) in Science?
2. How may instrumental music be described in terms of genre:
2.1. pop;
2.2. jazz;
2.3. R&B and soul;
2.4. rock; and
2.5. religious music?

3. What is the pretest word problem solving result of the group?
4. What is the posttest word problem solving result of the group?
5. Is there any significant difference between the pretest and posttest word problem
solving result?
6. What is the implication of utilization of instrumental music to the academically
challenged students in word problem solving?
Hypothesis
The present study will consider the null hypothesis: there is no significant difference
between the pretest and posttest word problem solving result of the group.
Significance of the Study
The study will test the effectiveness of instrumental music in application to learning word
problem solving in Science 8. Furthermore, it will attempt to establish its usage and benefits in
developing the scholastic performance of academically challenged students in Science. Therefore,
results and recommendations will be beneficial for the following groups and individuals:
Students. The present study is a student-centered research. This may enable the students
to develop and to enhance their mathematical ability in terms of solving word problems. Likewise,
they may find another avenue to enjoy learning as they improve their skills specially in word
problem solving.
Science Teachers. The study may encourage Science teachers to look for different avenue
of making their lesson more enjoyable and interesting that may encourage students to engage
themselves to different scientific endeavors. This may open up also new horizon of in better
understanding the 21st century learners who are not fitted to the traditional learning method.
School Administrators. The result of this study may enable the school administrators to
gain knowledge on how to give assistance to their teachers using 21st century strategies and
technique that may facilitate and promote learning among students. This may also give them
encouragement in supporting teachers on their new, timely, innovative and creative way of
teaching the students.
Future Researchers. The present study may provide good springboard for future
researchers who may conduct similar topic. Moreover, this may give sufficient data about the
usage and effect of instrumental music in teaching and learning process.
Scope and Limitations
The study will be focused on effectiveness of instrumental music as utilized in
academically challenged students in solving word problems in Science 8 with the topics Work and
Acceleration. To realize its purpose, it will employ a quasi-experimental research using single
group design with pretest and posttest. According to Calderon and Gonzales (2005), this involves
a thing, person, or group subjected or exposed to a certain experimental factor for a certain period
of time. It will be limited to the grade 8 level Narra, of Lamao National High School in the
second quarter of the school year 2017 2018.
The aforementioned locale is a secondary integrated high school that is composed of Junior
and Senior high school. Thus, it caters more than three (3) thousand students living in the barangay
it is situated and to the nearby barangays near to its location. On the other hand, the grade 8 Narra
section is composed of heterogeneous students having the average of eight (80) below. Therefore,
this section is practically composed of the academically challenged students. It comprised of thirty-
eight (38) students having sixteen (16) female and twenty-two (22) male students. Because the
class size is projected to be manageable, the researcher will not use any sampling methodology for
the study. She will preserve the entire population as the sample size of the study.
Instrumental music will be exposed to the group as an interventional material. This kind of
music will be categorized into the following genre: pop, jazz; R&B and soul, rock, and religious
music. The researcher will expose the participant on the aforementioned instrumental music for
two (2) weeks every class meetings. It will serve as background music as she discusses the word
problem solving on the topic Acceleration and Work. Moreover, exposure will also include
assessment periods: formative and summative assessment.
As the design indicates, there will be series of testing to identify the effectiveness of the
instrumental music. To know the background or basis for improvement, pretest will be conducted.
The purpose of piloting this test is to identify the background of the respondents on their ability in
solving word problem. After the experimental period expires another test will be conducted,
posttest. This is to measure the development that happened after the experimental period. To avoid
biases or any external factors, there will be another posttest to be conducted after the first posttest
is executed. This is to eliminate the probability of having external factors that affects the
respondents posttest result. .
Lastly, to numerically identify the data, appropriate statistical methods will be used.
Among the statistical tools that will be used are frequency, percentile, mean and T-test. The
standard deviation functions will describe the respondents of the study. For identifying the
effectiveness of the material, sample T-test will be employed. All of the functions will be done
through the use of SPSS statistical package. Animosity of the participant will be secured and any
data related to the research will not affect to any academic classroom performance.
Method
Type of Research
This opus will employ a quantitative research using a quasi- experimental type. Manuel
and Medel (1976) explained that this method of research aims to discover the influence of one or
more factors upon a condition, group, or situation, purpose, of which is to discover what will
be. Furthermore, it will aim to identify the effectiveness of the utilization of instrumental music
across genre to teaching and learning process in the grade 8 - Narra science class.
Principally, the usage of the aforementioned music will be tested in the topic acceleration
and work, having word problem solving. This experimental study will follow the single group
with pretest and posttest design. Further, the study will also consider the descriptive type of
research. According to Calderon and Gonzales (2005), this research reveals problems or abnormal
conditions so that remedial measures may be instituted. And so, description will be done through
describing the profile of the respondents in terms of sex, age and GPA in Science subject for the
second quarter.
Respondents and Sampling Method
This present study will consider the grade 8 Narra class during the school year 2017-2018.
The section is composed of students with below eighty (80) in average. Therefore, it can be
assessed that the following students are academically challenged. Because the class is composed
of the thirty-eight (38) total of students, the researcher will not use any sampling method. The table
I shows the respondents of the study
Table I
Respondents of the Study
Number of Respondents
Class Population Male Female Total
8 Narra 38 22 16 38
The table showed the respondents of the study which is composed of the Narra grade 8
class. The group has thirty-eight students having twenty-two male and sixteen female. It implicates
that the group is dominated by the male respondents. Because the research will not use any
sampling method, it will consider the entire class as the total class size.
Proposed Intervention
The study will utilized instrumental music as part of intervening material. The said music
will serve as background music during experimental period. Thus, participants will have an
opportunity to listen during discussion and assessment period throughout the experimental process.
The instrumental genre that will be use are pop, jazz, R&B and soul rock, and religious music.
These will be randomly chosen by the researcher.
Instrument
The instruments to be used are the pretest and posttest word problem solving. Thus, these
are teacher-made tests that are composed of twenty-five (25) items multiple choice. These tests are
designed to be answered in one (1) hour. Questions are personally composed by the researcher to
suite to the needs and capacity of the respondents. The pretest word problem solving contains the
same questions with the posttest. However, to eliminate the possibility of memorizing the
questions, the selections for posttest will be shuffled as well as with the choices. Similarities will
be ensured to reduce other external influences while answering the test.
The instrument will also undergo first with readability test. These are Flesch and Kincaid
grade level and Flesch reading ease level. The first test is concern whether the test suits to the
grade level; however, the latter is concern whether the test parallels with reading capacity of the
projected participants. Soon after, it will be pretested to the Banaba class. After which the result
will undergo to Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient. This is to identify if the test is reliable.
Data Collection Procedure
The research procedure will be divided into three (4) phases. These are pre-experimental
phase, experimental phase, and post experimental phase and second post experimental phase. The
first phase is the pre-experimental phase which includes the initial investigation of the topic. This
will be executed to identify the background ability of the students in solving word problem.
Initial investigation will be done to identify the word problem solving in science. This will
be done by looking at the last school years report card and the recent GPA of the projected
participants. She will also ask the pertinent persons about their permanent records for further
perusal. After the participants and groups are identified, there will be a pretest about word problem
solving. The test is a teacher-made test will be validated and will undergo series of testing. This
will be composed of twenty-five (25) items multiple choice; thus, they will be advised to answer
the questions in one (1) hour.
The second phase of the research is the experimental phase. This part of the research will
be composed of exposure of respondents to the intervention. This will be executed through
respondents experience of instrumental music for two (2) weeks during Science class. In this
sense, every meeting during class even during assessment period, participants will hear
instrumental music as background. All genre mentioned will be played as part of the experimental
element. The researcher will take note all development of during this phase. Further, randomized
interview will be done to monitor the respondents progress.
The third phase is the posttest. This will be conducted after two (2) weeks or ten (10) days
of exposure to instrumental music. The content of the posttest is the same with the pretest however
all questions and choices are shuffled to avoid familiarity and to overcome memorization. Same
with the pretest, the test will be composed of twenty-five (25) items multiple choice. The
respondents will be advised to answer the questions in one (1) hour. All gathered data in both
pretest and posttest will be taken confidential and will be not a basis for any classroom
performances.
The last phase is second posttest. The test will be conducted to measure whether there is
really learning that occurred. The respondents will be given the same posttest after the
experimental phase. They will be taking the test for one (1) hour also. This test will serve as
reference for the learning acquire while exposed to instrumental music.
Ethical Considerations
All procedure and protocols in conducting the study will be observed. Thus, relevant
documents in relation to the completion of the research will be complied. Firstly, communication
letter to the immediate superior will be sent. This is for the purpose of expressing the intent of
pursuing the study. Secondly, because there are parts of the instruments pretest and posttest,
which are not originally conceptualized by the researcher, letter of informing and asking
permission will be directed through email. Thirdly, for the face and content validation of the
instruments, readability tests Flesch and Kincaid grade level and Flesch reading ease level,
experts in the field of concern will be sought. Fifth, for the data like previous grade and recent
class standing, adviser of the projected participants will be communicated. All of these will be
done through leakages. Lastly, for the data that will be gathered, animosity will be secured.
Data Analysis
The collected data through testing will be analyzed and evaluated through the employment
of appropriate statistical tool. Computations will done through Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS). It is a statistical program aims to accurately calculate having a lesser human
intervention in any statistical computation. Specifically, mean, frequency and standard deviation
will be used in describing the profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, section and GPA. To
reduce score differences, formula scoring of multiple choices is applied. Formula scoring is a
procedure designed to reduce multiple-choice test score irregularities due to guessing of the
participants.
Furthermore, T-test will be utilized to test the significant difference of the variables. In
particular, sample test will be used to measure the differences for pretest and posttest reading
comprehension result of the group. Statistical analyses of data based from 0.05 level of
significance. According to Quiroz (2015) explained that statistical values with level of significance
less than or equal to 0.05 is considered significant but level of significance greater than 0.05 is
interpreted as not significant. This means failure which is implicitly describes the affirmation of
the null hypothesis.

Work Plan
Activities Time Persons Resources Expected

Frame Involved Needed/ Outcome
Funding
Conceptualizing Brainstorming August Researcher Research title
Research Title and completely
colleagues conceptualized.
Writing Context Writing and August ICT Books, Context and
and Rationale readings using Coordinator, Internet rationale part
different Researcher and other accomplished.
references viable
references
.
Formulating Reading and August Researcher Research
Research Questions identifying and questions
research colleagues. formulated.
questions.
Research Consultation September Researcher, Books Research

Methodology on research colleagues and methodology
methodology and Science, internet consulted
Math and
English
head
teachers.
Proposed Application of August to Researcher, Internet, Instrumental

Intervention/ instrumental September Master and Download music selected
Instrument music and Head ed and
Development Teacher made Teachers instrumen downloaded.
pre-test and of Science, tal music, Teacher Made
posttest Math and cellphone pretest and
checked, English. and post-test made,
evaluated and speakers checked and
validated. and validated.
Science
reference
books.
Implementation Data collection. September Researcher Data gathered.

-Data Gathering
Data Analysis Consolidation October Researcher Data gathered

of data gathered and were analyzed.
and application statistician
of appropriate
statistical tools.
Discussion of Data October Researcher Data were all
Findings interpretation and interpreted.
will be done. statistician
Conclusions and Formulation of October Researcher Conclusion
Recommendations conclusion and formulated and
recommendatio recommendation
ns based on the were
result or enumerated.
findings.
Printing of the Securing and November Researcher Manuscript all
Manuscript printing hard printed.
copy of the
manuscript.
Submission of the Submission of December Researcher Final research
Final Research the research output
Output output. submitted.
Dissemination of the Application and December Researcher Presentation and
Study presentation of dissemination of
the research. the research
approved.
Cost Estimates
Particulars Amount
A. Implementation of the Approved
Research Proposal
Supplies and Materials for
1000
Conducting Research
Local Transportation for
Validation/Pilot Testing of
Instrument and Gathering Data
Food 500
Communication 1000
Reproduction of Research
1000
Instruments
Reproduction of Final Copy of
1000
Research Paper
B. Results Dissemination
District/Cluster Research
1000
Congress/Colloquium
Grand Total 5500
Plan for Dissemination and Utilization
Resources
Activities Persons Expected
Time Frame Needed/
Involved Outcome
Funding
School 1 month School head, Empowerment

application on and Science of teachers
the basis of the teachers through the use
recommendation of instrumental
music and its
application to
learning
process
Recommending Acceptance of
the findings and DEPED the possible
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Appendix A - Instruments
Instruments
Pretest/ Posttest
Topic: Work and Acceleration
Name: __________________________________
Age: ___________________
Encircle the letter of the best answer. b. 10 m/s2 d. 40

1. What will be the acceleration of the ball m/s2
if it weighs 0.5 kg. and a 200N force will
be applied? 4. A 20 kg. boy climed a 4m tall tree. How
a. 400 m/s2 c. 40 much work did he do?
m/s2 a. 8 J c. 80 J
b. 4000 m/s2 d. 4 b. 800 J d. 20 J
m/s2
5. How much work did a girl do after
2. What is the acceleration of the cart with pushing a cart with a 50N force through
a mass of 1500 kg. and uses 3000N of a distance of 300m?
force? a. 1200 J c.
a. 4 m/s2 c. 3 1500 J
m/s2 b. 15000 J d. 150
b. 2 m/s2 d. 5 J
m/s2
6. A boy is pulling a crate with 500N of
3. Suppose a ball with a mass of 0.50 kg. is force along the 5m rood,how much work
hit with a force of 20N, its acceleration is done?
will be? a. 250 N c. 25
a. 20 m/s2 c. 30 N
m/s2
b. 2500 N d. 11. What is the acceleration of a cheer

25000 N dancer if she has a mass of 45 kg and 125 N
force was used in doing the stunt?
7. A girl applied a 750 N on a table at a a. 27.8 m/s^2
distance of 13m. How much work did b. 2.78 m/s^2
she do to push the table? c. 5625 m/s^2
a. 97500 N c. d. 5.625 m/s^2
9750 N
b. 9700 N d. 975 12. A man is pulling a bag of sand w/ a force
N of 400 N along the 10 meters road. How
much work is done?
8. What formula is use to solve the a. 4000 J
acceleration of the ball? b. 400 J
c. 40 000 J
a. a = c. a =

d. 400 000 J
fxd

b. a = d. a =
13. Compute the amount of work done is
mgh
pushing a 550 N cart at a distance of 25 m.
9. If a box weighs 100 kg and 100 N force
a. 22 J
is used to push it, what is its acceleration?
b. 0.045 J
a. 10000 m/s^2
c. 13.750 J
b. 1000 m/s^2
d. 13750 J
c. 10 m/s^2
d. 100 m/s ^2
14. A girl throwing the rock using 150 N
force at a distance of 25 m. How much work
10. What is the acceleration of the object if
is done?
350 N force is applied on a 25 kg object
a. 6 J
a. 8750 m/s^2
b. 0.17 J
b. 4 m/s^2
c. 3750 J
c. 1.4 m/s^2
d. 3.75 J
d. 14 m/s^2
15. How much work is done when the boy 19. Jona push a chair at a distance of 0.5 m
hit the baseball bat at 2500 N force and at a using 80 N of force. How much work has
distance of 20 meters? she done?
a. 125 J a. 1.60 J
b. 0.085 J b. 40 J
c. 50 000 J c. 160 J
d. 5 000 J d. 1600 J
16. Compute the amount of work done 20. Rod lifts a 50 N dumb bell at the
where spinning the ball at 255 N at a distance of 0.5 m. How much work is done
distance of 8 meters. by Rod?
a. 2040 J a. 25 J
b. 31. 88 J b. 2.5 J
c. 2.04 J c. 100 J
d. 0.03 J d. 1000 J
17. A man pushed his car using 40 N to the
left at a distance of 4 meters. What amount 21. If a man pushes a concrete block in a 9
of work has he done? meters w/ a force of 20 N. How much work
a. 160 J has he done?
b. 10 J a. 2.22 J
c. 0.1 J b. 0.45 J
d. 1.60 J c. 29 J
d. 180 J
18. Joven lifts a barbell using 150 N force at
a distance of 2 meters. How much work has 22. How much work is done when a 150 N
he done? table is pulled over a distance of 1.5 meters?
a. 75 J a. 225 J
b. 7.5 J b. 151. 5 J
c. 300 J c. 100 J
d. 3000 J d. 2.25 J
23. Suppose a girl is pushing a cart w/a 500 b, 500 J

N force along an 8 meters aile. What is the c. 50 J
work done? d. 150 J
a. 62.5 J
b. 508 J 25. Danyiel is rowing a boat using 150 N
c. 4000 J force at a distance of 7 meters. How much
d. 400 J work is done by Danyiel?
a. 1050 J
24. Joey is pulling a sack of rice using 100 b. 157 J
N force across the distance of 5 meters. How c. 21.43 J
much work is done by him? d. 10.50 J
a. 20 J
Appendix B - Consent and Assent Letter
Consent and Assent Letter
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS CONFORME

I hereby endorse the attached research proposal. I certify that the proponent has the capacity to
implement a research study without compromising his office functions.
____________________________________
Name and Signature of Immediate Supervisor
Position / Designation : ________________
Date: ____________
Appendix C - Dec laration of Anti-plagiarism
Declaration of Anti-plagiarism
1. I, JOAN J. QUIROZ, understand that plagiarism is the act of taking and using anothers ideas
and works and passing them of as ones own. This includes explicitly copying the whole work of
another person and/or using some parts of their work without proper acknowledgement and
referencing.
2. I hereby attest to the originality of this research proposal and has cited properly all the references
used. I further commit that all deliverables and the final research study emanating from this
proposal shall be of original content. I shall use appropriate citations in referencing other works
from various sources.
3. I understand that violation from this declaration and commitment shall be subject to
consequences and shall be dealt with accordingly by the Department of Education and the
__________________________ grant facility.
Proponent: JOAN J. QUIROZ

Signature:____________________________
Date: August 25, 2017
Appendix D - Dec laration of Absence of Conflict of Interest
Declaration of Absence of Conflict of Interest

1. I, JOAN J. QUIROZ , understand that conflict of interest refers to situations in which financial
or other personal considerations may compromise my judgment in evaluating, conducting, or
reporting research.
2. I hereby declare that I do not have any personal conflict of interest that may arise from my
application and submission of my research proposal. I understand that my research proposal may
be returned to me if found out that there is conflict of interest during the initial screening.
3. Further, in case of any form of conflict of interest (possible or actual) which may inadvertedly
emerge during the conduct of our research, I will duly report it to the research committee for
immediate action.
4. I understand that I may be held accountable by the Department of Education and the
__________________________ grant facility.
Proponent: JOAN J. QUIROZ

Signature:______________________________
Date: August 25, 2017
Appendix E - Letter of Request
Letter of Request
August 25, 2017
CESAR L. VALENZUELA
School Principal II
Lamao, Limay, Bataan
Sir:
The undersigned is proposing an action research entitled UTILIZATION OF

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS IN SCIENCE 8: TEST OF
EFFECTIVENESS. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of instrumental music on
the students learning style.
On this regard, she is respectfully requesting your good office the permission to conduct the
aforementioned study.
Your support and valuable suggestion on the completion of this undertaking will be highly
appreciated.
Very truly yours,
JOAN J. QUIROZ
Master Teacher I - Science
August 25, 2017
SOCCORO P. SITON
Head Teacher III - Science
Madam:
The undersigned is conducting an action research entitled UTILIZATION OF

On this regard, she is respectfully requesting your expertise to validate the face and content of his
teacher-made pretest and posttest reading comprehension.
Your support and valuable suggestions on the completion of this undertaking will be highly
appreciated.
Very truly yours,
JOAN J. QUIROZ
August 25, 2017
IRMA G. DELA CRUZ

Master Teacher I - Mathematics
Madam:

appreciated.
Very truly yours,
JOAN J. QUIROZ
August 25, 2017
MARIE CRIS Q. TORIBIO

SHS Master Teacher I - Mathematics
Madam:

appreciated.
Very truly yours,
JOAN J. QUIROZ
August 25, 2017
AMELYN R. ZULUETA
OIC Assistant Principal II
Madam:

appreciated.
Very truly yours,
JOAN J. QUIROZ
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Running Head: UTILIZATION

Utilization of InstrumentalOF INSTRUMENTAL

UTILIZATION OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS IN

SCIENCE 8: TEST OF EFFECTIVENESS

Lamao National High School

Schools Division of Bataan

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Context and Rationale

education, as a mathematical exercise where significant background information on the problem

different learning competencies.

researcher to apply instrumental music to academic process as an opportunity to strengthen their

relationship with the quiz scores.

instrumental music while studying or performing problem solving in word tasks.

challenged students in solving word problems (acceleration and work) in Science?

Specifically, it will also seek to answer the following questions:

1. How may the respondents be described in terms of:

1.3. section; and

1.4. Second Grading Grade Point Average (GPA) in Science?

2. How may instrumental music be described in terms of genre:

2.3. R&B and soul;

2.4. rock; and

2.5. religious music?

3. What is the pretest word problem solving result of the group?

4. What is the posttest word problem solving result of the group?

6. What is the implication of utilization of instrumental music to the academically

challenged students in word problem solving?

Significance of the Study

developing the scholastic performance of academically challenged students in Science. Therefore,

teaching the students.

usage and effect of instrumental music in teaching and learning process.

Scope and Limitations

The study will be focused on effectiveness of instrumental music as utilized in

second quarter of the school year 2017 2018.

assessment periods: formative and summative assessment.

respondents posttest result. .

Respondents and Sampling Method

I shows the respondents of the study

These will be randomly chosen by the researcher.

be ensured to reduce other external influences while answering the test.

Data Collection Procedure

the questions in one (1) hour.

be composed of exposure of respondents to the intervention. This will be executed through

interview will be done to monitor the respondents progress.

reference for the learning acquire while exposed to instrumental music.

the null hypothesis.

Activities Time Persons Resources Expected

Research Consultation September Researcher, Books Research

Proposed Application of August to Researcher, Internet, Instrumental

Implementation Data collection. September Researcher Data gathered.

Data Analysis Consolidation October Researcher Data gathered

Plan for Dissemination and Utilization

School 1 month School head, Empowerment

Formulating 5 days Researcher Come up with

Encircle the letter of the best answer. b. 10 m/s2 d. 40

b. 2500 N d. 11. What is the acceleration of a cheer

23. Suppose a girl is pushing a cart w/a 500 b, 500 J

Appendix B - Consent and Assent Letter

Consent and Assent Letter

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS CONFORME

Position / Designation : ________________

Appendix C - Dec laration of Anti-plagiarism

Proponent: JOAN J. QUIROZ

Appendix D - Dec laration of Absence of Conflict of Interest