Worksheet 4

Name of Observer: _________________________________________________________

Year and Section: __________________________________________________________
Name and Signature of Cooperating Teacher: ____________________________________
Cooperating School: ________________________________________________________

Participate and Assist

What five problems have you identified from the words that you have encircled? Make a statement.
Write in the space below.

The problems I identified are:

1. __________________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________________________

Excellent! Let us see how we can assist and learn at the same time.

Suppose, the problem you have spotted is: COMPREHENSION.

How can you assist your mentor, after knowing that the learners have difficulty in comprehension?

Make a Choice for your ACTION.

A. Conduct a tutorial lesson.
B. Show video lessons to help enhance comprehension.
C. Make a learning task to develop comprehension.
Suppose you chose letter A. Conduct a Tutorial. So you have identified the SOLUTION that matches the
PROBLEM which is Difficulty in Comprehension.

The Problem is: The Action is:

Difficulty in Comprehension
of _________________ Show video lessons

Can you also choose letter B: Show video lesson as a SOLUTION for the same PROBLEM?
Explain ___________________________________________________

The Problem is: The Action is:

Difficulty in Comprehension
of _________________ Conduct a Tutorial

What about letter C as a SOLUTION to the same PROBLEM? WHY? ___________________________

The Problem is: The Action is:

Difficulty in Comprehension Make learning tasks to

of _________________ improve comprehension
Interesting, isn’t it? Now, you can assist your mentor by identifying observed problems in the class and
suggest actions to be done.

Notice

What have you noticed of the problem identified above? Can there be more than one solution to the
problem? ____ Explain ______________________________________________________________

A creative and innovative teacher can find one or more than one solution or answer to the same
problem. Each solution matches with the problem. The more solutions identified to choose from, the
better for an action researcher.

Analyze

Let us try to look into the following scenarios in the daily life of a teacher. This scenario might also be
similar to the class you have observed and noticed.

Scenario A: Miss Fely is a grade four teacher in a typical elementary school. She has forty learners in her
class. One half of them cannot classify animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. She has been
repeating the same science lesson for two weeks, yet no progress was observed. This situation has been
bothering Miss Fely.

 Can you identify, Miss Fely’s problem? _____________________________________________

 Can you find a solution to solve her problem? ______ Give your two suggestions.
a. _________________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________________
 What solution can solve Miss Fely’s problem? _______________________________
How? _______________________________________________________________
Are they matched with the problem? _____________________________________

Scenario B: Sir Ryan teaches in a disadvantaged urban community. Most of his learners come from
families that are disrupted, either with single parents or with their guardians who stand only as parents.
They are deprived of the necessary food, clothing and shelter.

 Can you identify the most probable teaching-learning problem/s in the class of Sir Ryan?
a. __________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________
 Can you propose a solution to solve one of the problems that you have identified?
______________________________________________________________________
Reflect

After reading the two scenarios given above, how would identifying problematic situations and finding
solutions to these problems help you to become a better teacher?

Explain: __________________________________________________________________________

Write Action Research Prompts

1. OBSERVE
What problematic situation prevails in the classroom?

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2. REFLECT
What changes do you want to achieve?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. PLAN
What strategies will you use to improve the situation?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. ACT
What would be the title of your Action Research should you conduct the study?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Add: Solutions/ actions

Check for Mastery

Here are some problematic situations in the teaching-learning environment as observed and
experienced by the teachers. Match the problems listed in Column A with corresponding probable
solutions in Column B. You may use the letter once, more than once or not at all.

Problematic Situations Probable Solutions/ Actions

_______1. Connectivity for On-line learning A. Rearrange classroom setting
_______2. Disruptive Classroom behavior B. Maximize use of varied instructional
materials
_______3. Poor interest and motivation C. Regular parent-teachers circles
_______4. Parental non-involvement D. Use of rewards
_______5. At risk – students E. Group studies and Study Buddies
F. Use of Flexible Learning
G. Silent Reading Exercises
Work on my Artifacts

Your artifact will be an Abstract of a completed Action Research.

I. Title of Action Research

II. Author/s

III. Abstract

IV. Identify the Problem in the Study

V. Identify the Action Taken in the Study