ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL TEMPLATE
LEAD PROPONENT JAEN, MILDRED S.
MEMBER WEPINGCO, LIBERTY S.
MEMBER FLERIDA D. VILLARANDA
TITLE OF THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE
RESEARCH READING COMPREHENSION LEVEL OF GRADE SIX
PUPILS IN BULIHAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDER
MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING (MDL)
DIVISION CAVITE PROVINCE
Context and Rationale
We define “parent involvement” as the participation of parents in every facet of
children’s education and development from birth to adulthood, recognizing that
parents are the primary influence in children’s lives. Parent involvement takes many
forms, including:
Two-way communication between parents and schools
Supporting parents as children’s primary educators and integral to their
learning
Encouraging parents to participate in volunteer work
Sharing responsibility for decision making about children’s education, health,
and well-being
Collaborating with community organizations that reflect schools’ aspirations
for all children
Research on the effects of parental involvement has shown a consistent,
positive relationship between parents' engagement in their children's education and
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student outcomes. Studies have also shown that parental involvement is associated
with student outcomes such as lower dropout and truancy rates. Whether or not
parental involvement can improve student outcomes is no longer in question.
Reading comprehension is the ability to process information that we
have read and understand its meaning. This is a complex process with
three levels of understanding: literal meaning, inferential meaning, and evaluative
meaning.
Literal meaning is simply what the text says. It is what actually happens in the
story. This is a very important level of understanding because it provides the
foundation for more advanced comprehension. Without understanding the material
on this level, you could not go any farther.
Here are examples of the type of information that could be identified as literal
meaning:
The main idea
Stated facts
The sequence of events
Characters in the story
Inferential meaning involves determining what the text means. You start with
the stated information. This information is then used to determine deeper meaning
that is not explicitly stated. Determining inferential meaning requires you to think
about the text and draw a conclusion.
Examples of the type of information that could be identified as inferential
meaning include:
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Generalizations
Cause and effect relationships
Future predictions
An unstated main idea
Evaluative meaning is what the text is telling us about the world outside the
story. Readers must analyze what they have read. Then, they must form an opinion
based on the information.
Modular Distance Learning
Involves individualized instruction that allows learners to use self-learning
modules (SLMs) in print or digital format/electronic copy, whichever is applicable in
the context of the learner, and other learning resources like Learner’s Materials,
textbooks, activity sheets, study guides and other study materials. Learners access
electronic copies of learning materials on a computer, tablet PC, or smartphone.
CDs, DVDs, USB storage and computer-based applications can all be used to
deliver e-learning materials, including offline E-books. The teacher takes the
responsibility of monitoring the progress of the learners. The learners may ask
assistance from the teacher via e-mail, telephone, text message/instant messaging,
etc. Where possible, the teacher shall do home visits to learners needing
remediation or assistance. Any member of the family or other stakeholder in the
community needs to serve as para-teachers.
This action research proposal is intended to determine if parental involvement
can help in the improvement of the reading comprehension of Grade Six pupils in
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Bulihan Elementary School. It is especially important due to the fact that we are now
under a situation wherein parental involvement is a must and cannot be avoided.
This pandemic plunged our education system into a new normal which transitioned
the face to face learning modality into modular distance learning. The researchers
would like to emphasize the importance of parental involvement and its relation to
the success of the learners as reiterated by an author when he mentioned in his
article the role of the parents in the development and improvement of reading
comprehension among our learners...
It’s not fake news; it’s official. In December 2019, Malacañang said the “poor
reading comprehension of Filipino students is a reality.”
In a 2018 global survey called Program for International Assessment (PISA)
among 600,000 students worldwide, Filipino students around the age of 15 got a
rating of 340 points in reading comprehension, lower than the average of 487 points.
Consequently, in the said study, the Philippines ranked last among 79 countries.
Malacañang has taken this constructively, however, and rather considered it a
challenge to otherwise “make improvements in the state of Philippine education.”
The news hit us hard, teachers, especially since we consciously and
religiously labor six days a week in teaching our lessons to our students, teaching
them with the prescribed materials and even working longer hours to comply with
and submit the needed paperwork.
I am sure other people will react violently, probably saying the survey might
have its margin of error. Be that as it may, I believe that we elementary teachers can
find a way to help remedy this.
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I feel guilty knowing this, even as I work hard for my own school. I feel I need
to do something about it and not just acknowledge it or let it be...
Should we then go back to how parents would sit with their children just to
start to get their notebooks and books to study? After all, it is habit-forming.
Otherwise, if the parents themselves cannot do that, or have not instilled in their kids
this habit, our learners would not be focused on their work.....
According to Waterford.org, an organization seeking to help children
succeed through access to lifelong education, the participation of parents in the
educational process means that teachers and parents share the responsibility to
teach students and work together to achieve educational goals. To this end, the
organization suggests that teachers invite parents to regular school meetings and
events and that parents voluntarily commit to prioritizing these goals.
Parent involvement in a child's education is consistently found to be positively
associated with a child's academic performance.
How the results could be used in action planning
Action Research Questions
1. What are the effects of parental involvement to:
a) Reading comprehension level of Grade Six pupils
b) Pupils’ motivation in learning process
2. How does modular distance learning affect the parental involvement?
Proposed Innovation, Intervention and Strategy
Idea
Problem
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Procedure/system
Solution
Phenomenon
Combination of any of these that were used to solve the research problem
Action Research Methods
A. Participants and/or other Sources of Data and Information
. Participants and/or other Sources of Data and Information
The researchers will be using the experimental method to determine the
effect of parental involvement in the reading comprehension level of Grade Six pupils
in Bulihan Elementary School under Modular Distance Learning (MDL) and the
researchers will use observation sheet to measure the student engagement.
This study will be conducted among one hundred (100) respondents, 50
pupils as the control group and 50 pupils as the experimental group. The
respondents profile will be assessed according to the result of their PHIL-IRI.
The assessment tool will be validated and utilized for the study - to be able to
assess the effect of parental involvement in the reading comprehension level of
Grade Six pupils in Bulihan Elementary School under Modular Distance Learning
(MDL) and improve learning competency of the pupils.
B. Data Gathering Methods
This study will use purposive sampling to choose which section will be the
control and experimental group.
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Data collection will be gathered through online survey and will be divided into
these phases: selection of the sample, parental involvement through Modular
Distance Learning (MDL), and the PHIL-IRI data.
This study uses an objective assessment prepared by the researchers of
Bulihan Elementary School, District of General Mariano Alvarez. It is composed of
twenty items aligned with the given curriculum.
The twenty items test will be given to the control group and experimental
group. The experimental group was composed of 50 pupils who will be exposed to
printed modular reading comprehension. The control group of 50 pupils will be tested
through online reading comprehension. After the grading period the same test will
be given to both group.
The researchers will seek the consent of principal and parents of the
participants involved in the study. The researchers will guarantee the confidentiality
in the given information and test results of the participants.
C. Data Analysis Plan
After getting the test results, the researchers will use:
Mean- pre-test, post-test, mean gain score, observation sheet on student
engagement.
T-test- to determine the difference in the Academic Performance between the
two groups and the performance of the experimental group with or without parental
involvement in the reading comprehension level of Grade Six pupils in Bulihan
Elementary School under Modular Distance Learning (MDL).
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Action Research Work Plan and Timelines
ACTIVITIES Month Month Month Month Month Month
Shade the corresponding
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
month per
activity
Add rows if necessary
1. Pre-test
2. Issuance of parental
consent
3. Conduct training to
parents regarding
strategies in reading
4. 2 weeks reading
activities guided by
parents
5. Post test
Plans for Dissemination and Utilization
DISSEMINATION Month Month Month Month Month Month
ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6
add rows if necessary
1. Sharing findings to
school head and co-
teachers
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2. Recommend the
utilization of parental
involvement
3. Promote parental
involvement through
workshops
4. Upload the study in
website for reference of
future researchers
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