Effects of the ‘ABOVE’ Method in Improving Academic Performance of Grade-11 Online Learners

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  • Richard Ian Bert C. Bolosan Author

Keywords:

Innovations, Pedagogy, Online Learning, Teaching Practices, Distance Learning ABOVE - Activating Schema/Analyzing situation, Buddy-up, Objective-setting, Visualizing concepts and ideas and Evaluating the cognitive and affective domain

Abstract

Online learning became one of the modalities of delivering education when the Pandemic hit us and affected more than 1.4 billion learners around the world. Now that schools are opening, some learners opted to continue their schooling through online distance learning, Thus, Online Learning  for high schoolers must provide opportunities for young learners to access the basic skills and knowledge that they can acquire in a normal school setting.  The Researcher wanted to know if there are differences between conducting an online class with structured or fixed parts and conducting a normal online class. The study was conducted to determine and analyze the effects of the ABOVE (Activating Schema/ Analyzing situation, Buddy-up, Objective-setting, Visualizing concepts and ideas and Evaluating the cognitive and affective domain) method in the academic performance of Grade 11 Online Learners. Twenty- five (25) learners served as respondents in the Qualitative-descriptive study. Data gathered from the pre and post intervention survey was analyzed by computing the mean.  Results of the study revealed that the ABOVE method was effective in the academic performance of the learners, for it encourages learners to think critically, collaborate with fellow learner and reflect at the end of the lesson. The study then recommends all school heads, supervisors, and other school administrators to encourage teachers to use the ABOVE method in conducting online classes because the intervention being used helps learners develop their 21st century skills. 

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Published

2022-07-01

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): International Journal Of Teacher Education And Teaching July 2022

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