Action Research Publications (in PDF file format)

DOST-SEI funded Action Researches in Science Education

• Series 1 - To help upgrade science and mathematics education, the Science Education Institute has launched the project "R&D Support for the Improvement of Science Education in the Country", this program has motivated a number of faculty members of the 110 S&T Oriented High Schools along the following areas: Teaching-learning process, curriculum materials development and development of assessment tools.  Thirty six (36) action researches have been completed.  In this series, six (6) researches deal with the teaching-learning process, one (1) with curriculum instructional materials development, one (1) with the development of assessment tools and one (1) with the teaching aptitude of student teaching performance.

• Series 2 - This second series of the publication of the action researches that have been completed in connection with the Science Education Institute project "R&D Support for the Improvement of Science Education in the Country".  This series 2 contributes to the solutions of common classroom problems like the lack of instructional materials, failure and frustration of low achievers in understanding certain scientific concepts and involvement of fast learners as peer leaders in the classroom activities.

• Series 3  - This third series of publications of action researches features six (6) action researches conducted in SY 1997-1998 under the Grants-in-Aid project of the Institute.  Five of these deal with the different teaching strategies as they relate to the improvement of students' performance in mathematics and physics.  One study developed and validated a comic book as instructional material for teaching selected science concepts to slow learners.

• Series 4 - This is the fourth series of the publication of the action researches that have been completed in connection with the Science Education Institute project "R&D Support for the Improvement of Science Education in the Country".