EFFECT OF MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING TO THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

OF GRADE 12 STUDENTS OF PALANDOK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

CHAPTER 1

The Problem and its Background

INTRODUCTION:

COVID-19 pandemic has highly affected our society because of its health risks that may lead to danger.
One of the affected sectors was education and its resulted to the suspension of classes in order to avoid the spread of
virus. Despite of these challenging situations, the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION still managed to continue the
classes through online conduct setting.

Education helps people think, show their emotions, feel about things in a way that benefits to their success,
and improves not only their own personal contentment but also their society and community. Also, education
develops the individual’s personality, thoughts, that deals with other people and prepares anybody for the purpose of
the reality and life experiences.

Face-to-face learning usually where the instructor and the student meet in a set place for a set time, for either
one-on-one learning or most commonly, in gathering class lesson comparable to what happens in school. Face to
face learning could be a truly compelling way to memorize information and abilities since it frequently combines
distinctive ways of learning to count writing, reading, discussion, presentations, projects, group work, film clips,
demonstration and practice.

Online learning is the most up to date and the most prevalent form of distance education nowadays. In the past
decade, it has a major effect on postsecondary education and the trend is only increasing. Online learning is an
instruction that takes put over the Internet. It is frequently referred to as “e-learning” among other terms. However,
online learning is fair one sort of “distance learning” –the umbrella term for any learning that takes put over
distance and not in a traditional classroom.

Modules permit instructors to organize content to assist control the flow of the course. Modules are utilized to
organize course content by weeks, units, or a diverse organizational structure. Modules basically make a one-
directional direct flow of what students ought to do in a course. Each module can contain records, discussions,
assignments, tests and other learning materials. Module things can be included in the course from existing content or
modern content shells inside the modules. Course content can be included in different modules or iterated several
times throughout a person module.

This study will research the Effective platform for the learning delivery modality in Grade 12 students of
PALANDOK NATIONAL HIHG SCHOOL. The study will also measure the advantages and disadvantages of
modular learning through the effect of printed modules for the Grade 12 students of PALANDOK NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL. Different platforms and the effectivity will be also find based on the Grade 12 student’s
performance.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face learning will not be probably available due to the risk of the
spread of the virus so that the government together with the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DepEd)
implemented a contactless learning through distance learning by the use of modules and online classes.
Due to this new normal type of learning Grade 12 students of PALANDOK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
have several factors that influences them on what they more prefer in their capability of learning, if they are
struggling or benefiting on the printed modules provided to them. In this problem statement, the following are asked
about:

 What is the profile of the respondent in terms of:

 What is the level of academic achievement of students in the modular distance learning?

 Are there any significant relationship between the academic achievement of Senior High Students when
grouped according to profile in the modular distance learning?

HYPOTHESIS

Ha = There is significant relationship between the academic achievement of Senior High School Students when
grouped according to profile in the modular distance learning.

Ho=There is no significant relationship between the academic achievement of Senior High School Students when
grouped according to profile in the modular distance learning.
SCOPE AND DELIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY:

This research will be focusing on the effects, effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of printed modular
learning. The study will be limited only for the Grade 12 students of PALANDOK NATIONAL HIHG SCHOOL.

The study is all about the student’s preference on the type of learning they want in accordance to their
capability and interests, and also their benefits and struggles in a printed modular learning to the Grade 12 students
of PALANDOK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL that relates other high school students in the country.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY:

This study will be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic that primarily affects the sector of education in
the whole country. This study shall provide more relevant results on the academic benefits, effectiveness,
advantages and disadvantages of printed modular learning to the Grade 12 students of PALANDOK NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL that relates other high school students in the country.
This study will benefit the senior high students and also the teachers and faculties of PALANDOK
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL because their opinions will be heard for the improvement of the quality education
provided by the school. In addition, the results of this study will help the future researchers on conducting similar
study on the academic benefits, effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of printed modular learning to provide
more focus to the condition of the students about the system of learning they most prefer.
 CHAPTER 2

Review of Related Literature

This chapter includes the ideas, finished thesis, published journals, generalizations or conclusions,
methodologies and other parts that may help strengthen the study. Those that were included in this chapter helps in
familiarizing and making a strong proof that are relevant and similar to the present study .

2.1 Introductory Paragraph

In this chapter, the review of related literature and studies of the study about the effect of modular learning to
the academic performance of Grade 12 students of PALANDOK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL will be presented on
both local and foreign related literature.

2.2 Foreign Literature

According to Alelaimat (2012), The most commonly used small teaching unit (modules) that is a small
teaching unit that adopts the principle of self-education strategy and individualization. Also, the unit involves unique
objectives. And activates as it is done in a logical sequence to allow the learner to achieve the goals and improve the
mastery. As it is done in a logical sequence and set a limit of adeptness which is reached according to the speed of
the self-learner so he/she can learn quickest.

2.3 Local Literature

“Education cannot be postponed, Secretary Briones says.” To address the needs of millions of students, the
government adopted an educational distance learning strategy. Distance learning also known a correspondence
training or self-study, is a mode of education where little or no face-to-face contact exists between students and their
teachers. This form is divided into three sections. This is the one of the more convenient student resources for most
of the average Filipino students. It was the most common system of study between parents/guardians and was the
most preferred form of study (LESF) (Chin,2020).