THE EFFICACY OF STRATEGIC INTERVENTION MATERIALS (SIMS) IN TEACHING OCIAL STUDIES AMONG THIRD YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This study investigated the efficacy of the Strategic Intervention Materials (SIMs)
in teaching Social Studies among the third-year high school students of Bugsukan
Integrated School, Philippines. The researcher made use of the group pretest-posttest
design. The pretest was used the present performance the five learning areas in Social
Studies namely: The Growing Power of Europe, The Spread of European Power, The
Expansion of European Power, The Awakening, and The World Between Wars. Mean
was used to determine the academic performance of the student-respondents while
t-Test was used to determine the significant difference in the results between the pretest
and posttest. This study found out that, SIMs enhance students’ interest as well as their
retention of the lesson. Watching video clips, film, and movies about the teaching in
Social Studies increases students’ performance in the test. This is manifested in the
high examination scores of the students in the fourth grading period. The significant
difference in the students’ performance in the pretest and posttest in the result of
the effective technique the teacher employs. The SIMs are deemed instrumental in
upgrading students’ retention of the content of the subject as well as in sustaining their
interest to learn and integrate the lessons in their real-life experiences as they identify
themselves with the characters they see on the videos, films and other audio-video
materials presented to them.