Methodology: Profile of The Grade 7-Gold Learners of Dinapa National High School
Methodology: Profile of The Grade 7-Gold Learners of Dinapa National High School
Methodology: Profile of The Grade 7-Gold Learners of Dinapa National High School
The aim of the study is to determine the factors that affect the reading comprehension
level of the Grade 7 learners of Dinapa National High School in Dinapa, Castilla, Sorsogon, thus
the study made use of the descriptive-survey design. This served as a technique which focused
and identified the participants’ profile, the factors that affect their reading comprehension and
their reading comprehension level based on the result of the Philippine Informal Reading
Inventory (Phil-IRI) pretest.
The study was conducted to the 49 Grade 7-Gold learners of Dinapa National High
School. Out of the three (3) sections only one served as the respondents.
In gathering the data, researcher-made checklist was used. The instrument consisted of
three important part: Part I was used to determine the profile of the participants. Part II
determined the factors that affect the reading comprehension of the learners.
The PhilIRI English pretest that was administered to the Grade 7 learners of Dinapa
National High School in Dinapa, Castilla, Sorsogon, last June, 2019 was used to identify their
comprehension level. The data gathered were statistically tabulated, analyzed, and interpreted
through frequency and percentage distribution.
Table 1 below shows the profile of Grade 7-Gold learners. As indicated in the same table,
16 (34.04%) of the respondents are males and 31 (65.96%) are females with a total of 47. The
result shows that female learners are greater in number. As to their parent’s highest educational
attainment, it can be seen that majority of their parents are reached high school level with 18
(38.30%) for the fathers and 22 (46.81%) for the mothers. Next highest educational attainment of
the parents reached is elementary level, 17 (36.17%) fathers and 12 (25.53%) mothers. These
show that most of the parents reached and finished only the primary and secondary level of
education. As to the parents’ monthly income, it indicates that there were 27 (57.45%) parents
have an income of ₱ 4, 000 and below, 10 (21.28%) parents had an income of ₱4,000 to ₱ 6,000.
This implies that majority of the respondents’ parents have a minimal income that can support
them to school. The rest have a monthly income of ₱7,000 and above.
Variables f (n=47) %
Sex
Male 16 34.04
Female 31 65.96
Highest Educational Attainment
Father
Elementary 17 36.17
High School 18 38.30
College level and graduate 11 23.40
M.A. level and graduate 0 0.00
Ph. D. level and graduate 1
Mother
Elementary 12 25.53
High School 22 46.81
College level and graduate 11 23.40
M.A. level and graduate 0 0.00
Ph. D. level and graduate 2 4.26
Parents’ Monthly Income
₱ 4,000 and below 27 57.45
₱ 4,000 to ₱ 6,000 10 21.28
₱ 7,000 to ₱ 10,000 3 6.38
₱ 11,000 to ₱ 14,000 3 6.38
₱ 15,000 and above 4 8.51
Comprehension Level of Grade 7-Gold Learners of Dinapa National High School based on the
Phil-IRI English Pretest Result
Table 3 below indicates that most of the learners are in the instructional level, 7 (43.75%)
males and 17 (43.75%) females. It also shows that, 6 (37.5%) males and 9 (29.03%) females are
in the frustration level, while only 3 (18.75%) males and 5 (16.13%) are in the independent level.
The Phil-IRI reading test uses predetermined set of criteria in identifying the reading
level of each student for each passage. These criteria include the percentage of word recognition
accuracy and the percentage of correct answers to comprehension questions (adapted from
Johnson, Kress and Pikulski, 1987). Table 4 shows these criteria.
Oral Reading Level Word Reading Score (in %) Comprehension Score (in %)
Independent 97-100% 80-100%
Instructional 90-96% 59-79%
Frustration 89% and below 58% and below