Maximizing children’s learning through science activities
Researchers: Jeneza Lorein S. Albaño and Rica Rhose B. Pasion
The National Teachers College S.Y. 2012-2013

Problem: Throughout the researchers observation at Precious Heritage Christian School, they found out that in their science class, pupils are not interacting well to the lesson. They also found out that teachers are not using appropriate materials in teaching science.
Intervention:
The researchers focused first to the Learning process of the pupils that may involve in science learning. One of it is the “Law of learning” by Edward Thorndike that includes different learning process and primary laws. (Law of Readiness, Law of Exercise and Law of the effect) that’s why the researchers made their science classroom more active by providing science activities that involves exploration. The researchers also uses “Realias” as their teaching materials for they believe on what Jean Piaget said on his cognitive theory. The researchers also provides science experiments that supports through their research about John Dewey and his philosophy of “Learning by doing” which also agreed by the father of Kindergarten Friedrich Froebel that believes on the project based approach of learning.
Result:
The pupils improve up their attention and became an active learner from the intervention that the researchers prepared. The pupils became curious and they listen very attentive and more cooperative. Adding up together, having an explorative activities in science seek children to observe, think, investigate, discover, have question and predictions. It also shows by the assessment that the researchers conducted after the interventions.
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