Multimedia-Assisted Learning Activities and Academic Performance of Grade 11 STEM Strand Students in Congressional District I, Batangas Province

Abstract

The widespread use of multimedia in communication, entertainment, business, and especially in education has encouraged many educators to incorporate multimedia in their classroom instruction.  Based on the assessed low scores in formative tests and quizzes in selected topics in General Biology, the study aims to assist the students through the integration of multimedia applications in their learning activities.

The research method employed was a descriptive research design, applying the purposive sampling method to select 296 Grade 11 STEM students from public senior high schools in Congressional District 1, Division of Batangas. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, weighted mean, ranking, and Person’s r correlation coefficient to determine the relationships between variables.

Findings revealed multimedia-assisted learning activities were moderately useful in terms of teaching and learning process, multimedia resources, and online/offline applications, and students acknowledged that it is helpful in improving their class participation to a moderate extent in terms of their assessment and written works, while to a great extent for performance tasks.

Results indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between class participation and teaching and learning process and multimedia resources, with the p-value of <.001, but a very weak correlation between online/offline applications, with a p-value of >.05, for performance tasks and written works. On the other hand, assessments obtained a p-value of .018, although very weak, it is still statistically significant.

Based on the results, enrichment activities focusing on the integration of various multimedia applications in learning activities were proposed to improve understanding of complex scientific topics.