AGHAMIC Action Approach (A3): Its Effects on the Pupils’ Conceptual Understanding on Matter

Abstract

We are now at the onset of Fourth Industrial Revolution, thus, Education 4.0 requires more innovative and more engaging pedagogical strategies to develop globally-competitive and functionally-literate learners. Teachers must continue to innovate strategies and approaches to make Science teaching more engaging, more fun and more collaborative. This two-group quasi-experimental action research seeks to explore the effects of the developed AGHAMIC Action Approach (A3) on the conceptual understanding on matter of Grade 6 pupils. The study involved 23 pupils in the control group taught using traditional method of instruction (TMI) and 24 pupils in the experimental group taught using the A3 in a public elementary school in Zambales, Philippines for the school year 2019-2020. Pretest and posttest were administered before and after the application of the intervention. The study found out that use A3 and TMI improved the conceptual understanding of the pupils. However, pupils exposed to the use of A3 yielded a higher gain score compared to the use of the conventional approach of teaching. Science teachers may utilize the AGHAMIC Action Approach to improve pupils’ conceptual understanding in science.