ENHANCING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY USING FLIPPED CLASSROOM AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING (FC-PJBL)

Author Name: Mr. Robert John D. De La Cruz

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: PHILIPPINES

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434, DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2020-86723997/

Affiliation:

1. Rizal National Science High School, J.P. Rizal St. Batingan, Binangonan, Rizal 1940 Philippines
   E-mail:robjohndc@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Biology is a discipline that needs to be taught effectively by educators because of the variety of applications it has in our world. At present, students found this subject and its concepts difficult to understand which contributes to their low performance in Biology. Studies revealed that teacher’s pedagogy is one of the reasons why students find the subject Biology difficult. This study intended to determine the effect of flipped classroom and project-based learning (FC-PjBL) on the performance ofGrade 11 students in Biology, specifically in cellular respiration. Quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design was used in this study. Two class sections were chosen purposively as participants in this study: the experimental group which received the intervention and the control group which was taught using conventional method. Paired t-test and independent samples t-test were the statistical tools applied to test the research hypotheses. Results show that there is a significant difference in the posttest scores of the two groups, in favor of the experimental group. This implies that the students exposed in FC-PjBL performed better than those taught with conventional method. It can be concluded that flipped classroom and project based learning can help in enhancing students’ performance in Biology.

Key words: biology education, flipped classroom, project based learning, biology performance, blended learning