Predict-Observe-Explain Strategy: Effects on Students’ Achievement and Attitude towards Physics
), Eivan Mark Sunga Sigua(2) (1) Bical High School, Philippines
(2) College of Education, Pampanga State Agricultural University, Philippines
Corresponding AuthorCopyright (c) 2025 Ariel Corral Venida, Eivan Mark Sunga Sigua
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Abstract
This study employed a quasi-experimental research using the pretest-posttest design to determine the effect of Predict-Observe-Explain (POE) Strategy on students‟ achievement and attitude towards physics. A total of fifty-nine grade seven students from two intact heterogeneous classes participated in this study. The engage-explore-explain-elaborate-evaluate (5E‟s) learning cycle was utilized in teaching the control group while the POE strategy was utilized in teaching the experimental group. T-test was used in determining the significant differences between the two groups and within each group in terms of achievement and attitude. The findings of the study showed a significant difference (p = 0.00) in the achievement scores of the two groups in the posttest. It was further revealed that the experimental group (m = 11.47) performed better in the posttest than the control group (m = 8.86), and registered a significant change in attitude towards physics (p = 0.00) from neutral (m = 3.38) to positive (m = 3.76), while the control group maintained a neutral attitude. This suggests that the POE strategy positively influenced the academic performance and attitude of the students towards physics.
Keywords: predict-observe-explain, 5E‟s learning cycle, attitude towards physics, students‟ achievement.
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