Everyday Physics: A Storybook for Underachievers in Grade 7 Physics

The Everyday Physics Storybook with Reading, Reflecting, Displaying and Doing (R2D2) Model as its structure, aims to aid the difficulty in problem solving of the grade 7 underachievers in Physics. The said difficulty of the grade 7 underachievers in Physics was addressed by the developed storybook in this action research. The participants of the study were chosen by purposive sampling to make sure that all participants were identified as underachievers. The developed EPS was utilized by twenty-five (25) identified grade 7 underachievers in Physics coming from the five (5) handled sections of the teacher-researcher. A pretest was conducted before the implementation and utilization of the EPS and followed by a posttest administered afterwards. The paired sample t-test was used to determine the significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores. The scores were tabulated and analyzed using Microsoft Excel Data Analysis to determine if there is a significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores of the grade 7 underachievers. The EPS was content validated by experts and grade 7 underachievers using adapted worksheet evaluation tools. The computed mean scores were used to interpret the evaluation of grade 7 underachievers toward the content and physical properties of the EPS. The significant difference of the results of pretest and posttest scores showed that the use of EPS was effective in aiding grade 7 underachievers’ difficulty in Physics. The researcher recommends the use of the same remediation material to other fields of specialization, specifically in Mathematics, to improve learners’ academic proficiency.