Use of Audio-Visual Presentations in Araling Panlipunan: Effects to the Academic Performance of Grade Five of Manongol Central Elementary School

This study was conducted to determine the effects of audio-visual presentations in Araling Panlipunan to the performance of Grade Five learners at Manongol Central Elementary School. The researcher used the quasi-experimental method of research. It employed the two group’s pre-test/post-test design in which the experimental group was exposed to the audio-visual presentation while the control group was exposed to the traditional instruction. Comparisons were made before and after the intervention. The participants of this study were the Grade 5 learners of Manongol Central Elementary School wherein two sections were used in the study. The Grade 5- Mahogany, composed of 47 learners and who got the head during toss-coin, was assigned as experimental group exposed to audio-visual presentation and the Grade 5- Narra, which is also composed of 47 learners and who got the tail, was assigned as control group exposed to traditional instruction. Results of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the performance of each of the two groups as revealed in the pre-test and post-test scores. However, the experimental group demonstrated a higher increase on their scores than those who did not use audio-visual presentations. This only means that the use of audio-visual presentations in teaching Araling Panlipunan contributed a lot on the performance of the respondents under the experimental group.