Effectiveness of SBPS (Strengthening Basic Process Skills) in boosting students’ achievement in science 8

The aim of this research is to develop an intervention program and to measure its impact in enhancing students achievement in Science 8. The research was conducted during the Third Quarter Period of the school year 2022-2023. It was anchored in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development emphasizing the importance of concrete operational thought in high school students. There were two groups of participants that served as control and experimental group which are composed of purposively selected Grade 8 students. Both the control and experimental group were given Pretests and Post tests to determine and compare their levels of achievement in terms of the Grade 8 lessons and Basic Process Skills before and after the SBPS intervention. Independent t-test was used to analyze if there are significant differences between the results of pretests and post tests. With the t-value of 1.01215 and p-value .157361, there is no significant difference between control and experimental group at p ˂ .05 in terms of level of Basic Process skill before the SBPS intervention. There is also no significant difference at p ˂ .05 between level of knowledge in Third quarter competencies supported by pretest result with t -value -0.39687 and p-value .346289. The post test was given after the SBPS intervention that shows that there is significant difference at p ˂ .05 with t-value -7.3222 and p-value .00001 between the control and experimental group in terms of achievement.