Acquisition of Science Process Skills of Junior High School Students among Private Schools of Olongapo City

Abstract

Education is one of the institutions in the Philippines that has suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, school administrators, instructors, students, parents, and other stakeholders face new problems and concerns as a result of the paradigm shift. In the middle of the pandemic, the blended learning modality was adopted in the country in terms of educational means of learning. As a result, dealing with the "New Normal" presented difficulties for private schools. The study on The Science Process Skills Level of Acquisition in Junior High School Students Among Olongapo City Private Schools is especially important and beneficial to education. Cross-sectional descriptive survey research and simple Purposive quota sampling were utilized in the study. The respondents were enrolled in Grade nine junior high school that utilizes blended learning. Based on the result of the study the lowest Science Process skill competence is hypothesizing. The overall performance in Science (Biology) of grade nine pupils in the selected private secondary has a very poor association with amount of learning of science process skills. Teachers' difficulties in teaching science process skills in blended learning were described by a shortage of teaching materials. The study revealed that lack of emphasis on experimentation and the use of technology in the blended learning modality in terms of science particularly in the area of Biology.