Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V – Bicol
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MASBATE PROVINCE
BUENAVISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Buenavista, Uson, Masbate

NOTA: AID IN STRENGTHENING THE SKILLS IN READING MUSICAL NOTES FOR STRUGGLING
GRADE 7 LEARNERS
I. CONTENT AND RATIONALE
The education in the Philippines often fails to see the effects of learning the music and arts on
the cognitive reasoning and development of self-esteem of students. Numerous concerns have been
voiced recently regarding the efficiency, worth, and approaches used in music education. Does anyone
who learns to read music use it after finishing school and outside of the classroom? It is the purpose of
this paper to show how the learning of music reading, when properly taught, will be meaningful and
useful to the child. By being of service to the learner, music reading will justify its place in the music
curriculum.
Music can be learned by two methods. It can be learned by ear, which is called rote learning. In
rote learning, the music is played or sung until the learner can repeat what he has heard. This method
makes the learned dependent upon others and leaves much of his music learning to chance. The other
method by which music can be learned is through music reading or note learning. This involves specific
direction of the attention upon the meaning conveyed by music symbols. The ability to translate these
symbols into meaningful patterns of sound and movement is music reading. These symbols come to
mean how the music should sound and feel. The efficiency of music reading depends upon the capacity
to understand the musical meanings conveyed in the symbolism. The reading of music involves certain
physical and mental skills. These skills are a combination of ear, eye, and mechanical processes.

II. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTION

This study aims to strengthen the skills of Grade 7 Learners struggling in reading musical notes.
Specifically, it will seek the answer the following questions:
1. How can project NOTA help Grade 7 learners to be musically independent?
2. How can project NOTA improve the academic performance of Grade 7 learners in MAPEH?
3. In what way does the project NOTA help students accurately identify the musical notes in a musical
composition?

III. PROPOSED INNOVATION, INTERVENTION AND STRATEGY

Project NOTA is an initiative of non-specialized MAPEH teachers of BNHS which aim to make a
change in learners learning ability in terms of reading musical notes.
INTERVENTION
Project NOTA will be used to bridge the gap between the learners and learning. This project
aims to develop and strengthen the skills of Grade 7 learners of BNHS for the students to cope up with
this rapid changing world. Strengthening the skills of the students will help the schools, community, and
the country to promote and develop artistic and talented learners that will become the pride of our nation.

STRATEGY
The strategic plan of this study is video lesson, inviting a skilled music teacher to strengthen the
readiness of the learners in terms of reading musical notes. It can also provide students to learn in new
ways and styles enabling them to read musical notes in enjoyable way.

IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHOD

a. Participants
This study involves the Grade 7 learners of Buenavista National High School. The
participants will be selected in non-random manner thus, the researchers will be utilizing purposive
sampling design to obtain the possible learner respondents. The respondents are the ones who
need assistance to cope with the lessons in MAPEH specifically in music. The participants will be
involved in project NOTA to be assessed and monitored to uplift their level of performance as aimed
in this study.

b. Data Gathering
The study will use the quantitative research design specifically pre-experimental research
design. The study design happens before the true experiment starts. This is done to determine the
researcher’s interventions on the participants. The respondents will be exposed to an intervention and
their musical note reading skills will be assessed. The gathered data will be analyzed using survey and
AimsWeb fluency testing scores.

c. Data Analysis

A music and reading interest survey will use to gather feelings and attitudes towards reading
and music. The survey also provided a background into students’ prior study habits. The research
also compared students identified learning styles from a prior learning styles instrument used by the
classroom teacher. This identified the students as visual learners, or auditory learners. Quantitative
data was gathered through comparison of AimsWeb fluency testing score sessions from both
conditions (musical versus nonmusical).
V. WORK PLAN AND TIMELINES
The action research activities are outlined below:
ACTIVITIES TARGET DATE PERSONS INVOLVED

PRE-RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
 Making of Action
Research proposal Researcher
 Approval of Action February 2023 School Head
Research Proposal School Division Research
Committee (SDRC)

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
 Implementation of the
study
 Tabulation and analysis of
data
 Interpretation of the MARCH – MAY 2023 Researcher
general findings Respondents

 Preparation of the
research paper
POST- RESEARCH ACTIVITY
 Printing of the research Researcher
report JUNE - JULY 2023 School Division Research
 Submission of the final Committee (SDRC)
copy to the SDO BERF Committee

Month Month Month Month Month Month

ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 6
PRE-RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES:
Making Of Action
Research Proposal
Approval of Action
Research Proposal
 RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES
Implementation of
the study

Tabulation and
analysis of data

Interpretation of the
general findings

Preparation of the
research paper
POST RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES:
Printing of the
research report

Submission of the
final copy to the
SDO

VI. COST ESTIMATES

Activities/ Strategies Item Quantity Unit Price Total Price
Preparation of materials for
the research and
implementation/interventions
Data Gathering,
Interpretation of data
gathered and preparation of
completed research report.

Prepared by:

BILLJEA A. ALFORTE
MAPEH Teacher