IMPROVING THE FINE MOTOR SKILLS OF GRADE 1 PUPILS OF BASCO CENTRAL SCHOOL THROUGH THE USE OF IMAGINATION TREE

JENNY C. GIMENEZ

Master Teacher 1

This research aimed to test the effectiveness of the Imagination Tree intervention as a strategy in improving the fine motor skills of Grade l Santan pupils of Basco Central School for the school year 2019-2020. It uses descriptive- comparative using the paired t-test design. Participants were the pupils of Grade I Santan (8 males and 3 females) of Basco Central School for the school year 2019-2020. Data were generated from the results of the given activities. Results shows that there is significance difference on the pre-test and post-test mean scores by 45.90 and significant result yielding a p-value of 0.005 at 0.05 level of significance. The researcher observed that pupils’ interest was evident which facilitate in the improvement of their fine motor skills during the course of the implementation of the intervention. It is therefore recommended that the intervention be adopted and be studied further to re-test and confirm its effectiveness. 

Keywords: fine motor skills, imagination tree intervention, effectiveness