Sequential Analysis of Problems Encountered by Students in Accomplishing Performance Tasks

Performance Task is proven to improve the teaching and learning processes. This study intend to find out the problems that grade 8 students encounter in accomplishing performance tasks in relation to the teacher, assessment, classroom management, learning environment, classroom technology and others. The findings showed that specific problems pertaining to the teacher, assessment, learning environment or venue, classroom management, and classroom materials are encountered by students which affected the accomplishment of performance tasks.. Among these problems, the learning environment or venue is the greatest predictor followed by classroom management, assessment, classroom materials and teacher.

From the findings, the study has the following implications. First, appropriate measures must be undertaken to address the problems that are attributable to the teacher, assessment, learning environment or venue, classroom management, classroom materials, deadline of submission, students’ emotional and personal state, simultaneous performance tasks, teacher’s subjectivity and grouping of students in future performance tasks. Second, any initiative of improvement must prioritize the aspect of learning environment or venue followed by classroom management, assessment, classroom materials and teachers. Lastly, the study can contribute in education and research as a source of data for future similar researches.