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Division honors outstanding researchers

As the last phase of the “1st Malabon Research Festival: Revolutionizing Research and Development in Malabon City” which commenced in June of 2015, the Schools Division Office honored the outstanding teacher-researchers after the final oral defense conducted at the SDO Conference Hall from April 18 to 19, 2016.

For elementary level, Nenita Rivera of Amang Rogriguez ES ranked 1st with her paper entitled “The Effects of the Level Content-Based Reading Materials on the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) of the Grade 6 Struggling Readers of Amang Rodriguez ES”. Africa Jailani Sampedro of Ninoy Aquino ES placed 2nd, followed by Jeanne Nadurata of Tañong ES I.

Tinajeros National HS, meanwhile, swept the top three spots for secondary level. Aprilyn Reyes won the 1st rank with her study entitled “Creative Learning in Cooking Through Kinestetic Games (CLICK-G)”. Angelo Espiritu ranked 2nd, while Marites Tabor placed 3rd.

The very first research festival was launched by the SDO Malabon, in coordination with the City Government of Malabon with the goal of harnessing research culture in basic education. More than 270 action researches in various areas of curriculum implementation, school governance and operations, and administration were produced. –hrb