Effects of Online Discussion Board on Students’ Academic Performance in Science

This study examined the effects of Online Discussion Board (ODB) on Grade 8 students' academic performance in learning science in one public school in Bukidnon, Philippines during the pandemic. Quasi-experimental design was utilized with one group exposed to ODB and another to a non-ODB approach. A teacher made test with a reliability of .90 was used to assess the performance through pretest and posttest. Results revealed that both groups did not meet the expectations during the pretest and posttest. However, there was a increase in the mean percentage score of students who were taught using ODB. Moreover, students exposed to online discussion board had a mean percentage score of 53.67 (SD=18.64) while those exposed in non-online discussion board had a mean of 44.75 (SD=11.19). The F-value is equal to 134.250 (p<0.01) between groups indicating highly significant difference. Students exposed to ODB performed much better compared to ODB. Online Discussion Board may be utilized by science teachers to enhance students' performance