Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the effectiveness of the Project ACE 8 With LOVE (Activities on Copy Editing With Localized, Organized and Vast Exercises): A Tool in Mastering the Competencies on the Copy Editing Symbols of Special Program on Journalism in using copy editing symbols correctly (SPJ7EDT-IIb-9), School Year 2023- 2024. It utilized two group Pre-test and posttest of Experimental Research design with thirty (30) Grade 7 students as respondents employing the purposive sampling technique. The statistical tools used were the Mean, Standard Deviation, Paired Sample T-Test, Independent T-Test, Eta Squad and Thematic Analysis to assess and measure the impact of the intervention. Based on the analysis, the results demonstrated that there was a significant difference in the respondents' performance after using the audio-visual material on the identified least mastered competency. The intervention had a large effect on the respondents’ test scores, and there was an improvement in the performance of Grade 7 students. From the findings and conclusion, the researcher recommends the use of Learning Activity Sheets as an educational tool to enhance students understanding and skills. In addition, the utilization of Project ACE 8 With LOVE (Activities on Copy Editing With Localized, Organized and Vast Exercises): A Tool in Mastering The Competencies on the Copy Editing Symbols of Special Program in teaching least mastered competency in Journalism 7 helps students to improve their mastery on the said competency. Furthermore, teachers must be given training and workshops on how to create, conceptualize to gain technical know-how and clear understanding of its uses to provide learners quality, meaningful and fun learning intervention.

Keywords:

Copy Editing, Localized, Competencies

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