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the need to supplement the existing materials used in teaching Reading Readiness and 4) the
proposed instructional materials was found to be highly acceptable in terms of its adequacy,
suitability and relevance with overall average weighted means of 4.90, 4.86 and 4.92 respectively.
In the light of the findings the following conclusions were drawn 1) the existing
instructional materials in Reading Readiness for children with autism is adequate 2) instructional
materials in Reading Readiness for children with autism was proposed 3) inadequacy of
instructional materials in Reading Readiness for children with autism is the greatest concern of
SPED teachers that need to be addressed and 4) the proposal instructional materials in Reading
Readiness for children with autism meets the standard criteria in terms of its acceptability based
on adequacy, suitability and relevance.
Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations were formulated:
1. the proposed instructional materials in Reading Readiness for children with autism is highly
acceptable and recommended for use in SPED centers with program in autism 2) SPED teachers
handling autism are encouraged to develop instructional materials in other learning area
to further hone the capabilities of special children in the teaching learning process 3) more
development type research should be made to augment the existing instructional materials in
SPED centers to cater to the needs of special children.

RACKET SPORTS DISCIPLINE BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RECRUITMENT
PROGRAM IN PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY-ASINGAN
TYRONE V. LOPEZ

This study determined the contributing factors that led to increasing racket sports
players at Pangasinan State University-Asingan . Results of the study were used as basis to
develop a recruitment program to increase the number of racket sports athletes in the said
institution. Specifically, the study answered the problems on the socio-demographic profile
of the racket sports players, the factors that contribute to increasing racket sports players in
terms of cognitive, behavior, social and physical factors that Contribute to Increasing Racket
Sports Players, the degree of seriousness of the problems encountered by racket sport players
and the recruitment program that can be developed to increase racket sports players in PSU-
Asingan.
In this study, the descriptive-quantitative method of research was used. The reason
behind the choice of the method is because it tries to describe the conditions existing, possesses
that are existing, effects that are being felt or trends that are developing regarding the increasing
engagement in racket sports in Pangasinan State University – Asingan Campus, which was
selected as the study site. This method was specifically adapted because the study intended to
describe and interpret “what is” about the factors that contribute to the increasing racket sports
in the institution as well as the problems encountered by the varsity players in their engagement
in racket sports. The quantitative research design was used in this study to quantify data and

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