Abstract
This study aimed to explore the perceived impacts of home reading in improving academic performance of learners in a selected elementary school in Buenavista, Quezon. Aspects studied were the demographic profile of the respondents. It investigated the impacts of home reading in improving their academic performance in learning as perceived by learners. To achieve the researcher’s goal, the researcher used a questionnaire to determine the respondents’ demographic profile and administered the questionnaire for the perceived impacts of home reading. This involved 80 learners from the selected elementary pupils in Buenavista Quezon. The descriptive design on was the main source of data and information. The result showed that most of the respondents are aged of 11-13years old, male, and female. According to the result of Kruskal Wallis all the null hypothesis are accepted which means that there is no significant difference on the perceived impacts of home reading in improving academic performance of learners when the respondents are grouped according to profile. Based on the results of the study, the following recommendations are suggested. The school administrators may be able to use a home reading strategy as tools for learning in their school. The parents may help their child while reading at home to improve their academic performance. The teachers may conduct follow-up study to investigate further the perceived impacts of home reading in improving academic performance of learners. The learners may continue to learn while they are reading to get ideas and information from the books they read.
