Development and Validation of Supplemental Intervention Material in Social Studies

Authors

  • Sherwin Padilla

Keywords:

supplemental intervention material , development, validation

Abstract

Introduction

Education is a continuous and never-ending process of responding to the needs and demands of the times and conditions in which, one of the primary concerns and priorities of every nation is the quest for quality education. Year in and year out, teachers complain about the inadequacy of instructional materials that may help to improve the performance of students in each subject. These situations bothered the researcher for he believes that the poor mastery of the competencies in Social Studies 7 will affect the students’ performance in the subject especially when they go to the next higher grades and college. Inevitably, it is then with these predicaments that the researcher embarked on the idea to appraise and evaluate the competence of Grade 7 students especially to the least mastered competencies of the Social Studies7. The results, in turn, served as the foundation for a validated Supplementary Intervention Material in Social Studies. Hence, this academic pursuit.

 

Methods

This study utilized the Research-Based Development Methodology and descriptive research design. Consequently, a supplemental intervention material in Social Studies 7 was developed by the researcher to address the least mastered competencies of Grade 7 students for the subject of Social Studies. In terms of validity and acceptability, fifty (50) respondents and ten (10) validators were selected to validate the Developed Supplemental Intervention Material in Social Studies. Separate checklist questionnaires were used to test the level of validity and level of acceptability of the Developed Supplemental Intervention Material.

 

Results

The study found out that, the First and Second Quarterly Average Academic Performance of the students in Social Studies 7 is under the 80-84% category described as satisfactory level. Moreover, the Developed Supplemental Intervention Material in Social Studies was found to be ‘Very Highly Valid' with an Average Weighted Mean of 4.75. Consequently, the Developed Supplemental Intervention Material in Social Studies was found 'Very Highly Acceptable' with an Average Weighted Mean of 4.66.

 

Discussions

From the results, since the K-12 curriculum is based on cooperative learning theory, teachers are encouraged to prepare suitable activities to ensure organized and systematic participation of students that will enhance the cooperativeness and use the cooperative strategies to improve the least learned competencies in Social Studies subject.

Published

2019-12-18