The Effectiveness of Using Localized Instructional Materials in the Performance of Grade Seven Food Technology Students in Amaya School of Home Industries

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Localization is a direct response to the traditional design of teaching which is inflexible and irrelevant to the learners' lives. It relates the curriculum of teaching and learning of a specific subject to local conditions or environment. The objective of this study is to establish whether developed localized instructional materials could improve the performance of learners compared to the standard way of teaching.

METHODS

The Slovins formula and simple random probability were used in getting the sample from the extent of the total population. The variables in the study were the Controlled and Experimental group of learners. Through a pre-test/post-test survey, the researcher compared the results of the learners' performance with and without the intervention of Localized instructional Materials.

RESULTS

Based on the results of the study, it was revealed that there was a big difference between the test scores of the learners during pre-test and post-test. The variance of the learners score during the pre-test shows equality; whereas, post-test shows that learners in the Experimental group got high scores after Localized instructional Materials were used. Survey data identified that there is an increase of 19.54 in the Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of the controlled group while the MPS of the experimental group increased to 32.56 after localization.

DISCUSSIONS

The use of localized instructional materials result in the following:1. High performance of learners, 2. Significance of lesson to learners' daily living, 3. Lesson content and activities are gathered from the school and community, therefore, easily understood, 4. Improve skills and creativity and 5. As an innovation, it allows to meet the learning needs and could also lead to career growth and development.