Developmentand Validationof Informationand Communication Technology-Based Localized Instructional Materials in Teaching Araling Panlipunan for Grade 4in the Division of Quezon
Keywords:
Development and Validation, ICT-Based Instructional Material, Instructional Material, Araling PanlipunanAbstract
INTRODUCTION
This study aimed to develop ICT-based instructional material for Araling Panlipunan (A.P.) 4 a tool for enhancing teaching and learning for the specific lesson in A.P. 4. The researcher focuses on the acceptability of the technical usability and content quality of the developed ICT-based instructional material for the public elementary Araling Panlipunan teachers and ICT coordinators from the Lopez West District and Lopez East District.
METHODS
This study utilized the descriptive research method. Moreover, it employed the summation of mean and each result was interpreted through the value of Likert's Scale. The respondents of this study are fifty (50) Grade 4 Araling Panlipunan teachers and fifty (50) school ICT coordinators from the public elementary schools in Lopez West and Lopez East District and (15) AP 4 teacher from Lopez East District and (13) from Lopez West District for the needs assessment. The questionnaire was the main instrument used in this study. The questionnaire consists of 2 parts: (1) content quality and (2) technical usability, and also utilized the needs assessment survey questionnaire.
RESULTS
Based on the conducted needs assessment of the ICT-Based Instructional Material in Araling Panlipunan 4 it resulted in 4.68 general weighted means. The components of the developed ICT-Based Instructional Material in AP 4 using the MOBIRISE web page maker is about the local government based on the Araling Panlipunan 4 curriculum guide. The said lesson can be found in the third quarter conferring to the learner's materials and teacher's guide.
Content Quality of the ICT based instructional material in AP 4. The general weighted means were 4.72 and 4.73. The overall weighted mean of the content quality based on the perceptions of the respondents is 4.725 which were interpreted as highly acceptable. The general weighted means on the technical usability were 4.63and 4.69. It can be distinguished from the results that both groups of respondents highly accepted technical usability.
DISCUSSIONS
This study recommends teachers to produce various ICT-based instructional materials in order to maximize the utilization of the ICT equipment provided by the Department of Education under the Department of Education Computerization Program.