Quotelect Destination Icebreaker Game as Instructional Material in Teaching Philosophy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

" ̃Philosophy' is a complicated term and can also be a simple one. It can be easily understood or it cannot be understood at all that is why teachers are using instructional materials in teaching in order for the learners not to be abstruse in the concept (Chandra, 2018). Therefore, research-based and effective instructional materials can set an example for strong lesson plans (Libre, 2018). The development of Quotelect Destination Icebreaker game as instructional material in teaching Philosophy designs to promote interactive environment that can assure meaningful learning among students.

METHODS

Descriptive research design was utilized. Frequency and mean were calculated to evaluate the Quotelect Destination Icebreaker Game in terms of content, relevance, mechanics, effectiveness and user-friendly. Complete enumeration was used as sampling technique. The respondents were twenty-eight (28) Senior High school teachers and thirty-five (35) Grade 12 HUMSS-A students. After the newly developed instructional material was evaluated by the teachers. Pilot-testing was done among the Grade 12 HUMSS-A students.

RESULTS

The results show that the newly developed instructional materials as evaluated by teacher obtained the means of 4.55 (content), 4.75 (relevance), 4.53 (mechanics), 4.56 (effectiveness) and 4.68 (user-friendly). Based on the evaluation of the students the means were 4.64 (content), 4.82 (relevance), 4.57 (mechanics), 4.66 (effectiveness) and 4.85 (user-friendly).

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that both teachers and students had strongly agreed that Quotelect Destination Icebreaker game qualifies its content, relevance, mechanics, effectiveness and user-friendly as instructional material in teaching Philosophy. Furthermore, it also shows that the newly developed instructional material must be utilized.