Development and evaluation of self-instructional modules on heat for home technology students

• Main Author: Aliac, Rosemarie E.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2002
• Subjects: Teaching > Aids and devices; Heat; Ability > Testing; College students; Instructional systems; Educational evaluation
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2662
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study is conducted for the development and evaluation of self-instructional modules on heat, also called HEAT-PACK, for home technology students. This study was divided into three stages: the planning stage, the development stage, and the try-out stage. The descriptive method of research was utilized to describe the development of the modules while the experimental method using the equivalent control group pretest and posttest design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the HEAT-PACK. Three groups of respondents were involved in this study. First, fifteen (15) randomly selected home technology (HT) students composed the experimental where the modules were tried out. Second, an equal number of HT students composed the control group which was exposed to the traditional lecture-discussion method and with whom the experimental group was compared. And third, the five physics experts and two home technology teaches who evaluated the content characteristics of the modules.Findings of the study revealed the following: The posttest mean scores of the students who used the HEAT-PACK are significantly higher as compared to their pretest mean scores the posttest mean scores of the students under the traditional lecture-discussion method are also significantly higher as compared to their pretest mean scores.