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Abstract: Science, Technology, and Society is one of the new General Education courses offered under the Philippine educational reforms implementing the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 (Republic Act 10533). The teaching of STS presents significant challenges inensuring that the students acquire the necessary competencies they ought to learn. Instructional materials in STS are only slightly adequate and slightly available. The study aimed to create a worktext that could serve as a valuable resource for educatingstudents about the course. This study's research and developmental method involved creating and evaluating the worktext. The study usedthe 5E model of instructional design to develop the worktext. It was evaluated for its validity in terms of content, clarity, appeal to the target user, and originality. The evaluation revealed that it is highly valid and readable by the intended target users. It is recommended that the STS worktext be used in the course's teaching-learning process and should undergo an evaluation to further validate its effectiveness and practicability. Teachers should be trained and encouraged to develop their instructional materials related to their field of specialization with the support of the university administration
Keywords: development, worktext, instructional materials, science,technology, society,instruction.
Abstract: The study primarily focused on determining the extent of implementation of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum in the University of Northern Philippines. The research looked into the profile of 12th Grade STEM students including their academic performance. It also determined the extent of implementation of STEM curriculum. This study employed the descriptive-correlational research design in determining students’ profile and extent of the STEM curriculum implementation as it correlates to academic performance. It involved 189 student-respondents and five faculty advisers to answer the questionnaires. This study passed through the ethics review committee of the university. Data gathered were analyzed using frequency and percentage, weighted mean and simple correlational analysis. Results showed that majority of the students are female who attended public high school and obtained 85-89 general weighted average rating. The extent of STEM curriculum implementation is very great. There is a significant relationship of students’ sex and GWA to their academic performance. However, it showed that the type of Junior high school they graduated from and their academic performance have no significant relationship. Moreover, the extent of STEM curriculum implementation has no significant relationship with students’ academic performance. It is recommended that science and mathematics grades could be the basis for academic performance. It is also encouraged that science and mathematics teachers undergo training in curriculum planning and implementation.
Keywords: descriptive-correlational, mathematics, relevance, science, teaching methods
Awards
- LOCAL
- Gawad Saliksik 2024, UNP, Vigan City, October 16, 2024
- Gawad Saliksik 2025, UNP, Vigan City, October 16, 2025
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Citations
- Development of A Worktext In Science, Technology, And Society (2023), SDG 3, 4, 9, 12, 13 – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomas-Shivolo/publication/382118666_The_paradigm_shift_in_science_education_Namibian_science_teachers’_perceptions_and_experiences_with_inquiry-based_instruction/links/669197e03e0edb1e0fe0eebb/The-paradigm-shift-in-science-education-Namibian-science-teachers-perceptions-and-experiences-with-inquiry-based-instruction.pdf