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Sagge, Jr., R. G. & Espiritu, E. E. (2023). Project DESMOS: Development and Evaluation of Self-directed Module in Statis-
tics and Probability. International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research. 4(1), 48 – 56.
doi: 10.11594/ijmaber.04.01.06
Sagge, Jr. & Espiritu, 2023 / Project DESMOS: Development and Evaluation of Self-directed Module in Statistics and Probability
in online classes made for self-directed stu- design, development, and evaluation pro-
dents who can take personal responsibility for cesses. Based on the student's considered least-
their learning and move at a pace independent mastered abilities by the teachers, the re-
of the rest of the class (Cavanaugh, Barbour, & searcher analyzed, created, and developed a
Clark, 2009). self-directed instructional module in Statistics
For the purposes of this study, creating a and Probability for Grade 11 senior high school
self-directed instructional module is one way learners.
to keep students' attention by giving them Additionally, this research design comes in
tasks that they can complete on their own after two forms: (1) product and tool research, and
receiving the necessary direction and training (2) model research. Type 1, which created tools
in using teaching resources like workbooks or and products, was used in this investigation.
modules that can make learning engaging and
advance students' knowledge, skills, and abili- Research Participants
ties. Based on information gathered from 65
Grade 11 STEM students, 10 experts, and 47
Description of the Issue Grade 11 Statistics and Probability teachers,
Based on the five least mastered compe- the self-directed instructional module in Statis-
tences of the learners as assessed by the teach- tics and Probability was created.
ers, this study intends to construct and evalu- Teachers. In the second semester of the
ate a self-directed instructional module in Sta- school year 2021–2022, 47 instructors of
tistics and Probability. In particular, it seeks for Grade 11 Statistics and Probability from 37 dif-
answers to the following questions.: ferent schools in the Province of Capiz were
1. What competencies in Statistics and Proba- used to identify the least-mastered competen-
bility do teachers perceived to be the least cies of the students in these subjects.
mastered of the learners? Learners. During the module's try-out, 65
2. What educational resources, including their Grade 11 students from a National High School
component parts, may be created to address in Capiz who were enrolled in Statistics and
the learners' least-mastered Statistics and Probability during the second semester of SY
Probability competencies? 2021–2022 took part. The students were STEM
3. In terms of a) learning objectives, b) content, (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
c) organization and presentation, d) format strand learners. The learners used the self-di-
and design, e) learning activities, f) assess- rected module during its implementation; they
ments, and g) self-directedness, how ac- were required to study the module and re-
ceptable is the prepared instructional mod- spond to its Self-Pretest, Self-Check, Self-As-
ule according to experts, teachers, and the sessment, and Additional Self-Task sections.
learners as a whole? Experts. Ten experts used the Expert's
Evaluation Checklist to assess the Self-directed
Methods Instructional Module in Statistics and Probabil-
In this study, design and development re- ity's level of acceptability following the mod-
search was used. It aims to produce knowledge ule's tryout.
that is based on evidence that is consistently
acquired from practice (Richey, Klein, & Nel- Data Gathering Instruments
son, 2004). Moreover, the ADDIE (Analysis, De- For this study, the researcher utilized the
sign, Develop, Implement, and Evaluation) Competency Checklist for teachers and Learn-
methodology served as a guide throughout the ers and the Experts’ Evaluation Checklist for
entire research process for this study, which is learners and experts.
based on design and development research. In Competency Checklist. The researcher-
order to provide new or improved models that made Competency Checklist consisted of 70
guide the development of instructional and learning competencies from Grade 11 Curricu-
non-instructional products and technologies, lum Guide under Statistics and Probability. Five
this research design systematically examines distinct subject-matter specialists validated the
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Sagge, Jr. & Espiritu, 2023 / Project DESMOS: Development and Evaluation of Self-directed Module in Statistics and Probability
checklist. The Competency Checklist tested its tions for learning objectives, content, organiza-
reliability using Cronbach’s Alpha (𝛼 = 0.953). tion and presentation, format and design,
Thus, all competencies are reliable. learning activities, assessments, and the mod-
The teachers were asked to put a check on ule's degree of self-direction. The Cronbach's
the appropriate column for their response. The Alpha (=0.945) reliability test was also per-
following five-point scale was used: 5 - Highly formed on this instrument. Therefore, all com-
Mastered, 4 – Mastered, 3 – Moderately Mas- petencies are reliable.
tered, 2 – Less Mastered, 1- Least Mastered. The levels of agreement between learners
This instrument was used to find out the level and experts were 5 - Strongly Agree (SA), 4 -
of competency of the learners in Statistics and Agree (A), 3 - Moderately Agree (MA), 2 - Disa-
Probability as perceived by the teachers. gree (D), and 1 - Strongly Disagree (SD).
Learners’ and Experts’ Evaluation To interpret and determine the acceptabil-
Checklist. 35 questions were included in a Lik- ity of the self-directed instructional module,
ert-style checklist that was divided into sec- the following scales were utilized.
This self-directed module can be used with- were also gathered. Safety Protocols and ethi-
out the presence of the teacher, therefore, z-ta- cal considerations were observed throughout
bles, and t-table are provided in the last part of the implementation.
the module. Following the module's tryout, it under-
Develop. The researcher researched and went revision based on the insightful remarks
produced a quality instructional module con- and recommendations made by students dur-
taining the various components mentioned in ing the implementation.
the design stage after structuring the module. Evaluation. After the implementation, the
The five least-mastered competencies from the revised module was evaluated by the learners
analysis phase served as the basis for the mod- and ten experts. Their suggestions and com-
ule's content. ments were considered by the researcher upon
The researcher created a preliminary page the revisions of the module.
that comprises a table of contents, tips for uti- Strict adherence to health norms and ethi-
lizing the modules, a collection of tables and fig- cal considerations were observed throughout
ures, the learner's details, and a record of their these activities. The mean, standard deviation,
progress. The module's content was based on and rank were used to analyze and interpret
the five skills that the professors believed the the data that had been collected.
students had not yet mastered. The researcher-
developer included eye-catching presenting Results and Discussion
formats in the module, such as graphics and fig- Competencies in Statistics and Probability
ures. In order to enhance the instructional that Learners have the Least Mastery
module, the researcher also asks professionals Table 2 shows the least mastered compe-
for their opinions and recommendations. Five tencies of Grade 11 learners as perceived by the
specialists in the field of statistics and probabil- teacher for the whole topics in Statistics and
ity examined the module's initial face evalua- Probability. The five least mastered competen-
tion. cies were the following: “solves problems in-
Implementation. In this phase, orientation volving confidence interval of the population
for the teachers and the learners was con- mean” (M = 2.19, SD = 0.537) and “solves prob-
ducted before the day of the distribution. Fol- lems involving regression analysis” (M = 2.19,
low-up instructions were done on the day of SD = 0.9). Both tied in the first rank; “solves
the distribution of the module to assure that problems involving sample size determination”
they understand how to utilize the module that (M = 2.34, SD = 0.841) and “solves problems in-
includes the date of distribution and retrieval. volving test of hypothesis on the population
Parental consent was also gathered. proportion” (M = 2.34, SD = 0.841). Both also
The developed module together with the tied for the second rank. In rank 5 was “solves
Parental consent form and Learners’ Evalua- problems involving correlation analysis” (M =
tion Checklist was distributed to 65 Grade 11 2.40, SD = 1.014). The result shows that the
learners. Both the researcher and the adviser learners have a low mastery of the topics as
facilitated the distribution of the module on perceived by the teachers. With this, the re-
May 17, 2022. Learners utilized the Self-di- searcher developed a module to address the
rected Instructional Module in Statistics and least mastered competencies as supported by
Probability at their homes. Learners were also the study of Cabiles (2022) that to address the
asked to take pictures or short videos while learners’ least mastered competencies, teach-
they are answering the learning task in the ers should develop contextualize instructional
module. The modules were retrieved on May materials. Moreover, the module is self-di-
31, 2022, two weeks after they received the rected so that the learners to use it without the
module. Pictures/Short videos, learners’ Evalu- help of the teachers, especially in the new mode
ation Checklist, and Parental Consent Forms of learning.
The study of Sadiq (2014) provided evi- Learners’ and Experts’ Acceptability Evalua-
dence to corroborate the results above. He tion of the Module
came to the conclusion that the modular teach- This study assessed the created Module's
ing strategy improved the learners' test scores. general acceptability in terms of its learning
Therefore, it is advised that the modular objectives, content, structure, presentation,
method be widely adopted at all educational format, and design, as well as its learning activ-
levels. Additionally, according to Bacio and ities, evaluation, and self-direction. The mate-
Sagge's (2019a & b) research, printed materials rial has been reviewed and rated by 65 stu-
are the ideal tool for enhancing learning trans- dents and ten experts.
fer since they may mimic the efficient and suc- Overall Acceptability. The self-directed ed-
cessful teaching methods of a human facilitator. ucational module received an overall evalua-
Additionally, not all students are proficient in tion of "Acceptable" (M = 4.41, SD = 1.11) for
using statistics in research. To adapt to the new acceptability. This shown that there aren't
instructional format, it is also advised that many adjustments required because the mod-
teachers complete distance learning, blended ule has satisfactorily met the specifications. Ad-
learning, and online instruction training ditionally, the experts found a similar overall
(Toquero, 2020). rating of "Highly Acceptable" (M = 4.67, SD =
0.56) and the learners' overall acceptance rat-
Developed Self-directed Instructional Mod- ing was "Acceptable" (M = 4.37, SD = 1.16) for
ule in Statistics and Probability both groups.
Based on the results of the Competency With a mean of 4.44 and SD of 0.39, the
Checklist, which identified the five least mas- learning activities section in particular has re-
tered competencies in Statistics and Probabil- ceived the highest ratings from the students.
ity, the researcher chose the topics to be cov- The learning objectives also received the high-
ered in the module. The researcher created a est rating from the experts (M = 4.74, SD =
quality teaching module with several compo- 0.48). In terms of the average mean, the learn-
nents and a unique feature. The experts ap- ing objectives received the greatest rating (M =
proved of the module's initial appearance. 4.74, SD = 0.40), although self-directedness re-
Based on expert input and ideas, the researcher ceived the lowest rating (M = 4.38, SD = 0.79),
revised the educational program. but it still received the grade "Acceptable"
The title, overview, objectives, discussion of Based on the findings, the participants
the topic, self-assessment test, evaluation activ- agreed that the module's learning objectives,
ities, and references should be included in the content, organization, and presentation, format
instructional module (CLSU-ILO, 2000). Addi- and design, learning activities, assessment, and
tionally, it follows from the list of Bacio and self-direction overall rating are acceptable.
Sagge's (2022a) components for a typical mod- This suggests that the printed module is valua-
ule. ble because it was created to fit the learners'
level. Additionally, the module can be used as a
teaching tool for students to learn Probability
and Statistics on their own, free from the guid- concepts to a whole class, freeing up lecture-
ance of a teacher. discussion time for more "discussions" and less
This result is confirmed by the research of "lecture," an enrichment activity for gifted
Bacio and Sagge (2022b), which found that in- learners, a strategy to make up for an absent
structional material can be appropriate for in- student, and a strategy for a student who needs
tended users if its objectives, substance, activi- remedial lectures.
ties, and evaluation were sufficient. According to Ritchey, Klein, and Tracey's
The analysis of Roman (2016) sources pro- (2011) study, self-directed learning has many
vided evidence to support the aforementioned advantages, such as independence, profes-
conclusions. According to his research, the pro- sional autonomy, improved choice, and motiva-
duced Statistics module has an extremely high tion.
degree of validity in terms of its specific aims, The experts' and students' assessments of
content, language, and evaluation procedures. the module's general acceptability are shown
Self-instructional materials are especially help- in Table 11.
ful as a strategy for teaching fundamental
Learners Experts
Description Description
SD M SD M
Learning Objectives 0.76 4.35 Acceptable 0.48 4.74 Highly Acceptable
Content 0.81 4.39 Acceptable 0.45 4.70 Highly Acceptable
Organization and Presen-
0.80 4.35 Acceptable 0.49 4.72 Highly Acceptable
tation
Format and Design 0.77 4.36 Acceptable 0.66 4.62 Highly Acceptable
Learning Activities 2.39 4.44 Acceptable 0.63 4.62 Highly Acceptable
Assessments 0.77 4.36 Acceptable 0.64 4.56 Highly Acceptable
Self-directedness 0.92 4.33 Acceptable 0.54 4.70 Highly Acceptable
Overall Rating 1.16 4.37 Acceptable 0.56 4.67 Highly Acceptable