Development and Implementation of SSI-Based Module in Promoting Decision-Making Skills of STEM Strand Learners
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In today’s technology-driven society, STEM literacy plays a crucial role in preparing students for future work, yet Filipino students demonstrated low STEM literacy based on recent international assessments. Socio-scientific issues (SSI)-based instruction offers the potential to enhance STEM literacy by engaging students in a real-world context. Despite the positive remarks on its benefits, its implementation faces challenges including the lack of resources and teacher support. This study addresses these gaps by developing an SSI-based module in teaching evolution for Grade 11 STEM students that aims to improve STEM literacy, specifically, their decision-making skills. This study utilized a mixed-method, quasi-experimental research design involving five science teachers and 51 students. Results from the thematic analysis revealed diverse methods and strategies of teachers including problem-solving activities, experiments, and collaborative work. The decision-making skills of students were found to be at a developing stage, which suggests a targeted intervention for improvement. The developed SSI-based module obtained a rating of “Very Satisfactory” with an overall mean of 2.82 from the panel of experts. It had a student involvement index value of 1.21, indicating the clarity of the module. Fry Graph Readability result showed that the sentence length and word length of the module are at the average level and are appropriate to the intended readers. Hence, this study further suggested implementing this SSI-based module to determine the improvement in the decision-making skills of students and its effectiveness in terms of the learning experiences of the students.
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