Effectiveness of constructivist e-learning module in General Biology

• Autor(a) principal: Maglinte, Lucelle
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Coronica, Leizle
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Sapienza (Curitiba)
• Texto Completo: https://journals.sapienzaeditorial.com/index.php/SIJIS/article/view/704
• topic: Cognitive skills; Constructivist e-learning; Content mastery; General biology

With the need for improved learning materials for General Biology becoming increasingly evident, this study developed a constructivist e-learning module and evaluated its effectiveness for teaching senior high school STEM students. The module, anchored in the 5E Instructional Model (engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate), was implemented in a blended instruction setting for 81 senior high school STEM students. This module distinguishes itself from traditional e-learning modules by emphasizing student-centered learning and experiential engagement through hands-on activities, problem-solving, and peer collaboration. Pretest and posttest were used to assess content mastery and cognitive skills performance. Mean, standard deviation, and paired t-test were used to describe the scores and significant differences between the scores. The posttest scores revealed a significant increase in both content mastery and cognitive skills performance. The constructivist e-learning module effectively enhances student engagement, content mastery, and cognitive skills development while aligning with curriculum of Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) and can be seamlessly integrated into existing classrooms.