Gretcel P. Peliño (Author)

Abstract

Education resources are essential for teaching and learning. It also improves classroom instruction, boosting students’ academic performance and engagement. This study was conducted at Basag National High School, East District III, Butuan City. It examined the effectiveness of the localized weekly learning activity sheets (WLAS) as a digitized resource material in Health Education. It utilized a quasi-experimental research design to determine the effect of utilizing the localized weekly learning activity sheets (WLAS) as a digitized learning resource material and its significant association with research variables. Control and experimental groups were created to implement the material. The outcomes of the pretest in both groups indicated scores below 30, which were categorized as not meeting expectations. With the use of the developed weekly learning activity sheets in health education, posttest revealed in both control and experimental groups that their performance improved. The posttest scores of learners in both groups showed p-value of.006 in the t-test analysis. The posttest findings for the two groups differ statistically, as its p-value is below 0.05 which rejected the null hypothesis. The posttest scores of both groups’ students also differed. Those taught utilizing WLAS had higher gain scores than the other group. The WLAS appeared to have improved health education students’ performance. Lastly, recommendations on the improvement of the developed WLAS included the indicators in readability and appeal.

Keywords: digitized and localized instructional material, Health Education, Weekly Learning Activity Sheets (WLAS)

DOI: http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0403406

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Peliño, G. P. (2025). The localized Weekly Learning Activity Sheets (WLAS) as a digitized resource material in teaching Health Education. Pantao (The International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences) 4 (3), 4368-4377. http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0403406

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