Design and Validation of an Instructional Module for Business Planning in the BS Entrepreneurship Program

The rapid change in the curriculum and the increasing demand of education shifted the pedagogical knowledge and skills requirements of teachers. In this time of pandemic, the use of modular instruction to facilitate learning and mastery of the content is advised. The study applied the designed-based research (DBR) approach using the ADDIE model to develop and validate a business plan module for Entrepreneurship students. Experts’ Evaluation Checklist of the Instructional modules, pretest, and posttest for instructional module and students’ evaluation checklist of the instructional modules was employed in gathering data. Findings revealed that the contents of the module which the students and subject specialist evaluated was rated excellent which indicates that it was perceive as significant instructional material for their course. Meanwhile, the design characteristics, learning activities, and reliability of the designed module which the students evaluated have resulted in a mean average of 4.60 and were rated as excellent and which the subject specialist evaluated have resulted in a mean average of 5.00 and were rated as excellent. This indicates that both the students and subject specialist perceive the design characteristics, learning activities, and reliability of designed module as significant instructional material for their course.