Development And Validation of Localized and Indigenized Teaching Material in Grade 9 Physics

Science is the foundation of technological breakthroughs. However, the teaching of science, especially Physics, is a challenging task. Physics is often perceived as a difficult subject by students. Hence, the study aimed to develop a localized and indigenized teaching material for Physics Grade 9 to address the perceived challenges of students in learning the concepts of Physics. A panel of experts evaluated the validity of the material. The developed material was then implemented to the 33 Grade 9 students of Santo Rosario School of Pudtol, Inc. in Apayao, Philippines. A pretest-posttest one shot experimental design was used. Test results gathered from the tryout were analyzed using frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation and t-test. Findings showed that the difficulty of learning Physics concepts is caused by having poor study habits and mathematical background and not being able to focus on the lessons due to their inability to see the relevance of what they are learning. With the use of localized and indigenized teaching materials, all the respondents had a significant increase in their scores from the pretest to the posttest. Hence, the developed teaching material is found to be valid and effective in teaching Grade 9 Physics. It is then recommended that Physics concepts should be made relevant by incorporating familiar scenarios and using locally available indigenous resources. Interventions should also be done to develop the study skills and mathematical abilities of the students. Future studies could be done to determine the long-term effects of localizing and indigenizing the teaching materials of physics.