THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCALLY SOURCED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

Abstract

This research set out to determine whether or not secondary school students would benefit from using locally sourced instructional materials for their chemistry labs. A total of two hundred and eighteen secondary school students participated in the study. The survey was set up as a cross-sectional analysis. The participants responded to a self-report measure on their experience of locally sourced instructional material and the perceived learning outcome. A simple linear regression was conducted on the data, and the result showed that locally sourced instructional material statistically predicted effective chemistry learning. Finding and conclusions are discussed.