Development of Supplementary Instructional Material in Science, Technology, and Society: Anchored on Reciprocal Teaching

Abstract

This study designed, developed, and validated a supplementary instructional material on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) anchored on reciprocal teaching. The study involved eight prospective teacher-users and thirty prospective student-users who were purposively selected to validate the materials from one of the higher education institutions in Bukidnon. The developmental research design was employed, following the instructional development stages of Seels and Glasgow: pre-development, development, and post-development. In each of the stages were the key tasks, respectively: needs assessment covering the STS course difficult topics; writing of the material parts based on the reciprocal teaching or Fab Four for the lesson design; and, the validation of the material by experts and prospective users. Findings revealed that all the features of the instructional material were very much adequately provided. The material met the expectations of the experts and prospective users. Their comments and suggestions were incorporated to enhance the materials further. The developed supplementary instructional material can be used to teach philosophical topics in STS