THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCALLY SOURCED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSFOR 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. Findings and conclusions are discussed.