BLENDED LEARNING MODALITIES: EXAMINING THE STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE USING THE DIGITAL AND PRINTED MODULES

ABSTRACT

Pandemic has not only brought significant changes in the world’s economy. The educational sector has also made abrupt adjustments just to cater to the needs of learners. Among the solution that wasrealized in the Philippines was the implementation of the blended learning modality. Public schools prepared digital and printed copy of modules which will serve as the self-learning kit of the students when the face-to-face teaching was not possible due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Aligned to this context, the present study aimed to gauge the cognitive performance of the students and to know the extent of the usage of digital and printed modules. Utilizing a quantitative approach, the data revealed that the Senior High school students showed similar extent of using the digital and printed module during the implementation of the blended learning modalities. Both were extensively utilized by the respondents. This explains that student’s agreement on the usage of digital copy of the module may be because of their ability on the digital technologies, the availability of gadgets and the internet connectivity knowing for a fact that the research locale is a highly urbanized city. Therefore, the study recommends t hat teachers may consi der the preference of st udent s whether to use di gi tal, pri nted modul e or whatever modal i t i es that are appropri ate to the l earni ng scheme of the st udents.