In the Philippines, creating an innovative and reliable digital interactive resource for Biology teaching and learning is a never-ending task because there aren't many learning resources available to all students. In response to the lack of dependable visualization resources, researchers developed Digital Interactive Mendelian Genetics Comic Stories (DIMenGeComS) as supplemental learning material for Mendelian Genetics classes of Grade 8 students. ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model served as the developmental framework for the study as a model of the research design. The DIMenGeComS evaluation tool and the achievement test questionnaire were used to gather the data, meanwhile, the Paired Samples t-Test, frequency count, mean, standard deviation, percentage, and normalized gain score were used to interpret the results. The developed DIMenGeComS received an “Excellent” rating from the 7 Biology and Technology experts indicating that all areas of education and work are sufficiently covered by the DIMenGeComS, and the overall caliber of the material is excellent. The quantitative findings have shown an increase in the level of conceptual understanding of grade 8 students in learning Mendelian Genetics based on the pretest-posttest results. There is also a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores as specified by normalized gain scores in sections such as Linnaeus (0.57), and Sampaguita (0.69), all of which were medium to approaching high-class gain and had significant probabilities (p < 0.0001) less than 0.05 level of significance.

Authors:
Azriel Barrientos, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Monera Salic-Hairulla, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Saddam Bazer, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Joy Bagaloyos, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Sotero Malayao Jr., Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines

About the Presenter(s)
Azriel P. Barrientos is an Instructor I at Caraga State University with an MS in Biology Education. A Summa Cum Laude graduate, he is recognized for his innovative teaching and award-winning research, including Best Paper Presenter at ICOSTEM 2022.

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