Evaluating the Effectiveness of Chess-Based Instructional Materials in Improving Students Understanding of Species Diversity: A Quantitative Study

This study deals with the integration of chess-based instructional material since it helps the learner and teachers to make learning more interesting, practical, realistic, and appealing.This study aimed to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of chess-based instructional materials in improving Grade 8 students' understanding of species diversity in Libertad National High School, Libertad Sta.Monica, Surigao del Norte.The researchers used a quasi-experimental design to determine the effectiveness of the chess-based instructional materials.A pre-test and post-test design were used for comparison.The students got low scores during the pre-test while in the post-test, their scores significantly increased.It was hypothesized that there is no significant difference between the mean score of the pre-test and the mean score of the post-test since there is a substantial increase between the mean score of both pre-test and post-test.It further indicates that the P-value = P