The study was conducted to evaluate the
effectiveness of the designed microscale experiments in developing the learning
outcomes of the students along the cognitive, affective and psychomotor
domains. It was meant to describe and compare the learning outcomes of the
students who were exposed and not exposed to microscale experiments and
identified the learning experiences of the students exposed to the microscale
experiments. The study used the pretest and posttest randomized control group
design and subjected the experimental group to the microscale experiments and
the control group to the traditional method of performing chemistry
experiments. The results of the study showed that the designed microscale experiments
were effective in developing the learning outcomes of the students in
Chemistry. It was able to improve the learning competencies of the students in
the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain. The positive learning
experiences of the students in performing microscale experiments in Chemistry
accounts for the development of the students’ learning outcomes.
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