Localized Professional Learning Package (PLP) Toward Learners’ Enhanced Creative Thinking Skills in Mathematics 9

Abstract

Recent findings from both international and local assessments about concerning trends in the performance of secondary learners in the Philippines, particularly in the areas of Mathematics and creative thinking encouraged the conduct of this study among eighty-four (84) Grade 9 learners in Indang, Cavite during the S.Y. 2024-2025. The study aimed to examine the effect of a localized Professional Learning Package (PLP) on the learners’ creative thinking skills in Mathematics 9. It involved two groups: the control group used the original PLP, while the experimental group used the localized PLP which undergone validity and reliability testing. The creative thinking skills were assessed before and after the intervention, focusing on originality, flexibility, elaboration, and fluency. Before the intervention, both groups showed low levels of creative thinking. However, after using the localized PLP, the experimental group showed a significant improvement in creative thinking, while the control group remained at the same level. The study highlighted that the localized Professional Learning Package in Mathematics 9 enhanced learners' creative thinking skills in terms of originality, flexibility, elaboration and fluency. It also recommended the development and utilization of localized PLP in other grade levels to further enhance creative thinking skills in Mathematics.