Educators are facing a lot of challenges today as well as learners in the teaching-learning process. It is very important to follow the procedures of Self-Directed Learning to be able to apprehend if the learning took place. The educator must observe the signs of readiness for self-directed learning, including self-discipline, organization, autonomy, the ability to communicate well, the open-mindedness to criticisms and feedback, self-evaluation, and reflection. The success of the students in self-directed learning was observed in their evaluation results and self-reflection. This study employed the one-group pretest-posttest research design. This method was the most appropriate since the study dealt with finding the effectiveness of the Self-Directed Skills-Based Material. The participants of this study were one hundred (100) Grade 7 Level students at San Pedro National High School. The instruments that were utilized to obtain the needed data were a pretest, posttest, and performance test to measure the performance of the learners before and after the use of the learning material. Self-Directed Skills-Based Materials were proven effective in acquiring knowledge and skills in Cookery. More importantly, there is a significant difference in the conceptual improvement of the respondents before and after the use of the learning material.