Daniel Miguel Artango
Dan-ag: Journal of Educational Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 1–8
This descriptive study determined the science process skills of Grade 9 students at Indahag National High School, Division of Cagayan de Oro City, during school year 2014-2015. Factors explored in the study were the students’ final grades in Science 9 and TLE 9, TLE specialization, level of science process skills, parental support, and motivational factors in science. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results revealed that the students’ final ratings in Science and TLE were at the Approaching Proficiency level. Welding had the largest number of students, while Beauty Care had the smallest. There was a significant difference in students’ Science and TLE final ratings when their science process skills were considered. TLE specialization also caused variation in students’ final ratings. However, students’ overall science process skills did not differ significantly when they were grouped according to parental support or level of motivation. Overall, students in Beauty Care had fair final ratings in Science and TLE and a fair level of science process skills. Students in Welding had lower Science and TLE ratings and a lower level of science process skills. The students had fair levels of parental support and motivation. The K to 12 curriculum provided varied learning activities that contributed to the development of students’ science process skills.
Keywords: science process skills; science education; motivation; parental support; technical-vocational skills; K to 12 curriculum
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Artango, D. M. (2016). Science Process Skills of Grade 9 Students in the K to 12 Curriculum. Dan-ag: Journal of Educational Studies, 5(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22180111
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