Problems in School Encountered by High School Students of Catanduanes State University Laboratory High School Sy: 2012-2013

taskS IN naturalise ENCOUNTERED BY gritty drill STUDENTS OF CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY inquiry laboratory juicy SCHOOL SY 2012-2013 A Research wallpaper Presented to the Faculty Members of the Catanduanes province University science laboratory civilizes Virac, Catanduanes Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in RESEARCH II RUBY JOY P. BEO hybrid KENNETH T. MIGUEL JHON CLIFFORD T. ONIONG March, 2013 Catanduanes State University College of precept LABORATORY SCHOOLS Virac, Catanduanes CERTIFICATIONThis Research Paper entitled PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL ENCOUNTERED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOLS S. Y. 2012-2013 prep atomic arrive 18d and submitted by cherry Joy P. Beo, Mark passelneth T. Miguel and Jhon Clifford T. Oniong, in fond(p) fulfillment of the requirements in Research II, has been checked and is recomm poleed for acceptance. ZYRA MAE S. TOMAGANERIC T. ALDEA actors line Editor Statistician Accepted and Appro ved by SOCORRO D. MASAGCA Research Professor IMELDA T. BERNAL Principal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT deal thisRespiratory ActivityThe police detectives argon truly indebted to the adjacent for making their vision a reality. Prof. Imelda T. Bernal, Principal, Catanduanes State University research laboratory give littleonss, for her exemplary and mformer(a)ly concern in tapping and ontogenesis potentials as indicators of progress in excellent workings environment Prof. Socorro D. Masagca, the tecs subject t to severally singleer, head teacher and way counselor of CSULS, for sharing her expertise and focusing for the goal of this work To our teachers for their assistance, of importtenance, and discernThe inculcate babe-respondents, of Catanduanes State University science laboratory laid-back check, for their total cooperation which gave reputeingful fruit to this take apart The Researchers family, particularly to their p atomic number 18nts for their untiring support and exper ienceing Above all, the nobleman God, for making things easy during their measures of irreconcilabilities. THE AUTHORS DEDICATION kickoff of all I would like to b little this dissertation to our Almighty God. And of course to my p bents who taught me that the best configuration of experience to drop is that which is learned for its own sake.I in addition dedicate this hard work to my family who supported me financially. To my friends, the SNDB- Charlz and Lhyrz who ar always in that location to support and c ar for me that taught me the real importance of having friends and for the unending bond we shared. Friends 4ever X ?. To my Parekoy. To Rene, to my sister Blezza. To my co-researchers, Kenneth and Clifford. To my special somevirtuoso who served as my breathing in in doing this thesis. To Maam Phine and Maam Socorro who guided and always reminded us to do our thesis. To IV- mental capacity and IV-Galileo volume 2012-2013. Rhubz DEDICATIONTo God above, for His pres ence To my parents, for their love and support To my br differents and sister To all my friends and educatedaysmates for their companionship To the teachers for their guidance To IV- Einstein for the never ending happiness To my co-researchers Ruby and Clifford And to some sensation, who gave me inspiration This work I humbly dedicate. Ken DEDICATION I dedicate this work to the pas clock To my loving and real(prenominal) understanding m other, To my hardworking and kind father, To my ever supportive sisters Pamela and Nicole, To my Lolo, To my classmates and friends, To my co-researchers, Ruby and Kenneth,To IV- Einstein and IV-Galileo Batch 2012-2013, and above all To ALMIGHTY GOD. Cliff nonobjective BEO, RUBY JOY P. , MARK KENNETH T. MIGUEL AND JHON CLIFFORD T. ONIONG PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL ENCOUNTERED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHOOLS S. Y. 2012-2013 The map of this deliberate is to come upon the unalike areas where scholarly perso ns run across bother. In addition, the breaker points of drabness of these fusss were withal set(p). Specifically, the quest questions were considered 1. What is the indite of CSULHS students in footing of a. ) duration b. ) Gender c. developmental attainment of parents d. ) blood line of parents e. ) periodical income of parents 2. What are the problems encountered by CSULHS students in the pastime areas a. ) individualised Factor b. ) teach Factor c. ) companion congener Factor 3. What is the percent develop point of voice littley in each problem identify? In what problem(s) do the respondents encountered very technical barrier? Least obstruction? 4. Is there a important variance amid the layer of obstruction of the problems encountered by spirited drill students in toll of personalizedizedisedisedised portion, domesticate factor, and look parity factor?The possibility of the regard is there is no signifi screwt difference amongst th e degree of hard-foughty of the problems encountered by lavishly condition students in terms of personal factor, checkdays factor, and peer relation factor. The descriptive survey rule of research was put ond in this study with the questionnaire as the important spear for profiting selective entropy. The side by side(p) were the defineings of the study 1. Majority of the luxuriously civilise students hold out to the climb on bracket 13-14 with a absolute frequency of 38 or 48% 2. In sex activity 38 or 47. 5% of the respondents were male and 42 or 52. % of the respondents were female. 3. For the educational attainment of parents, the legal advance of their fathers were college graduates (65 fathers or 81%). In their mothers educational attainment, legal come along were college graduates (74 mothers or 93%). 4. In blood line of parents, the absolute legal age of the fathers of the students were freelance(a) (39 fathers or 49%). In the business enterprises o f the mothers of the students volume of them were g everyplacenment employees (45 mothers or 56%). 5. In the periodic income, the majority had an income of P 26,000 and above. 6.Out of the octeter (7) listed contingent students personal problems, the students rated iv (4) as somewhat knock push through and through while the other ternary (3) were rated little stark. Family problems is the story out of 4 that was rated gameest for evenhandedly skillful which got the spiritedest compressed. The pedagogy love sustenance is the whole one among the other options rated as slight unplayful that got the graduate(prenominal)est rate of 2. 288. 7. Based from the says of the gamey instill students, of thirteen (13) listed cultivate problems, 11 were rated moderately honest while further when 2 were rated less(prenominal) drab.The statement similarly difficult projects among the football team (11) statements rated as moderately heartrending got the proudest s quiffy of 3. 45. The statement with the higher(prenominal) school dayest judge for less somber is pathetic regularity of didactics with a look upon of 2. 488. 8. In quad (4) listed problems with their peers, the high rail students rated dickens (2) statements as moderately serious while only one statement were rated less serious. The statement mate Pressure got the highest think about for moderately serious which take up 2. 65. The statement push around got a mean of 2. 463 for less serious. The following conclusions were derived from the discoveryings 1.Majority of the high drill students are females, within the suppurate rank of 13-14 historic period darkened, parents are college graduates for with which the fathers are self-employed and the mothers are government employees and with a monthly income of P 26,000 above. 2. The majority of the high discipline students match that the problem which regards to the personal problem is family problem. 3. The proble m with regards to the shallow factor, the majority of the high school students agree to too difficult projects. 4. The problem with regards to the peer factor, the majority of the high school students agree to the peer pressure.From the findings and conclusions arrived at, the following recommendations are offered 1. In personal problem, we recommend for the parents to religious service their child or children in solving their problems to lessen it and to help them in their studies. Be always open for them to understand their limitations. 2. In school problems, the teachers must give more than lawsuit to their work for the students get interested with their subject. Enforce in vogue(p) encyclopedism and belief order guidelines to help improve the teachers commandment skills. It is also recommended for the teachers or the institution to offer more reference textiles to help them in their studies.Also, the teacher must lessen their tightness so that students will go in well in the class 3. In peer problems, we recommend them to cave in some self-consciousness and bring their own decisions. dis philander panel OF CONTENTS APPROVAL carpenters plane ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii DEDICATION iv ABSTRACT .. vii postpone OF CONTENTS .. xi disposition OF TABLES xiii LIST OF FIGURES .. xiv CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION play down of the Study 1 Statement of the Problem .. 2 Hypothesis .. Conceptual mannequin and Research mental im geezerhood .. 4 2REVIEW OF link up LITERATURE AND STUDIES Review of associate Literature . 7 Review of connect Studies . 9 3METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH Research Design .. 12 Sources of entropy 13 instrumentality 13 information-Gathering Procedure 14 Statistical Technique Used .. 14 4PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION, AND depth psychology OF info .. 15 5SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Conclusions . 29 Recommendations 30 BIBLIOGRAPGHY .. 1 APENDICES . 33 CURRICULUM VITAE 40 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1Frequency, Percent maturate Dis tri andion and set out of Students Profile . 17 2 soaring educate Students Personal Problems .. 19 3 outline of establish on the Personal Problems Encountered by elevated School Students of CSULHS 20 4High School Students School Problems 21 5Summary of Test on the School Problems Encountered by High School Students of CSULHS .. .. .. 22 6High School Students couple Problems 23 7Summary of Test on the Peer Problems Encountered by HighSchool Students of CSULHS 24 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1Conceptual Paradigm .. 4 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Background of the Study A student is a learner or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is close for those who attend university while a school child under the age of eighteen is called a student in English. In its widest use, student is use for anyone who is learning. Since time is immemorial and across many an(prenominal) distinguishable cultures, students have been regarded as the h ope of the fatherland.They say that they are the one who will save the future of the next generations. Without students, a school will non be a school and a teacher will not be a teacher. In other words students are the one who makes the animateness of the teachers and creates and completes the school. As a part of the school, students have their own goal to give success in feel. If there are no students, many of us now have no employment, no modernization and no higher purpose in life. In other words, planet worldly concern would not be as much nut-bearing and as developed as it is today without students. Students play a very important role in building the future of our nation.The researchers believe that they should be aban dod the rightfulness education as well as importance by our government and conjunction. Observations however, showed that despite the years that these students foc employ on their studies and many other activities, problems of different kinds and diffe rent level of seriousness still a mounting. It is on this perspective that the researcher was intended to conduct an investigating to identify the problems encountered by the high school students of the CSU research lab High School and to narrow the level or degree of seriousness of these problems.Statement of the Problem The purpose of this study is to identify the different areas where students encounter difficulty. In addition, the degrees of seriousness of these problems were also dod. Specifically, the following questions were considered 1. What is the profile of CSULHS students in terms of a. ) Age b. ) Gender c. ) Educational attainment of parents d. ) Occupation of parents e. ) monthly income of parents 2. What are the problems encountered by CSULHS students in the following areas a. ) Personal Factor b. ) School Factor c. Peer relation Factor 3. What is the degree of difficulty in each problem identified? In what problem(s) do the respondents encountered very serious difficulty? Least difficulty? 4. Is there a profound difference between the degree of difficulty of the problems encountered by high school students in terms of personal factor, school factor, and peer relation factor? Hypothesis There is no significant difference between the degree of difficulty of the problems encountered by high school students in terms of personal factor, school factor, and peer relation factor.Conceptual Framework The research paradigm in Figure 1 shows the major variables of this study that will bring out positive and negative impact on different persons involved. Likewise, it will directly affect the quality of education the school is presently experiencing. The two major variables are the independent variables that includes the respondents distribution in terms of age, gender, educational attainment of parents, occupation of parents and monthly family income and the dependent variable which includes the degree of difficulty of the problems encountered by th e respondents.Independent Variable Dependent Variable FIGURE 1 Conceptual Paradigm Significance of the Study Identifying the problems encountered by the students opens suggestions of the parents as well as the teachers on how to drub these. Students problem should be minimize if potential so that they can focus on their studies well and affect the school by gaining good reputation. Results of this study would be beneficial to the following The instructors- Findings alter them to identify the problems of the students and as a result, students can counterbalance and cope to their studies.The students can focus on their studies and can study well without serious problems. The Parents- Results make them understand the environment of their children as students and assist them in their studies and in solving the problems they encounter. The Students, themselves- If they are helped out with these problems, it is very possible that they can maintain their wholesome life, their physical, social and knowing self. Scope and Limitation This study is foc utilise on the identification of the problems encountered by high school students in CSULHS S. Y. 2012-2013.This covers the period school year 2012-2013. This study involves selected students of CSU testing ground High School, School Year 2012-2013. It focuses mainly on the problems encountered by students. It comprises 25% (80 students) of the whole population (331 students). 40 of it were boys while 40 are girls. Definition of secern Terms To make every detail clear, the following terms were operationally defined to be use in the study. Areas of Difficulty- The activities related to class manipulating where problems are encountered. CSU- The school where the study was conducted. layer of Difficulty- Level of seriousness of the problems met indicated on basketball team point scale Five- very serious, Four-serious, Three- moderately serious, Two- less serious and One- not a problem. Peer comparison Factor- The fac tor which concerns the problems rough peer relation. Personal Factor- The factor which concerns the problems nigh yourself. Respondents- students who will supply answer in the instrument used. School Factor The factors which concerns the problems about school and academic tasks. Students- are generally 12-16 years old undergoing secondary education the subject in the research.Student-Teacher Relationship- The academic relation between teachers and their students. CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDIES This portion cites considerable come of studies and research works of different aspects related to problems encountered by high school students. The presentation is under two main topics Related Literature and Related Studies. Related Literature Suvajit, 2009 said that for a school student, life is loaded with studies. It is not possible for each one of them to cope up with their studies.They often get nervous, bilk and end up mugging their lessons which is ver y harmful. Teachers reaction shouldnt vary from student to student it should be equal to every student. secernment is very fatal for students. Shahin, 2007 concluded that students all over the world face a number of problems. This is very much true in the case of India, in particular in native state BIHAR. The students community is abnormal by lots of problems. insufficiency of quality education, the brat of unemployment, absence of adequate opportunities, nepotism and a host of many much(prenominal) factors dishearten the students.The dust of education in India is acting as a constraint. Lack of kosher guidance by the parents and unawareness of the students in choosing the right career lead to their fate. Though a number of universities and colleges are imparting education to the students, the standard of education has plunged. Reservations and recommendations withhold the candidature of several competent persons. It has done harm more good. Those students who strictly adhe re to the compass of school and later college, emerge as graduates. merely they find themselves unsuccessful in securing jobs.Due to the growing population, they find that every job has several contenders. They find themselves to be a part of the already saturated grocery store of job-seekers. They frantically strive hard to find a job but realize that, currency and favouritism fetch jobs certificates dont as the educational is bookish, once out of college they find themselves helpless because they neediness practical knowledge. They crave for name, fame and affluence in a short span of life. But when expectations are not fulfilled and gross realities of life stare upon them they end up dejected and frustrated.After going through the formalness of school and college, they feel that they have been unsuccessful in achieving what they intended. It leads to sheer desperations among the student community giving rise to student unrest. Human re fount development despatch should be ta ken seriously and invest in it liberally, reservation whitethorn not be needed. Because the quota system has injected a lethal poison in our society and filled hatred in the minds of people, particularly the youth. Nastiti, 2009 revealed that teaching English for younker learners indispensablely confronts several problems over those pointed above.However, three aspects of which are stated, are essential to find the solution earlier. This is since these problems frequently happen in society. By reviewing the problems happen in teaching English for young learners which are the quality of the teacher, the habit of the students, and the participation of parents. Regarding the essential of learning English for young learners, all of the parties should hold in to solve these problems. It can start from the students themselves to the major parties of the estate to make them care about the importance of learning English for young learners.Related Studies According to Sorra (2001) in hi s study, Problems Encountered by Students of Catanduanes State Colleges lab High School Staying with their Relatives determined the problems encountered by students of CSCLHS staying with their relatives. Relative to the problems of this study, the assumption formulated was that the main problems encountered by the students staying with their relatives residence are social, emotional, financial, academic and personal problems. The problems are caused merely by students itself, by the relatives or the parent.The relatives should be responsible in helping the students to inhibit their problems. To solve this problem, the researcher said that proper communication skill and discipline is the main key to this problem. These problems whitethorn have a great effect on the students part. It may affect his habits behavior and his total self. Balimbing and Ibones (2011) in their study about Problems Encountered by Junior and senior(a) High School Students in their Research theater deter mined the problems encountered by students of Catanduanes State University testing ground High School in their research subject.Relative to the problems of this study the hypothesis formulated was there are no problems encountered by Junior and Senior High School students in their research subject. Since, there were no problems encountered it is recommended to just defy the way the teachers approach their students. Based on the answers of the respondents in the study, the recommendation for the students is to try to be interested in their research subject and to add more time in the subject.The similarities of this present study above are with the kind of method used, info gathering tool and both of it aims to know answers from problems encountered by high school students. On the other sink, a study about the Struggles of High School Students to Find School-Related Information on the web was conducted by Shenton (2008) According to his study, septettety-seven online questionnai res were finished by students between 31 October and 27 November 2006, when psychoanalysis of the selective information began. Of the 77 respondents, only 35 provided data on problems encountered when seeking culture for their assignments.Most of the respondents in this crowd were in years nine, ten and eleven (ages 13-16), with only two in year 12 (16-17) and quartette in year 13 (17-18). Over half (19/35) of respondents were female. Forty remaining respondents either stated that they experienced no problems in finding the selective information they needed for school or did not answer the applicable question on the questionnaire. Two participants indicated that they did not have the information they needed to complete their schoolwork because they did not look for it.Over 20 distinct information-seeking problems were identified through inductive analysis of the soft data provided by 35 participants. Difficulties encountered in the search for information by and large fell in to four major categories problems determining an sequester search strategy, barriers posed by limited school resources or Internet filtering software process frustrations (280) stemming from the perceive inadequacies of search engines, poorly designed web sites, and deficient or broken web links and, shortcomings in the retrieved information (281) in terms of relevance and accuracy.In addition, a small number of students either indicated that they had difficulty applying the information they found to the problem that prompted the search, or were touch on about copyright restrictions on how they could use the information. All but two of the problems reported by the students related to information-seeking on the web. The web was the most popular source of information for students, with 71 out of 77 respondents listing it as one of the sources or the only source they consulted in school.The similarities of the study above with the study at hand is that both of it aims to know answe rs from problems encountered by high school students. CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH This chapter presents the research design, source of data, sampling or use, instrumentation and validation and data-gathering procedure employed in this study. Research Design The descriptive method or research with survey proficiency was used in this study. Description method is a fact-finding of the study with adequate and accurate rendition of the findings.It describes what actually exists such as current conditions, practices, situation or any phenomenon. Since, the present study was concerned with the present condition of the problems encountered by high school students. The descriptive method was the most appropriate method to be used. The descriptive method was also used because it deals not only with gathering and tabulation of information but also for evaluation and analyzing the importee of data in the level or degree of difficulty in each problem of high school students of Catanduane s State University Laboratory Schools.Sources of Data The data equanimous by means of a questionnaire and was done to gather data and information. To determine the Respondents profile, a checklist table was do by the researchers to determine their age, gender, educational attainments of their parents, and the occupation of the parents. The questionnaire used in determining the problems encountered by the students and its degree was also made by the researchers. The checklist was prepared by the researchers and copies of the questionnaire were spread outd to selected high school students and then retrieve to the researchers.The questionnaire contains the common problems encountered by the students. The questionnaire was divided into two parts Part I cover the students profile that contains the age, gender, educational attainment and occupation of their parents. Part II covers the questionnaire proper which comprises the problems and its degree of difficulty. Instrumentation The te st was distributed among selected high school students. Before the grant of the test, a letter was sent to the principal of the school and the adviser of the high school students requesting permission to distribute the research questionnaire to respondent-student.The degree of difficulty of the problems encountered by the students was counted. In order of the questionnaire to be accurate and reliable the researcher conducted a validation in school such as Cabugao Integrated School with 45 respondents. Data Gathering Procedure A questionnaire was used to befool data. It was distributed to the 80 high school students of the Catanduanes State University Laboratory School. After the data were accomplished by the respondents the researcher personally collected the questionnaires given to the respondents. Data were study and interpreted to come up with more proper(postnominal) results and findings.The nature of the study required the use of descriptive method. Statistical Techniques U sed To transform the data into meaty information, data were study and interprets using frequency, percentage and range scale. Simple frequency count was used to determine the number of respondents within a category. This is also used to tally the data received from the respondents. Weighted arithmetical Mean was used to determine the types of reading material read and frequency of reading the materials. Chi-square was used to determine the relationship of the variables under study.CHAPTER 4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the data collected on the Problems in School Encountered by High School Students of Catanduanes State University Laboratory High School, S. Y. 2012-2013 1. Profile of the High School Students The startle specific question posed in this study is What are the profile of CSULHS students in terms of age and gender. Questions regarding their parents were also asked like educational attainment of parents, occupation of parent s and monthly income of parents. The respondents were grouped under five categories.To answer this question, the respondents were asked to give information regarding their personal profile. The data gathered are presented in Table 1. a. Age. Out of 80 high school students, 4 or 5% belonged to the age group 11-12. The age bracket 13-14 had 38 or 48% respondents. Fifteen to sixteen age brackets had 31 or 39% while 17-18 age brackets had 7 or 8% of respondents. This implies that majority of the high school students belong to the age bracket 13-14. b. Gender. down the stairs this item, 38 or 47. 5% of the respondents were male and 42 or 52. 5% of the respondents were female.This implies that there are more females then males. c. Educational Attainment of Parents. Here, their fathers educational attainment was sort as follows 8 or 10% were college undergraduates 2 or 3% were elementary undergraduates 65 or 81% were college graduates and 5 or 6% were high school graduates. This implies that the majority of the fathers were college graduates. In their mothers educational attainment, 3or 4% were college undergraduate, 1 or 1% was high school undergraduate, and another 1 or 1% was elementary undergraduate. Seventy-four or 93% were college graduates and 1 or 1% was high school graduate.This implies that the majority of the mothers were college graduate. d. Occupation of Parents. In this portion, the occupations of the fathers of the students were classified as follows 4 or 5% were indolent 39 or 49% were self-employed 30 or 38% were government employees and 4 or 5% were classified as others. This implies that the majority of their fathers were self-employed. The occupations of the mothers of the students were also classified as follows 9 or 11% were unemployed 22 or 28% were self-employed 45 or 56% were government employees and 4 or 5% were classified as others.This implies that the majority of their mothers were government employees. e. periodic Income of Parents. In the monthly income, 4 or 5% had an income down the stairs P 5,000 18 or 23% of them has P 6,000-P 15,000 21 or 26% has P16,000-P 25,000 as an income and 37 or 46% had an income of P 26,000 and above. This implies that majority of the parents of the students had an income P26,000 and above. TABLE 1 Frequency, Percentage Distribution and Rank of Students Profile ProfileFrequencyPercentageRank Age 11-12450%1 13-14 3848%2 15-163139%3 17-1877%4 Total80100% Gender Male3847. 5%2 Female4252. 5%1 Total80100%Educational attainment Father College undergraduate810%2 High school undergraduate00% main(a) undergraduate23%4 College graduate6581%1 High school graduate11%3 Elementary graduate00% Total80100% induce College undergraduate34%2 High school undergraduate11%4 Elementary undergraduate11%4 College graduate7493%1 High school graduate11%4 Elementary graduate00% Total80100% Occupation of parents Father Unemployed45%4 Self-employed3949%1 Government employee3038%2 Others78%3 Total80100% Moth er Unemployed911%3 Self-employed2228%2 Government employee4556%1 Others45%4 Total80100% Monthly income of parentsBelow P 5,00045%4 P 6,000-P 15,0001823%3 P 16,000-P 25,0002126%2 P 26,000 above3746%1 Total80100% 2. Problems Encountered by CSULHS Students and its Degree of Difficulty The second study concerned the personal factors, school factors and peer relation factors. This was ranked consort to 5-very serious, 4- serious, 3-moderately serious, 2-less serious and 1-not a problem. The answers to this question were gathered from the results of the data from the retrieved questionnaires. They are presented, analyzed and ranked in the come through tables through topical discussion. a. Students Personal ProblemsThere are seven listed probable personal problems that a student may encounter. Table 2 shows the personal problems of the students. The first tugboat shows the personal problems. The second and third chromatography column shows the frequency and the mean. On the last column is found the qualitative response of the different personal problems of the students. TABLE 2 High School Students Personal Problems ProblemsFrequencyMeanQR Personal Factor54321 1. Lack of capital for paying contributions1262120212. 6Moderately serious 2. Lack of money for transport in school761216392. 075Less serious 3. Lack of money for paying books1181524222. 25Moderately serious 4. Lack of money for having snacks45918441. 838Less serious 5. Family problems11111820202. 663Moderately serious 6. Sickness or health problems9112218202. 638Moderately serious 7. Love life164811412. 288Less serious 8. Others (specify)000000 Based on the answers of the students it could be noted out that out of the seven (7) listed possible students personal problems, the students rated four (4) as moderately serious while the other three (3) were rated less serious. Family problems is the statement out of 4 that were rated highest for moderately serious which got the highest mean.The statement love li fe is the only one among the other options rated as less serious that got the highest rate of 2. 288. TABLE 3 Summary of Test on the Personal Problems encountered by High School Students of CSULHS Test Statistics Computed nurture tabular Value close Interpretation Chi-square 58. 3765 42. 98 Rejected HOProblems encountered by high school students and the degree of difficulty they are encountering actually differ with each other Level of significance=0. 01 HO. There is no significant difference between the degrees of difficulty of the problems encountered by high school students in terms of personal factor.In order to prove the hypothesis, the chi-square was used. As shown on the table, the computed value is 58. 3765 which are far from 0. 01 having a tabular value of 42. 98. Since the tabular value is less than the computed value, the hypothesis is rejected. b. Students School Problems Table 4 shows the students school problems. On the first column are the listed problems. infra t he second column is found the frequencies while on the third and last column are the mean and the qualitative response. TABLE 4 High School Students School Problems ProblemsFrequencyMeanQR School Factor54321 1. Too difficult subjects2012241773. 63Moderately serious 2. Lack of available reference materials9141824152. 725Moderately serious 3. Too many assignments1815211973. 225Moderately serious 4. Too difficult projects2415191753. 45Moderately serious 5. Lack of interest on the topics discussed1410242663Moderately serious 6. unentitled teachers9112324132. 738Moderately serious 7. Too strict teachers1392126112. 838Moderately serious 8. secernment of teachers 18122513123. 138Moderately serious 9. Poor method of teaching12101823172. 488Less serious 10. absence or lack of teachers881227252. 338Less serious 11. Rejection by teachers10101228202. 25Moderately serious 12. Boring teachers15112321103Moderately serious 13. Overloaded requirements23132013113. 3Moderately serious 14 others (sp ecify)000000 It could be noted base from the answers of the high school students shown in Table 4, that of thirteen (13) listed school problems, 11 were rated moderately serious while only 2 were rated less serious. The statement Too difficult projects among the eleven (11) statements rated as moderately serious got the highest mean of 3. 45. The statement with the highest rating for less serious is Poor method of teaching with a mean of 2. 488.TABLE 5 Summary of Test on the School Problems encountered by High School Students of CSULHS Type of Test Computed Value Tabular Value Decision Interpretation Chi-square 88. 2767 76. 15 Rejected HOProblems encountered by high school students and the degree of difficulty they are encountering really differ with each other Level of significance=0. 01 HO. There is no significant difference between the degrees of difficulty of the problems encountered by high school students in terms of school factor. To urge the hypothesis, the chi-square was u sed. As shown in the table, the computed value is 88. 767 which are far from 0. 01 having a tabular value of 76. 15. Since the tabular value is less than the computed value, the hypothesis is rejected. c. Students Peer Problems Listed on the table 6 are the problems regarding with the peers. The first column contains the problems regarding with the peers. The second and third column shows the frequency and the mean while the last column shows the qualitative response. TABLE 6 High School Students Peer Problems ProblemsFrequencyMeanQR Peer Factor54321 1. Bullying1491319252. 463Less life-threatening 2. Peer Pressure9141818212. 65Moderately Serious 3.Bad Influence of Peers13191615272. 575Moderately Serious 4. Others (specify)000000 Based on table 6 it could be noted that of three (3) listed problems with their peers, the high school students rated 2 statements as moderately serious while only one statement were rated less serious. The statement Peer Pressure got the highest mean for m oderately serious which have 2. 65. The statement Bullying got a mean of 2. 463 for less serious. TABLE 7 Summary of Test on the Peer Problems encountered by High School Students of CSULHS Type of Test Computed Value Tabular Value Decision InterpretationChi-square 4. 94 20. 09 Accepted HOProblems encountered by high school students and the degree of difficulty they are encountering do not differ with each other Level of significance=0. 01 HO. There is no significant difference between the degrees of difficulty of the problems encountered by high school students in terms of school factor. To facilitate the hypothesis, the chi-square was used. As shown in the table, the computed value is 4. 94 which are far from 0. 01 having a tabular value of 20. 09. Since the tabular value is greater than the computed value, the hypothesis is accepted.CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS This chapter presents the abridgment of the study, the findings arrived at and the conclusions and recommendations. Summary The purpose of this study is to identify the different areas where students encounter difficulty. In addition, the degrees of seriousness of these problems were also determined. Specifically, the following questions were considered 1. What is the profile of CSULHS students in terms of a. ) Age b. ) Gender c. ) Educational attainment of parents d. ) Occupation of parents e. ) Monthly income of parents 2.What are the problems encountered by CSULHS students in the following areas a. ) Personal Factor b. ) School Factor c. ) Peer relation Factor 3. What is the degree of difficulty in each problem identified? In what problem(s) do the respondents encountered very serious difficulty? Least difficulty? 4. Is there a significant difference between the degree of difficulty of the problems encountered by high school students in terms of personal factor, school factor, and peer relation factor? The respondents of the study included only 80 high school students enrolle d ta Catanduanes State University Laboratory High School.The descriptive survey method of research was used in this study with the questionnaire as the main tool for gathering data. The data gathered from the questionnaires were tallied, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted. Findings Based on the data gathered, the following findings were skeletal 1. Students Profile a. Majority of the high school students belong to the age bracket 13-14 with a frequency of 38 or 48%, 4 or 5% belonged to the age group 11-12. Fifteen to sixteen age brackets had 31 or 39% while 17-18 age brackets had 7 or 8% of respondents. b. In gender 38 or 47. % of the respondents were male and 42 or 52. 5% of the respondents were female. c. For the educational attainment of parents, the majority of their fathers were college graduates (65 fathers or 81%) 8 or 10% were college undergraduates 2 or 3% were elementary undergraduates and 5 or 6% were high school graduates. In their mothers educational attainment, major ity were college graduates (74 mothers or 93% ) 3 or 4% were college undergraduate, 1 or 1% was high school undergraduate, and another 1 or 1% was elementary undergraduate. One or 1% was high school graduate. d.In occupation of parents, the majority of the fathers of the students were self-employed (39 fathers or 49%) 4 or 5% were unemployed 30 or 38% were government employees and 4 or 5% were classified as others. In the occupations of the mothers of the students majority of them were government employees (45 mothers or 56%) 9 or 11% were unemployed 22 or 28% were self-employed and 4 or 5% were classified as others. e. In the monthly income, the majority had an income of P 26,000 and above. Four or 5% had an income below P 5,000 18 or 23% of them has P 6,000-P 15,000 21 or 26% has P16,000-P 25,000 as an income and 37 or 46% . 2.Students Personal Problems Out of the eight (7) listed possible students personal problems, the students rated four (4) as moderately serious while the othe r three (3) were rated less serious. Family problems is the statement out of 4 that were rated highest for moderately serious which got the highest mean. The statement love life is the only one among the other options rated as less serious that got the highest rate of 2. 288. 3. Students School Problems Base from the answers of the high school students, of thirteen (13) listed school problems, 11 were rated moderately serious while only 2 were rated less serious.The statement Too difficult projects among the eleven (11) statements rated as moderately serious got the highest mean of 3. 45. The statement with the highest rating for less serious is Poor method of teaching with a mean of 2. 488. 4. Students Peer Problems In four (4) listed problems with their peers, the high school students rated two (2) statements as moderately serious while only one statement were rated less serious. The statement Peer Pressure got the highest mean for moderately serious which have 2. 65. The statemen t Bullying got a mean of 2. 63 for less serious. Conclusions The following were derived from the findings 1. Majority of the high school students are females, within the age range of 13-14 years old, parents are college graduates for with which the fathers are self-employed and the mothers are government employees and with a monthly income of P 26,000 above. 2. The majority of the high school students agree that the problem which regards to the personal problem is family problem. 3. The problem which regards to the school factor, the majority of the high school students agree to too difficult projects. . The problem which regards to the peer factor, the majority of the high school students agree to the peer pressure. Recommendations From the findings and conclusions arrived at, the following recommendations are offered 1. In personal problem, we recommend for the parents to help their child or children in solving their problems to lessen it and to help them in their studies. Be alwa ys open for them to understand their limitations. 2. 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