Students of Kaytitinga National High School, Alfonso, Cavite in the Three Subject Areas: English, Science, and Mathematics

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In the recent years, there have been concerns on the students' attitude pertaining to the three subject areas: English, Science, and Mathematics. The purpose of this study is to explore on gender differences, as to how it relates to the attitude of students in the three specific subject areas.

METHODS

The study was conducted through convenience sampling. Using grounded theory, approximately 86 Grade 11 Academic and Tech-Voc students from Kaytitinga National High School, Alfonso, Cavite were chosen conveniently to be in this study due to ease of accessibility, and meeting inclusion criteria. IThis research applied a 42-item questionnaire focusing separately on different subject areas: English, Science, and Mathematics. Pearson's Correlation and coefficient were applied to find out how the attitude of the students in the said subject areas relate to one another.

RESULTS

Based on the students' answers to the survey questionnaires, it was found out that gender differences vary in the three subject areas: English, Science, and Mathematics. In terms of English competency, there is a very favorable response for both genders, with the mean of 3.69 for male and 3.97 for female. When it comes to Science competency, there is also a favorable response for both genders, with the mean of 3.50 for male and 3.73 for female.

Similarly, in Mathematics competency, a favorable response is evident, with the mean of 3.41 for male and3.60 for female. In addition to this, the findings reveal that there is a significant relationship between English and Math competencies. However, in Mathematics, there is no significant relationship found.

DISCUSSIONS

The result of the research indicates that the students' perspective in Mathematics is consistent regardless of their gender. Moreover, when it comes to English and Science, gender has something to do with how they perceive the subject areas.