Cooking Skills and Knowledge Assessment of Senior High School Cookery Students

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the cooking skills and knowledge among Senior High School Cookery students of Cluster III of Tarlac Province. The researchers assessed their cooking skills in using cooking tools and equipment, the level of knowledge in theories in cookery, maintenance of tools and equipment and methods and techniques of cooking. The descriptive-correlational research design and two sets of questionnaires were utilized in this study. Questionnaires include the level of skills and the level of knowledge questionnaire and the problems met by respondents questionnaire. The respondents of the study were 320 Senior High School Cookery students. Weighted Mean and Pearson Moment Correlation were used to interpret the collected data. The relationship of the significant difference in the level of skills and level of knowledge in their profile and significant relationship was tested between the level of skills and knowledge of senior high school cookery students.