Students Attitude and Academic Performance in Practical Research 1 among Grade 12 Senior High School Students: Basis for Preparation of Module in Research
Keywords:
Qualitative Research, Grade 12 Senior High School Students, Module in ResearchAbstract
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this basic research is to determine the academic performance in Practical Research 1, the attitude towards research and to test if there is a significant relationship between academic performance and attitude towards research of Grade 12 Senior High School Students.
METHODS
The study utilized the descriptive correlational quantitative research design to determine the academic performance, attitude towards research and the relationship between academic performance and attitude towards research among Grade 12 Senior High School Students who took the Applied Subject of Practical Research 1. Total enumeration was used to determine the sample of the study of about 213 Grade 12 Senior High School Students of Naic National. Grade point average of the subjects Practical Research 1 was utilized to determine the academic performance in research and Attitude Towards Research was utilized to identify the attitude of the respondents toward research.
RESULTS
The academic performance in Practical Research 1 has a mean of 80 with standard deviation of 4.77 which implies a satisfactory academic performance on research. Most of the respondents have positive attitude towards research based on the result of4.79 mean and 1.28 standard deviation. There is a highly significant relationship between academic performance and attitude towards research with p-value of 0.00E+00 and therefore rejects the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.
DISCUSSIONS
This basic research was limited to the academic performance using the grade point average in Practical Research 1 and attitude towards research using the adopted and modified Attitude Toward Research (ATR) scale. The results of the study will continue on the preparation of module in Practical Research 1 that will be evaluated and validated on the usefulness and acceptability of this instructional material in research.
