External Factors That Affect Grade 8 Students' Performancein Laboratory Experimentsin Calatagan National High School: An Analysis
Keywords:
experimental laboratory, external factors, improvisational plan, students' performanceAbstract
INTRODUCTION
The experimental laboratory has become an integral part of the fields of science, and productive dialogue now exists between theory, laboratory experiments, and field studies. The success of the students' laboratory experiments means understanding of scientific concepts, and their applications to our everyday life.
METHODS
The study made use of the descriptive method aimed at analyzing the significant effect of external factors to Grade 8 students' performance in laboratory experiments in Calatagan National High School. Questionnaires and interviews were used, and reported in the form of frequencies, averages, percentage, Likert scale and F-test.
RESULTS
Majority of the respondents are female grade 8 students who are fourteen (14) years old, with family income of 9,999 and below. There is a great effect in performing laboratory experiments by factors such as instruction, demonstration, availability of materials, time allotment, and room temperature.
DISCUSSIONS
The researcher conceptualized the Improvisational Plan which overviewed the quality assurances of teaching-learning capability of the scientific experimentation in all sciences that promotes good categorization of academic and scientific inquiry and logistic criterion.
