The Study on Gender Differences as Factor and the Correlation between Grade Point Average in 6th Grade Science and 7th Grade Science-Chemistry on First Quarter among Grade 7- Anthurium at Passi National High School, Passi City, Iloilo

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study was designed to determine the factors that influence grades in the 7^th grade Science  first quarter and to assess the relationship between the students’ average grades  in 6^th grade  in Science  and  7^th grade  first quarter Science (Chemistry)  among   50   Grade 7 –Anthurium at Passi National high School, Passi City, Iloilo for the school year 2016-2017. The respondents were grouped according to gender and   average grades in 6^th grade Science. The students’ Form 137-A were taken at the school registrar’s office for data on student grades. The statistical treatments used were means, standard deviations and percentages for descriptive analysis.  The t-Test, one-way ANOVA and the Pearson r set at .05 alpha, were employed as inferential statistics.  The results showed that no significant differences on the subjects’ grade in 7^th grade in Science first quarter  (Chemistry) when classified according to male and female; low, average, and   high – achieving students’; and no significant correlation existed between  the students’ average grades in their  6^th  grade Science  and  7^th  Science (Chemistry)  grades.