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ERIC Number: ED579181
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
Pages: 88
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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Basic Process Skills and Attitude toward Science: Inputs to an Enhanced Students' Cognitive Performance
Maranan, Veronique M.
Online Submission, M.A. Thesis, Laguna State Polytechnic University
This study focused on the correlation of mastery in basic process skills and attitude toward Science to grade 7 students' performance. From the 200 respondents 74% or most of the students are normally in the age bracket for Grade 7 students which is 11 to 12. One hundred one (101) respondents or 50.5 % of the total respondents are male while 99 respondents or 49.5 % of the total respondents are female. Although many students are in the "mastered" level, there are also many students in lower level especially in the "low mastery" and "no mastery" level who must be aided to improve their skills and performance. The students have homogeneity of "high positive attitude" in all the items in the survey of attitude toward Science except in classroom environment. Many students have "outstanding" performance in Science but there are also many with "Fairly Satisfactory" and "Did not meet expectations" that need immediate attention. In correlation between attitude toward Science and students' performance, only "understanding dimension" established significant relationship in terms of teaching strategy; all the cognitive process dimensions are not related in terms of academic value; "analyzing" and "creating" dimensions are significantly related in terms of Science activity; and "understanding," "applying" and "analyzing dimensions" are significantly related in terms of classroom environment. In correlation between mastery in basic process skills and performance in Science, observing and predicting skills show significant relation with "remembering" dimension; observing, inferring and predicting skills have significant relationship with "understanding" dimension; only "classifying" skill has no significant relationship to "applying dimension"; communicating and predicting skills are significantly related to "analyzing" dimension; only inferring is significantly related to "evaluating"; and all basic process skills are significantly related to "creating." In the light of the aforementioned findings, the following conclusions are drawn: The null hypothesis stating that the mean level of students' mastery of the basic process skills is not significantly related to performance in Science is "partially supported." As per indicated in the findings, the null hypothesis stating that there is no significant relationship between students' attitude and performance in Science is "partially confirmed."
Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Masters Theses; Tests/Questionnaires; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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