A Survey on Senior High School Strand Preference of the Grade 10 Students of Tanauan School

of Craftsmanship and Home Industries

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A Research Paper
Presented to
The Faculty of Senior High School Department
TANAUAN SCHOOL OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND HOME INDUSTRIES
Tanauan, Leyte

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In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

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PRACTICAL RESEARCH
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APPROVAL SHEET

This research entitled A Survey on Senior High School Strand Preference for Grade 10 Students
of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries, prepared and submitted by Jeffrey
V. Cabarrubias; Freddie M. Yepes Jr.; Wenston A. Lariosa; John Bert S. Cabesas; Harvie Jose
Saliva; Charlito Dela Cruz; Jade Royeras; Kim nuevas; and Edison Basco, in partial fulfilment of
the requirements in Practical Research has been examined and approved with remarks of
PASSED.

JONATHAN E. VARGAS, LPT; MM; MT-II

Research Adviser
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This researcher would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to the
following people who help make this possible.
To Mr. Richard N. Laurente, School Head of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home
Industries for his inspiration and encouragement for the completion of this study;
To Mr. Jonathan E. Vargas, our research adviser, for his professional guidance and assistance in
the preparation and completion of this research;
To all Grade 10 Junior High School Students of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home
Industries, from following sections: Einstein, Newton, Faraday, Galileo, Edison, Pascal, and
Maxwel, who served as their respondents of this current study, for their cooperation and effort
inanswering the survey questionnaires;
To all Grade 10 Class Advisers and Subject Teachers of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and
Home Industries, for allowing us to administer the survey questionnaires to the respondents;
and
Above all, to the Almighty God and Heavenly Father, for the intellectual enlightenment,
perseverance, and strengths He provided the researchers without which this research endeavor
would not be realized.
 DEDICATION
The researchers sincerely dedicate this research endeavor to their loving and supportive
parents, brothers, sisters, classmates, and teachers.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL............................................................................................................................ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.........................................................................................................iii
DEDICATION.........................................................................................................................iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................................................v

PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND....................................................................................1

A. Introduction......................................................................................................................1
B. Statement of the Problem...............................................................................................2
C. Hypothesis.......................................................................................................................3
D. Significance of the Study................................................................................................4
E. Scope and Delimitation...................................................................................................5
F. Theoretical Framework.....................................................................................................6
G. Conceptual Framework..................................................................................................7
H. Definition of Terms.........................................................................................................8
REVIEW OR RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES........................................................9
A. Related Literature...........................................................................................................10
B. Related Studies...............................................................................................................11
METHODOLOGY..................................................................................................................12
A. Research Design.............................................................................................................12
B. Research Locale..............................................................................................................13
C. Research Respondents...................................................................................................14
D. Research Instruments......................................................................................................15

E. Validation of Instruments.....................................................................................................
F. Data Gathering Procedure.....................................................................................................
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND PRESENTATION OF DATA.............................................
Distribution of Respondents According to Gender
Distribution of Respondents According to Age
Distribution of Respondents According to Address
Distribution of Respondents According to School last Attended
Distribution of Respondents According to

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECCOMENDATION.......

A. General Summary of the Study.............................................................
B. Summary of Findings ......................................................................................................
C. Conclusions......................................................................................................
D. Reccomendations......................................................................................................
E. Biblography......................................................................................................
F. Appendices......................................................................................................
 Chapter I
PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
Senior High School strands is where your ability is learned and improve. It is one of the
most important to learn in our life. No matter to which field or profession you belong to, can be
a very big help in your life. That is why it is necessary to have a good understanding in you’ve
chosen strand. Certain qualities that are nurtured in your chosen strands are power of
reasoning, creativity, critical thinking, Patience, dedication and Communication skills. The
greatest barrier in the process of learning and improving it is lack of patience. Instructional
materials will be a big help to students in learning and improving their skill. Skill is powerful to
learn, and they can apply this to real situations their going to face. Thus, the need for the
realistic learning aided by the right and adequate tools for instructions if necessary.
There are four career tracks in the program such as academic track, arts design track,
sports track, and the technical vocational and livelihood track (PJS, 2017). This is also a way to
educate learners, which include active learning assessments. Other schools offering most of all
tracks that the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented hence, the students are not
transfering to other schools when they moved up to senior high school. Basically Tanauan
School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries only offer few strands, and any resource a
teacher uses to teach students in an instructional material but Tanauan School of
Craftsmanship and Home Industries (TSCHI) have only had few resources for educational lesson
and assessments. The instructional materials should be in a way wherein the students can
comprehend the lessons immediately and easily. More strands to offer and good instructional
materials is very important in the process of learning of students to gain and to improve skills.
Their ability is tested trough each passing time. Through this, we the researchers can find
solution or at least find the most preferable strand to the student of TSCHI.
More strands to offer and excellent instructional materials had a big impact to students
that about to face the life of Senior High since learn most by doing. Together with Senior High
School Strands and excellent instructional materials ere it’s adequate number of units in
proportion with the number of students. And these instructional materials serve as an aid for
instructions. Through this, the teacher will be able to make his/her strategies in teaching more
affective and meaningful. Then it is much easier for the students to learn and understand their
lesson as well as require the knowledge necessary. Thus, this current study is conducted to
determine why most Junior High students transfer out of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and
Home Industries when they moved up to Senior High.
Likewise, this study aims to find out the reason why Junior High students transfer out
of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries when they moved up to Senior High.
Statement of the Problem
This study aimed to answer the following problems:

1. What is the profile of the Grade 10 students of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship

and Home Industries in terms of:
1.1 Gender
1.2 Age
1.3 Address
1.4 Section
1.5 Specialization
2. Where the respondents will be enrolling for the senior high school?
3. What strand they want to enrolled?
4. Reason why they have choose that strand?

5. What recommendations can be drawn on the findings of the study?

C. Hypothesis
The hypothesis is said to be a statement to be proven. For this study, alternative hypothesis is
stated as: The strand preference of the respondents are different from the strands offer in
Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries.

D. Significance of the study

The result or findings of this study will benefit the following:

• To researchers, it will help us know the students preference of senior high school strand
and for us to have a grade in Practical Research 1
• To the students, the study will help them know their strand preference for senior high
school
• To the future reasearchers, the study would have reference based on our study.hem
know the strand preference of the students and prepare if the w
• To the school, the study would help them know the most preferable strand based on
the result of the study and implement it to the school.(Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and
Home Industries).

E. Scope and Delimitation

This study will focus on knowing the answers to the following research problems such as what
is the profile of the Grade 10 students in terms of gender, age, and address, Where the
Respondents will be enrolling for the senior high school, What senior high school strand will be
most preferable for the respondents, What recommendations can be drawn based on the
findings of the studyThis study is limited to Grade 10 students of Tanauan School of
Craftsmanship and Home Industries during the S. Y. 2018-2019.

F. Theoretical Framework
The theoretical framework holds or support a theory of a research study.

“The entire process of participating in higher education revolves around students making
choices: Should I go to college? Should I enroll in four-year or two-year school? Should I attend
a public or private college? Do I want to go to a secular or religious institution? What should I
major in? How will I pay for college? What classes should I take when I get there? Should I
return for my second and subsequent years? Students must ask and answer many, if not all, of
these questions before and after enrolling in the college of their choice” (St. John et al., 2001).
G. Conceptual Framework
The figure below shows the schematic diagram that started from the research locale which is in
Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries located at Imperio Street Barangay
Canramos Tanauan, Leyte. From this school, the respondents are drawn in terms of their
gender, age, and address. Below the profile of the respondents shows the school of the
respondents he or she will be enrolling for Senior High School, the Senior High School strand
will be most preferable for the respondents. Under it are recommendation from the findings of
the study.
 Figure 1
Conceptual Framework of the Study

Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home

Industries

Profile of the
respondents

The school of the

respondents he/she will
be enrolling for senior
high school
The reason why the
respondents choose
the school and its
strand
The senior high school
strand will be most
preferable for the
respondents

Recommendation based on
the findings of the result of
the study
Adequacy- is the sufficient pf instructional materials in each strand of Tanauan School of Craftmanship
and Home Industries.

Instructional Materials- material used by the teacher as their guide in teaching in each strand.

Respondents- The Grade 10 students of Tanauan School of Craftmanship and Home Industries: S.Y. 2017
– 2018 whoa re source of data information needed by the researchers.

Relevant-the important or related topics in Senior High School.

Senior High School Strand- it is what the respondents choose to gain knowledge and improve their
chosen skill.

Tanauan School of Craftmanship and Home Industries- Technical Vocational School where the
respondents and the researchers and the respondents are studying.
CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter includes review of related literature gathered from various sources that provide the
researcher valuable information and insights to the current study regarding the Senior High School
Strand to pursue.

The socio-economic status of parents plays an influential role in student academic achievement and
in course preferences. Several forces of social structure are considered major determinants of vocational
choice. The family and the social class in which the individual is nurtured and reared will help him
determine his future vocation. It includes the parents’ educational attainment, family income, the
occupational prestige and the cultural orientation of the family. Parents’ aspirations include the father’s
and mother’s vocational choice for their children and other aspirations in life.

Senior high school strand preferences refer to the students’ expressed choice or selection of a life-time
career or employment. The high school years are the best years for them to decide on what course to
pursue in College. It is important that students’ choices should be within their line of interest and
capabilities, to make their lives happy, productive and fulfilling and by which they could help in the
country’s economic growth and stability.

learners are more motivated to go to school when their parents give them also moral
support by attending or participating in school activities and assisting them in their studies. The learners 
also perform better in their classes when they are given more encouragement, inspiring advice and grea
t affection daily. These can enhance their school achievement and performance in the different subjects.

Senior high school strand preference is an integral part of education so students have to aid to
make intelligent decisions and adjustments in life. According to Gary Kelly, as cited by Cinco (2008),
making
a course preference as a phase of the educative process consists of the appraisal of the abilities, interest
s and needs of individual pupils and students in order to formulate plans for realizing their capacities
and the adjustments which will promote their well-being in school, and in life.
 Babad (2001) examined different considerations for selecting a first course and a last course. She
found that first courses were selected for their prospective intellectual level, expected quality
of teaching and students potential learning and occupational gains. She also found that last courses
were selected on the basis of comfort and ease and that quality of teaching was the only dimension
separating satisfied and dissatisfied students in both first and last courses

In a follow-up study, Babad & Tayeb (2003) studied three dimensions of course selection - learning
value, lecturer’s style, and course difficulty in the sequential decision-making process of
course preference in a hypothetical choice situation. They concluded that students chose to avoid hard 
work, giving strong preference to easy and moderately difficult courses. They also found that students
gave high importance to the learning value and lecturer style dimensions. Feather (1988) found support
for the hypothesis that course preference decisions for students in mathematics and English courses are
related to their self-concepts of ability in the subjects.

Flores (2010) proved this is her research finding that parents’ involvement in activities designed to
support the school’s curriculum and standards resulted in the most substantial gains in academic
achievement of students. Thus, the many forms of parents and teacher’s engagement positively
influenced student achievement at all ages. It has become imperative for schools to develop partnership
programs of parents support and teacher communication to educate students better from all backgroun
ds (Stone and Dahir, 2000).

Teacher’s and parents’ engagement in education refers to the beliefs, attitudes, and activities they do
support student’s learning. Although such involvement most often focuses on parents, it also includes
guardians or extended family members who have significant responsibility in a student’s upbringing are
equally valuable partners in student’s education (Henderson and Mapp, 2002).

Students with high academic grades have been observed to exhibit the drive and commitment to learn.
The skill to acquire information and ideas lead them to pursue courses which need high intellectual
ability like medicine, law, engineering and accounting. Students with lower intellectual
ability should take easier courses like technical-vocational courses, midwifery, skills in hotel and
restaurant management, secretarial courses, office management and entrepreneurship (Calderon,
2000).Psychological tests can be used to measure intelligence in the different levels of professions as
follows: professional occupational level (superior intelligence): technical occupational level (high averag
e intelligence): skilled occupational level <average intelligence=& semi9skilled and low-skilled level
(low9average): unskilled occupational level (inferior intelligence) (Cinco, 2008).

Personality is the sum total of an individual’s characteristics and ways of behaving which affects
his unique adjustment to his environment. It is the product of many factors and conditions which
have been inherited and which exists in the environment. No two persons have the same heredity and
no two persons react in the same way to their environment (Annabel, 1998.) The goal in personality
development is a well9rounded personality that can help or meets situation in life successfully. To be
successful in one2s career today, a person must have a pleasing personality.

CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

This chapter present the research design, respondent of the study, instrument, data
gathering procedure and statistical tools used to analyze and interpret the data.

Research Design

This study employed the descriptive method of research to determine the factors
affecting the strand preference of the high school student of Tanauan School of Craftsmanship
and Home Industries.

Locate of the Study

The study conducted at Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries located
along Imperio Street, Barangay Canramos Tanauan Leyte. The TSCHI is a Technical Vocational
School a high school implementing the K to 12 a curriculum since school year 2012-2013.
Tanauan School of Craftsmanship and Home Industries has been existence for 47 years
as an Technical Vocational School in Tanauan Leyte. It is dedicated skills centered for student
and is focused on molding Student's skills and knowledge.

Respondents

The Respondents of the study were fourth year students of Tanauan School of
Craftsmanship and Home Industries, who were taking up their specific TVL major during the
school year 2017.
 Respondents of the study were 41 fourth year students of NCC Laboratory High School
during the school year 2012-2013. Twenty-Eight (28) of them were males and thirteen (13)
were females. Table 1 present the demographic characteristics of the respondents.

Table 1.

Respondents

Section Number of respondents

Einstein 50
Newton 25
Faraday 25
Edison 25
Galileo 25
Pascal 25
Maxwell 25
Archimedes 25

Research Instrument

A structured survey questionnaire was design as a research instrument. To gain

responses to the problems identified in the survey stage, the questionnaire was composed of
two main parts. The first part covers the profile of the respondents. The second part includes
the perception of the respondents on: (a)
Validation of Instruments

The first draft of the survey questioner was submitted to our research adviser for
corrections and suggestions. Several changes were made. Items that were considered irrelevant
to the study were discarded. The revised form was submitted to the school principal for further
correction, suggestions, and final approval. Hence, the research instrument was reliable and
valid.
Data Gathering procedure

The researchers personally administered the data gathering through the structured survey
questionnaire developed for this study to the 175 respondents who were officially enrolled and taking
up their preferred major during throw academic year 2017-2018. A 100% retrieval of the accomplished
questioners was attained with the cooperative teachers handling the subject. The data gathered were
analyzed using descriptive statistics through simple percentages.