Scope and Delimitation Example 3:

Predictors of Students’ Performance in Chemistry Laboratories of Selected Private Schools

(Estrella, 2009)
This study was focused on the factors affecting student’s performance in chemistry laboratory in
selected schools in Balanga City for the school year 2008-2009. In this study, the student’s performance
refers to the average grade of the students in their chemistry laboratory from first to third grading
period. Chemistry, the chosen field for the study, is the science with more abstract theories which must
be proven with actual events through experiments by the students.
The grade point average (GPA) were gathered and tabulated to measure their performance in the
chemistry laboratory. The study considered the following schools in Balanga City Schools as the research
locale of the investigation: Tomas del Rosario College, Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies, and
Bataan Christian School. This is because these schools belong to the same category as private
institutions.
Specifically, the factors in this research were student-related ones which pertain to the attitude of
students in the chemistry laboratory. Teacher-related factors pertain to the teaching strategies,
competencies, and teacher’s attitude in conducting experiments in the chemistry laboratory. Lastly,
laboratory-related factors pertain to the adequacy, availability, and usability of the laboratory
equipment and the laboratory manual and facilities.