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APPROVAL SHEET
PRACTICAL RESEARCH
MARIVIC V. FARRO
Research Adviser School Principal II
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Our deepest gratitude to the Lord Almighty, for all the blessings that He
has given to us. To the following persons who devoted and spent their time
financial support. Also to our friends and respondents for their time and effort.
research.
To Mr. Lomel L. Alvarado and Ms. Romelyn T. Bugyon for being our
And to all those people whose names may not have been mentioned
but played a great part in our study, thank you very much.
The Researchers
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Approval Sheet
Acknowlegement
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abstract
Introduction
Research Question
Conceptual Framework
Methods
Types of Research
Research Design
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Statistical Method
Research Instrument
Work Plan
References
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List of Tables
Table
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List of Figures
Figure
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Abstract
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how we make meaning of the world around us, significantly affecting how we
model, teach, and create conditions in which each child's gender diversity is
education has traditionally focus on the under participation of girls and still is
understand the nature of the issue by analyzing the student participation and
literature determined three group factors that affect the quality of academic
Many studies have shown that boys and girls perform differently. Gender
female. There are two prominent views about the origins of gender differences
biological and social make-up. The second group of sociologists sees gender
are universal features of our evolved selves that contribute to the survival of
human species. Thus, from the point of view of sociobiology and evolutionary
by saying that traditional gender roles help in integration of the society. Each
role socialization. For boys, the masculinity is defined by the traits such as
nurturance and sensitivity to others. Boys and girls first learn their respective
gender traits in the family as they see their parents going about their daily
routines. The larger society also promotes gender role conformity. Learning
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distinguish gender differences, which are related to social roles, from sex
differences, which are related only to physiology and anatomy. Using this
terminology, gender matters in teaching more than sex. Being able to identify
the factors that influence male and female academic performance could better
depending on gender, according to Strand, Deary and Smith (2006) who state
that such differences between male and female students depend on the kind
of task.
Teachers tend to praise girls for “good” behavior, regardless of its relevance
to content or to the lesson at hand, and tend to criticize boys for “bad” or
inappropriate behavior (Golombok & Fivush, 1994). This difference can also
be stated in terms of what teachers overlook: with girls, they tend to overlook
behavior that is not appropriate, but with boys they tend to overlook behavior
that is appropriate. The net result in this case is to make girls’ seem more
good than they may really be, and also to make their “goodness” seem more
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important than their academic competence. By the same token, the teacher’s
patterns of response imply that boys are more “bad” than they may really be.
and critical of teachers because they imply that teachers as a group are
biased about gender. But this conclusion is too simplistic for a couple of
leads into a negative outcome on our school as part of society, that is why we
are conducted a research about gender differences to know and solve many
opportunity to all genders, to have a voice and a free will to share their
thoughts and feelings. This research will enhance the students knowledge in
equality and to give them an idea on how to deal with this kind of situations by
giving them some knowledge about equality towards other genders. The
researchers are the bridge to know what they really are and it can
and students. ABM subjects in Senior High School will introduce students to
operations, and accounting. Students who select this route will be prepared
underlying principles between two or more objects and use it to solve problem
form conclusion. Much of the previous research that seeks to examine factors
students
the best way to enhance learning when it comes to the gender differences.
This helps the ABM students to learn more about gender differences and how
better future for our classroom surroundings. This study seeks to assess the
academic performance of male and female students studying ABM and the
contributory factors explaining the gender differences, if there are, are also
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explored. The researchers focused on this topic for the benefit of earning or
determining the circumstances and factors that may concern the students’
performance at this field. Hence, this study intends to pinpoint its possible
National High School. In this study the factors that can affect the students’
perception were determined and also to find out the ways to improve their
grades and study habits that can help them improve in their studies about
This study aimed to help identify the performance and to know how they can
improve.
Research Questions
1.1 age;
1.2 gender;
1.3 year§ion;
2. What are the factors affecting the academic performance of ABM students
3. What are the ways to overcome the gender disparities affecting their
academic performance?
Conceptual Framework
stands for Input, Process and Output. The input were the Profile of the
Respondents found, the process are the factors that affect the academic
performance of ABM students. While the output are the ways to overcome the
Performance
line with the academic performance of both genders will be identified and
studied thoroughly on how students cope and deal with those differences.
It may or may not pose some effects, either short term or long term, to
The result and findings of this study could be highly significant and
Differences on them. This study could also give teachers an idea and
Differences that may help the teacher on how to cope with those differences,
students learn more about what could be the most possible and most
that they could learn more about what could be the possible solutions if ever
negatively.
Future Researchers- this study will help them uncover many broad areas of
students that many researchers are not able to explore or learn. This study is
regarding the problem, to implement some rules and regulations if ever the
effects are negative and to know what behavior do the students show when it
is present. This could also serve as a future reference for the researchers that
research on a topic about Gender Difference. This study could also serve as
different respondents. This could result in a new and possible research study
for another researcher and this could also serve as a reference for another
and Management (ABM) students of Maria Aurora National High School. This
study will also give its focus to the factors that are affecting the students’
academic performance and provide ways to help students to improve it. The
National High School. The study considers the students’ personal information
such as their name (optional) gender, age, and section. The researchers
limited the study 40 students only, 20 respondents for each Senior High
School level.
collected data, the questionaire only included multiple choice items, checklist