NARRATIVE REPORT

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” (Thomas Edison). Nearly a hundred

years ago, these words left the mouth of the famous inventor: Thomas Edison. A hundred years
came to pass, and the quote still persists today, unchanging and unyielding to the test of time.
The quote simply wishes to deliver this message: great accomplishments in any realm of human
endeavor, lie not only in ingenuity but also in hard, and grueling work. Work that not all will
take. Work, that many are afraid to even think about. Work, the fear of every man, or woman that
has yet to achieve a great feat in their lives. But, as Edison’s quote implies, in order to achieve, to
decimate, and to conquer you have to burn the midnight oil every now and then, to do the things
many would stray from. This would mean sacrificing your time, energy and effort as you cannot
conquer your goals just by easily snapping your fingers; you have to gather yourself together and
exert tremendous effort. Success is not like an instant noodle that you can enjoy after a short
span of time. It involves 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration, and even after all of that, it still
takes a long time to achieve. But always remember that those who dream and work will have a
bright and clear future ahead.
The quote presents an interesting perspective, and it can be summed up to this: those who
can dream, sweat for that dream, and take the extra steps can, and will decimate any and all goals
come what may. Remember that last one, those.who.take.the.extra.steps, and today, we, the
disciples of Edison’s quote, decided to take that extra step as we stepped foot into the AVR of
Northeastern College to tackle our next challenge head on: A seminar titled. " From data to
destiny: A comprehensive overview on a statistical tools, Table of Specification and test
construction"
We are are the students from block D98, and this, is our story.
First things first, we were obliged to register our names for documentation of who
attended the seminar. At exactly 8:45 the seminar is officially started hosted by Roxanne Jade
Dela Rosa an Elementary major and a 3rd year representative and Charles Lawrence Literal an
English major and a finance secretary in Young mentor's Club. While waiting for the guest
speakers to come. Roxanne did an interview to the participants first. And as expected, the
answers of those students are to learn and gain knowledge and skills regarding to the mentioned
topics. Afterwards, we solemnly request the presence of the Lord through a simple prayer led by
Hannah Braga a YMC Vice Governor and followed by National Anthem led by Rizza Castro, a
Math major. And we sang the NC hymn gracefully. To finally open the program, Sir Melvin
Kingson Dumelod gave his message to the participants to encourage them to listen and
participate attentively and also to officially open the seminar. "You are trainable and you can also
train other people" that is the statement quoted by the Dean of the College of Education, Dean
Saranay I. Dayaoen. MS-MATH, CPA. Through this seminar, we are given opportunity to learn
new ideas and explore more in the world of research that we can use in our future careers. As an
educator, our paramount concern is the future of our learners. To become Nurtured and
Competitive individual.
After they formally opened the program of the seminar they introduced the first
speaker of the day. The first speaker was Sir Bryan Carlo R. Responso, Teacher III teaching in
Jones Rural School at Jones Isabela. Sir Responso graduated at Philippine Normal University
North Luzon, Alicia, Isabela and he graduated as Magna Cum Laude. So before he finally starts
the lectures he let us play first and he use Kahoot for that. The game is like a quiz bee and we
play it by group and each group has 3 members. So, in this game the question is all about
research and as you answer the question correctly you will be given a points and automatically
place you according to the rank of your score. So, the game become more exciting as he said that
the winners will be given a price. So at the end of the game the group TRES from math major
(Kathleen Mesa, Glyzelle Magdangal, Dianabelle Pascual) got the rank 1, and the group of G
from Elementary Major (Zheena Ringor, Dainalyn Aban, Geo Harlow Abaya) got the rank 2, and
the group of ARC also from Elementary Education (Ronalie Mandac, Cherry Lyn Verbal,
Amelita Porquillano) got the rank 3. And after they announced the winner, Sir Responso started
the lecture with the research process. So while discussing, suddenly he asked where we are
going to use statistics on the research process that being presented and everybody response is in
number 3, but according to Sir Responso in the first step of research process we already using the
statistics because we are already gathering data. He also stated that in making research is like
doing also a lesson plan wherein you have an objectives that you need to follow to successfully
made it. So he presented the SMARTER acronym which is most likely to the SMART acronym
that we use in making learning objectives in a lesson plan. SMARTER means Specific,
Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound, Evaluated, and Rewarding. He said that the word
rewarding is not literal what the word means itself when we say rewarding it is the feeling of
satisfaction and contentment because you successfully finished your goals. So after he presented
the SMARTER, the lectures proceed in the two phase on how to achieve research question. The
first phase is the design phase and in this phase in contains the quantitative, qualitative, and mix.
Wherein he describes the quantitative and qualitative using memes, he said that based on the first
pictures we can see a man wearing a business attire and that is what quantitative looks like its all
about numbers, while on the other picture is a girl a "fashionista" when you called it, so he said
that, it's how qualitative looks like because in qualitative we use extravagant words. The second
phase is the data collection phase wherein in contains the independent and dependent. And after
that he asked everyone on what measurement tools we can use in gathering data, some response
was survey, observation, questionnaire, and too many to mention. And he said kiddingly that
"basta private school talaga advanced mag-isip" and he said that the basic measurement tools that
we can use is the ruler. And then he gives us some tips in encoding data, he told us what apps we
can use to encode the gathered data, and also give as some tips on how to properly encode it.
And then Sir Responso stated that " Research date is like a wild animal, you must tame it to
understand it, or it will swallow you whole", because in data analysis it can be destroy while
making it so we should know the process and how to analyze it so it won't be destroyed. And
after that he discussed the statistical procedures and it includes here the descriptive and
inferential. While discussing he also explained the difference of means for 2 independent group,
this is the Independent T test, Mann-Whitney U Test and Cohen's D. And since that is what we
need to use we introduced to us the JASP because according to him JASP contains that three test.
So before he teach us on how to operate it he asked us what is the meaning of JASP and some
students answered Jeffrey's Amazing Statistics Program and he said that "iba talaga pag nasa
private school advanced mag isip" but after that he correct us he said that JASP stands for Just
Another Statistical Program. And after that he start discussing the tool that is easy to use and the
different way so that our data will be analyze thoroughly. And this statistical software is a big
help and free to use.
The second session focused on TOS or Table of Specifications and test construction,
Covering key topics such as how to make TOS, Reliability, validity, fairness, bloom’s taxonomy,
common observations of students on test questions, possible reasons for faulty test questions,
factors to consider in preparing test questions, and characteristics of good test. This session was
led by the Regional and National Trainor of crafting Table of Specifications and test construction
and one of the writer under the new Matatag Curriculum that in lign in Assessment in Learning,
Master Teacher II in Santiago City National High School in Santiago City, Mrs. Jackilyn
Sanchez Medina Alambra. Mrs. Alambra begin her session by visualizing a picture, the picture
contains one man and animals such as monkey, bird, penguin, elephant, fish, and dog. The man
here is giving exam to the animals, he said to these animals that “For a fair exam selection
everybody has to take the same exam: Please climb that tree”. Mrs. Alambra ask us on what did
we observe on that picture. As we observe, The exam is not fair to everyone, maybe 5 out of 6
will climb the tree, and there’s a fish there. Do you think that fish will climb the tree? this picture
reflects inside the classroom, we should have different standards for different students, because
every students are not the same, they have different needs, they have different strengths and
weaknesses. The true fair exam is the exam that are no biases, no discrimination, and it should be
suitable for every students. After this, Mrs. Alambra begin the Table of specification and how to
construct it. And She ensure that her objectives of this session was achieved, so that Mrs.
Alambra gave a task to us to construct a TOS based on our field. We group as according to our
majors, then after finishing the task that she gave to us, we present it in front. This session
emphasized the importance of TOS in constructing a test and we learned how to distribute topics
across different cognitive levels. It also enhance our assessment design skills and we can use this
in the future for planning and fostering effective assessment. Before Mrs. Alambra proceed to the
next topic on how to construct a test, she leaved a quotes, she said that “For every Problem there
is a solution. If you are not part of the solution then you are the problem”. And we agree with
this, we need to find solutions to every challenges or problems, every challenges can be
addressed and resolve. We need to find solutions rather than contributing to difficulties and
challenges. It is better to part of the solution than part of the problem. She also added the Factors
to consider in preparing test questions, and these are the following; (1) Purpose of the test, we
need to consider the learners knows already not what the learners didn’t know, as a teacher we
need to measure what is intended to measure, (2) Time available to prepare administer and score
the test, the test exam should be applicable to the time hours of the exam, and the exam should
organize and clear, so that, the test takers should test on time, the teacher should prepare first the
table of specification to target the learning areas and time spend, for example the objective type
of the test.(3) Number of students to be tested, as a teacher we should consider the huge number
of the students, for example, performance task, assessment type but it takes a lot of time, (4)
Skill of the teacher in writing the test, this is very important in constructing a test exam, we as a
teacher we should good in writing a test exam because if the exam have errors in writing the
examiners couldn’t answer correct the exam test and (5) Facilities available in reproducing the
test, . And the Characteristics of Good Test, these are as follows; (1) Validity, this is to measure
what is intended to measure, what should need to measure?, It is the criteria of the content or the
objective of the lesson. (2) Reliability, it is all about how the student consistent in the
assessment test (3) Usability, we as a teacher we should practical in giving a test question,
because if our question are not valid to our content the learning outcomes may not useable, (4)
Scorability, we as a teacher should have criteria in scoring a test and it easy to score, and also the
aswers are available, for example is the multiple choice,(5) Interpretability and (6) Economical.
They expressed their appreciation to Ma’am. Jackilyn M. Alambra for her informative and open
presentation, appreciating her ability to simplify complex concept. They presented her with a
certificate as a token of appreciation for sharing her mastery with the attendees. A group photo
was taken to commemorate the event, featuring the project director/instructor, Ma'am Dianna
Jean A. Gayo, and Sir Melvin C. Dumelo, alongside the Dean of the College of Education,
Ma'am Saranay I. Doyaoen.
As we come to the end of the seminar, Ma’am Diana delivered her closing remarks to express
appreciation and gratitude to the speakers for their insightful presentations and the students for
our active participation throughout the seminar, and thus, marks the end of the 8 hours of
learning.
Here is a brief summary of the events that transpired: The seminar tackled statistical
tools, the table of specifications (TOS), and test construction. The speakers were Sir. Bryan Carl
P. Responso and Maam Jackilyn M. Alambra and they shared their expertise on the subject
matter and engaged us in interactive and hands on activities. Sir Bryan Carl P. Responso taught
us how to use the various statistical tools given to us to make the research process easier, faster,
and more time efficient. On the other hand, Ma’am Jackilyn M. Alambra focused on the table of
specifications (TOS) and test construction. She stated that the TOS serves as a blueprint for
assessments and demonstrated how to construct it effectively. She highlighted the importance of
factors such as the desired number of test items, allocation of time, and balancing the
distribution of items. As for the test construction, she also discussed the elements to consider
when preparing test questions and the characteristics of a good test. With a strong understanding
of the principles and techniques shared by Ma'am Jackilyn, we are better equipped to create
well-crafted test questions that effectively assess student learning, effectively making us
become part of the solution in shaping the future of education.
Now we have come to the end of our journey. It has armed us with a wealth of
knowledge, instilled us a thirst for continuous learning and had emerged successful. The
seminar "From Data to Destiny: A Comprehensive Overview of Statistical Tools, Table of
Specification, and Test Construction" came to a spectacular close. Although the seminar came to
pass, it didn’t take the lessons along with it; instead, those lessons stayed with us, here, in our
hearts, and our minds.
It was an amazing journey we had and we are grateful for this transformative experience,
the memories made, and the lessons learned. We, as future educators are eager to apply the
lessons learned in this seminar, hopefully in the very near future.
In hindsight, It’s not too much of a stretch to say that it was a life-changing experience,
seeing as it provided us with the knowledge and skills to harness the power of data and shape
our own destiny, hence, the title: ‘’From data to destiny’’ .
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