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A Research Report
Presented to
Faculty of the College of Education
JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY
Siocon Campus
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the requirements for the Subject
PRACTICAL RESEARCH I
RICKAMHAEY FEBRERA
CYRELLE CABIL
FARRAH MAE MONOPOLLO
EMELY MEJOS
MAY, 2017
Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
Introduction
Philippine education of the global standards by adding one year for mandated
kindergarten and an additional two years of Senior High School to the current four-year
Furthermore, it also develops the competencies and qualifications for certain occupations
through intensive trainings of mentors in order to equip our students with standarlized
skills. Moreover, it aims to improve the knowledge and skills of Filipino students so that
Engineering and Mathematics. The term is typically used when addressing education
Some students see the STEM subjects is hard and unrewarding, with success in
STEM being viewed as having cannotations associated with being a nerd or geek.
These some image problems extend into perceptions of careers, with students not
perceiving STEM subjects as a passport to lucrative and interesting jobs. But some
students do not believe they will achieve the same grades in STEM subjects as they might
in others.
Many of the Senior High School chose a track as their choice continue and that
the majority priority choice of the students is the Academic track, particularly in the field
of medicines and engineering under the Stem strand. Senior High School students see the
STEM strand as a helpful guide for their future because it helps them to make their next
Mathematics is a useful strand to be taken up. However, many students still opposes it as
a strand that was only for intelligent and competitive students, arguing whether to
proceed with this strand or not? Does STEM strand a disadvantage or advantage strand?
What can they say about this strand? For furthermore informations. What does the
importance of STEM strand in this community? What is the careers that students could
It is in the context, that the researchers would like to determine or assess the
Theoretical/Conceptual Framework
The study was anchored on Republic Act 10533 and CMO No.46. The act
believed that the child plays an active role in the growth of intelligence and learns by
doing. Republic Act No. 10533, entitled An Act enhancing the Philippine Basic
Education System by Strengthening Its Curriculum and Increasing the Number of years
for Basic Education, Appropriating Funds and Therefore and for Other Purposes,
otherwise known as the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, approved on May 13,
2013, and which took effect on June 8, 2013, The Department of Education (DePed), the
commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA), hereby issue the following rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of the Act K-12 educational systems are additional years to
secondary level. Secondary Education refers to the third stage of cumpolsary basic
education. It consists of four (4) years of junior High School education and two (2) years
of Senior High School education. The entrant age to the junior and senior high school
levels are typically twelve (12) and sixteen (16) years old, respectively. The DePed may
allow private educational institutions flexibility in adopting the program provided that
they comply the DePed prescribed minimum standards considered in the act.
According to CMO No.46 section 2 which aimed to produce graduates with high
with the national academic and industry standards. Its application is to help improve the
quality of Human Life of Filipinos that will respond effectively to the changing societal
needs and conditions, and provide solutions to problems at the local regional and national
levels of society.
Likewise since RA 10533 and CMO No. 46 is all about the K-12 Curriculum in a
whereas it focuses in STEM education. She stated that the international concerns for
advancing STEM education have escalated in recent years and show no signs of abating.
Educators, policy developers, and business and industry organizations, to name a few, are
highlighting the urgency for improving STEM skills to meet current and future social and
education systems, fuelled in part by perceived or actual shortages in the current and
perspectives has proliferated in recent years, the acronym was coined in the USA during
stronger political voice. Since this time, the debates and dilemmas surrounding STEM
of the efforts to make connections among the STEM subjects are complicated by the
history of the K-12 curriculum and the place of each disciples within it. The roots of
todays curriculum date back to the work of the Harvard Committee of Ten (NEA 1894),
development are mixed. However, w ith the increased focus on STEM integration it
appears timely to consider issues pertaining to STEM and its disciplinary integration and
consider some research recommendations for advancing the field. She acknowledge that
there are limits to this approach to teaching integrated STEM education. Some might
view this approach too focused on career pathways with emphasis on STEM practices
and authentic application of STEM knowledge. The authors acknowledge that teaching
STEM from the proposed approach is not possible in all circumstances and could limit
the content taught from this approach. Some necessary knowledge in mathematics and
sciences that are theoretically focused may not provide authentic engineering design
and much to be understood about how students acquire knowledge and skills in each area.
Each discipline comprises a knowledge base, specialized practices, and particular habits
of mind. It seems appropriate and necessary, then, that efforts to understand and improve
discipline-focused STEM education continue. At the same time, the historical focus on
the individual disciplines, which has influenced decades of curriculum development and
The study was conducted in order to determine and seek for the Perception of the
Senior High School Students towards the Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) strand at the schools that was holding a STEM strand track located
at the Municipality of Siocon, during the school years, 2017-2018. Specifically it soughts
(STEM) STRAND
Moderator Variable
Dependent Variable
4. Who among the professionals will gonna benefit in this strand (STEM)?
6. Do the Senior High School students who take this strand be benefited?
7. What are the perceptions of the Senior High School students to this strand (STEM)?
1.1 Adavantages
1.2 Disadvantages
8. Is there a significant relationship between the perception of the Senior High School
students and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand?
Hypothesis
Ha: There is a significant difference of among the Senior High School students
(STEM) strand.
This study was important in terms of determining the perceptions of the Senior
High School students on the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Teachers
The teachers will be aware of the perceptions of the Senior High School students
in the STEM strand and what to do and to be aware of the best strategies to be utilized
under the K-12 Curriculum that will help them to improve their teaching abilities, in
Students
The results of the study will lead the students whether to choose the STEM strand
utilizes the decision of the students that will result into a large amount of students
The result of the study will be utilized by the school principal as their source in
With the result of the study, the supervisor will conduct observations to teachers
whether their strategies in teaching were good or they will be recommended to attend
The Department of Education (DePed) will use the result of the study as their
basis to improve the new curriculum utilized by the teachers and tests its effectiveness.
Parents
As with the help of the result, parents will know their children will be place off,
either STEM strand or other track that their child will belong to.
Researchers
The information that is gathered from this study will be utilized by the future
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand by the Senior High School students.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
The focus of this study was to determine the perception of the Senior High School
students on the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand. The
study was conducted at the two schools that holds STEM strand locate at the heart of the
municipality in Siocon during the school year, 2017. The focus of the study were the
Definition of Terms
The following terms were defined operationally and presented for greater quality
Advantages mean positive effect of the perception of the Senior High School
Disadvantages mean the negative effect of perception of the Senior High School
engineering, and mathematics into one class that is based on connections between the
cycle.
Senior High School Students covers the last two years of the K to 12 program
Chapter 2
present study and to evaluate the researchers document. The literature and studies
Related Literature
K-12 STEM education cited 14 indicators related to tracking progress toward students
access to quality learning, educators capacity, and policy and funding STEM initiatives.
tracking financial, human, capital, and material investments in K-12 STEM education at
the federal, state and local levels; providing information about the capabilities of the
STEM education workforce, including teachers and principals; and facilitating strategic
planning for federal investments in STEM education and workforce development when
There are goals for K-12 STEM education that are widely accepted in the U.S. to
increase advanced training and careers in STEM fields, to expand the STEM capable
workforce, and to increase scientific literacy for all students In other words, the
overarching goal of STEM education in U.S. schools is to prepare all students for post-
secondary study and the 21st century workforce. Nobel Laureate Physicist, Leon
Lederman defines STEM literacy in a knowledge-based economy as the ability to adapt
to and accept changes driven by new technology work with others (often across borders),
variety of audiences, and perhaps most importantly, find measured yet creative solutions
In order to ensure that STEM literacy is an expectation for all students and to
improve the overall condition of STEM education in the United States, all students in all
schools must be a part of the STEM vision and teachers must be provided with the proper
professional development opportunities that will enable them to guide all their students
toward acquiring STEM literacy. If schools are to develop pedagogical models that
institutions of higher education are to facilitate the transformation of STEM and support
literacy and simply teaching the four STEM disciplines, and focus on student
engagement.
According to DePed Secretary Armin Luistro, the Basic Education Sector Reform
reform strategy. The objective of the program is to be able to produce more productive
and responsible citizens equipped with the essential competencies and skills for both
lifelong learning and employment. The intentions of K-12 is not merely to add two years
education and how it is most effectively implemented STEM education is often used to
imply something innovative and exciting yet it may, in reality, remain disconnected
challenges of the modern world concerning energy, health, and the environment. It was
has evolved into a meta-discipline, an integrated effort that removes the traditional
barriers between these subjects, and instead focuses on innovation and the applied
process of designing solution to complex contextual problems using current tools and
engineering into the science and mathematics curriculum, and also promotes scientific
answered through investigation to inform the student before they engage in the
engineering design process to solve problems. Quality STEM education could sustain or
increase the STEM pipeline of individuals preparing for careers in these fields.
Improving STEM education may also increase the literacy of all people across the
population in technological and scientific areas (NAE and NRC 2009; NRC 2011). It is
also stated that over the last few decades, STEM education was focused on improving
science and mathematics as isolated disciplines with little integration and attention given
to technology or engineering.
Furthermore, STEM subjects often are taught disconnected from the arts,
approaches that explore teaching and learning between/among any two or more of the
STEM subject areas, and/or between a STEM subject and one or more other school
subjects. Sanders suggests that outcomes for learning at least one of the other STEM
engineering, and mathematics into one class, unit, or lesson that is based on connections
between the subjects and real-world problems. Integrated STEM curriculum models can
contain STEM content learning objectives primarily focused on one subject, but contexts
can come from other STEM subjects. However, it was define that integrated STEM
education as the approach to teaching the STEM content of two or more STEM domains,
bound by STEM practices within an authentic context for the purpose of connecting these
Related Studies
The studies herein were used as references to the present study and shows directly
Program developed to prepare primary and secondary students for college and graduate
including all agencies and the Department of Education are fascilitating a cohesive
national strategy, with new repurposed funds, to increase the impact of federal
grade (2) increasing and sustaining public youth engagement with STEM (3) Improving
the STEM experience for undergraduate students (4) Better serving groups historically
underrepresented in STEM field; and (5) Designing graduate education for tomorrows
STEM workforce. CoSTEM notes that the STEM fields careers are some of the best-
paying and have the greatest potential job growth nin the early 21 st century. They also
notes that STEM workers play a key role in the sustained growth and stability of the U.S.
economy, and training in STEM fields generally results in higher wages, wether or not
Philippines, the study found out that Integrating information and Communication
Technology or ICT into teaching and learning has become a great concern for many
education in developing countries like the Philippines. ICT must be used and taught in
powerful and meaningful ways. With its rapid development, educators should find ways
to integrate technology in the learning process. Technology for schools should focus on
enhancing learning rather than minimizing work for students. Standards will aid
educators to develop lessons that will allow students to use learned skills in other
academic content areas, motivate them to learn more, provide them opportunities
collaboratively learn learn with other learners, and help them develop various
intelligences. The researchers believe that developing this standards is a decision making
process that will dictate how Filipino students will acquire ICT concepts and skills to
The present study is correlated with the other study since the two discuses about
the impacts of Subject and year level in the K-12 Curriculum. The only difference
between the two studies in the former study focused only on the informations and
Communication Technology (ICT) while the present study focuses about the impact of
the subject to students under K-12 curriculum that will enhance the skills of the students.
selected provincial high schools in the Philippines. The result showed the respondents
viewed the K-12 science programs as a means of preparing students toward better
employment opportunities in the country or abroad. The impact statements suggest the
need for close monitoring of the program implementation and provision and wide
The researchers believes that the benefits ascribed by the respondents were the
advantages of K-12 science program experienced by the learners and by the teachers
such as creative strategies in teaching, learners talent are honed through activities,
The two studies are related to each other since the former discussed about The
Science and Technology that stands for S and T in the STEM strand in the K-12
Curriculum while the present discussed about the Developing ICT standards particularly
the advantages of the subjects to the new curriculum acquired by the teachers and the
students. The only difference between the two is that the former study focuses on the
Impact of the Science program towards K-12 in the provincial schools while the present
study focuses on the perceptions of the students toward the new implemented curriculum.
Curriculum. The study discussed the K-12 Curriculum and the Basic Curriculum. It is
said that K-12 Curriculum is more efficient and that the longer you study the more you
gain knowledge, and the knowledge you have the higher your degree is. Therefore, many
students tend to choose the K-12 curriculum because they believe that they can attain
The former study is different with the present study since former study focused on
the Impact of Science Programs for K-12 curriculum in the provincial schools. On the
other hand, the present study focuses only about the perceptions of K-12 curriculum on
Schools.
Chapter 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The chapter discusses the methods and procedures that were used by the
researchers in order to collect the necessary data for the study. The following are
Research Designs
used in the study. The study utilized the method since it best describes the existing
condition and the present perception of the students to the Science, Technology,
Research Environment
Siocon Municipality is situated in the Southern most part of Zamboang Del Norte.
It is the center of Triple SB (Siocon, Sirawai, Sibuco and Baliguian). There is only higher
learning institution in the delivery of higher education and this is Jose Rizal Memorial
State University which is also tagged as the Premier University in the Province. On the
other hand, to cater the basic education in secondary. Siocon has seven high schools but
only two (2) only acquire Stem strand and that are JRMSU and the SNHS that was both
located within the Poblacion of the municipality wherein our study was conducted.
Figure 2. next page, shows the map of Siocon where SNHS and JRMSU are located.
Research Respondents:
The respondents of the study were the Senior High school students particularly
the Senior High School students coming the two high schools namely; JRMSU and
SNHS. Purposive sampling was used since this study focused only on the STEM senior
high school students, thus, they were used as the respondents of the study. The total
respondents were 50. Table 1, below, presents the total respondents of the study.
Total 50 100
Research Instruments
The questionnaire was the main instrument that was used in the study. It was
divided into four parts namely: Part one, dealt with the profile of the respondents which
includes name, age, sex, and family income. Part two, dealt with the subject offered in the
STEM strand. Part three, concerned with the advantages and Disadvantages of the
utilization of Stem Strand on the students of Senior High School. Part four, focused on
the measures may be formulated to further improve the use of STEM strand towards the
The researchers made the draft of the questionnaire and this was submitted to the
adviser and to the English Critic for its grammar and substance. Researchers consulted
other internal and external experts for further correction and accuracy of the said
instrument. It was pre- tested with other students who were not respondents of the study.
Finally, the questionnaire was administered and collected back and if there were
questions that were not answered, the resrachers went back and conducted an interview to
the respondents.
After the instrument of the study was approve, the researchers asked permission
through a letter that was sent to the principals/ head of the two schools who were
involved in the study. After the permission was granted, the researchers met the
respondents and distributed the questionnaires and enough time was given to answer it.
The questionnaires were collected back by the researchers after the respondents were
done filling-out, after collecting the data were tabulated, analysed and interpreted using
The following statistical tools were use in this study; Frequency Count,
Percentage, Weighted Mean, Four-Point Likerts Scale and Pearson Moment Coefficient
of Correlation.
Percentage was used in order to determine the magnitude of the respondents. It
was computed by the total frequency of each item over the total number of the
Formula:
P=f
Where:
P= percentage
F= frequency
Weighted Mean. This was used to determine the ratio between the weight times
APPENDIX A
RICKAMHAEY C. FEBRERA
CYRELLE CABIL
EMILY MEJOS
Noted :
ULYSES SILLERO,
Adviser
Approved:
MARLON P. MICUBO
Principal
APPENDIX B
April 3, 2017
MS. CHONA F. TORREFRANCA, Ed. D
JRMSU-Siocon Campus
Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte
Ma/am.
Greetings of peace!
The undersigned would like to ask permission from your office to allow us to
distribute the questionnaire to the chosen senior high school students from your
respective school in connections with our research study entitled, THE SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATCS (STEM) STRAND AS
PERCEIVED BY THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Your consideration on this matter is highly appreciated. Thank you very much and
God bless!
RICKAMHAEY C. FEBRERA
CYRELLE CABIL
EMILY MEJOS
Noted :
ULYSES SILLERO,
Adviser
Approved:
APPENDIX C
April 3, 2017
Dear Respondents,
Greetings!
The undersigned researchers are conducting a study entitled, THE SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATCS (STEM) STRAND AS
PERCEIVED BY THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. In this connection,
we would like to request your whole-hearted participation in answering the questionnaire
for the said study.
RICKAMHAEY C. FEBRERA
CYRELLE CABIL
EMILY MEJOS
Researchers
APPENDIX D
Questionnaire
Title:
THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATCS
(STEM) STRAND AS PERCEIVED BY THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS
I. Profile of the Respondents
Directions: Please check or answer the following honestly.
Name: (optional)
Age
Sex
MALE FEMALE