FACTORS AFFECTING PASSING RATE IN TAKING BOARDEXAM OF

CRIMINOLOGY STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO TAGUM COLLEGE

A Thesis Paper Presented to Thesis Committee University

Of Mindanao Tagum College

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement

In Practical Research

Criminology UM College

Kenneth D. Camarin

Yama Cabrasan

Mark Lowie J. Dapitanon

Mrlon james L. Finca

Glen L. Navarro

Jovannie S. Rasay

September 2018
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers want to acknowledge with sincere gratitude all the people who

have their heart whelming full of support and understanding in making this thesis a

success. The researchers acknowledge the support and help of our adviser Professor

Caren Carcueva, for his patience and encouragement to complete this research also to

other teacher share their ideas.To God thank you, for the strength that keep the

researchers standing and for the hope that keep them believing that this affiliation would be

possible and more interesting. The researchers would also want to thank their family who

inspired, encouraged and fully supported them for every trial that came in their way and in

giving them not just financial but moral and spiritual support
 Table of contents

TITLE PAGE

APPROVAL SHEET

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER 1

Introduction……………………………………………………………….1

Theoretical Framework………………………………………………….2

Conceptual Framework………………………………………………….3

Statement of the problem……………………………………………….3

Significance of the Study………………………………………………..4

Definition of terms………………………………………………………..4

CHAPTER 2

Review of Related Literature……………………………………………5

CHAPTER 3

Research Design…………………………………………………………8

Research Respondent and

Sampling Techniques……………………………………………………8

Data gathering procedure……………………………………………….8

Research instrument…………………………………………………….9

Research Locale…………………………………………………………9
 Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

This In chapter, the researcher presents the background of the study

that discusses the motivation and urgency in the conduct of this undertaking,

statement of the problem, significance of the study, scope and limitation and

definition of terms.

Background of the Study

The licensing examination is one of the last hurdles that a candidate

must face in the licensing process. A board has the ultimate responsibility to

ensure that the examination meets technical, professional, and legal

standards, and, protects the health, safety and welfare of the public by

assessing candidate’s abilities to practice competently. Once a candidate has

passed a licensing examination, the board must be comfortable granting the

license, thus assuring the public that the licensee is minimally qualified to

practice at the time of initial licensure. Licensure is mark of a professional. It is a

standard that is recognized by the government and by the public to introduce standards of

excellence, rules of behavior, guidelines of recruitment and measures of protection of its

members. It assures high sense of dedication, responsibility, skills and quality towards one.

Consequently, it uplifts ones profession to a position of dignity and prestige in

society. In this regard the librarians now assured of professional status and

recognition which is necessary in the performance of their duties and meeting

their responsibilities in providing access to information. The practice of a

profession in the Philippines is governed by a professional regulation law

which was enacted by the legislative body pursuant to the police power and

parens patrea of the State as enshrined in the Philippine Constitution, to

protect the life, health, property and welfare of the people through the

acquisition of an adequate level of knowledge, skills and competence.

(Santos, 2003) In this matter, the option of UMTC is to take the challenge. As

they conducted various curriculum where the education students are under

observation. However, it becomes imperative then in the College of Education

for keeping and gathering researches and surveys about the of performance

and problems met on Licensure Examination for Teachers in order to sustain

conduct of researches and other appropriate methodologies to enhance

curriculum and training designs for teacher training, teacher education, and

continuing professional education of teachers and acquiring quality education

for the students.

Statement of the Problem

The objective of the study is to determine the factors affecting the

passing rate of criminology in the examination.

Specifically, the study will seek to answer the following questions:

1. To what extent do the factors affect the result of the examination,

specifically in the areas of?

1.1 Curriculum;

1.2 Faculty;

1.3 Facilities;

1.4 Review preparations;

2. Are there significant difference between the respond of the passers and

non-passers among the following?

2.1 Curriculum;

2.2 Faculty;

2.3 Facilities;

2.4 Review preparations;

Null Hypothesis

There is no significant relationship between the Factors affecting

passing rate in Taking Board Exam of Criminology Students in UM Tagum

College as perceived by students when group according to their curriculum,

faculty, facilities and review preparation.

Theoretical Framework

McElfresh Theory on Professionalism

This study is anchored on the theory that criminologist must meet certain

standards of education and competence, which helps ensure the quality of

their work. Accordingly, they are required to undergo rigorous and extensive

education in theoretical and practical aspects of the work, which then leads to

an examination or certification wherein a final professional credential is

earned (McElfresh, 2012).This theory simply implies that quality education is

necessary to be competent in the field of expertise and to meet specific

standards.
Conceptual Framework

On the basis of the foregoing theories culled from the theoretical

framework, the research paradigm that serves as guide to the study is the

Input-Process-Output model. Given the foregoing model, the research

paradigm of the study is presented in Figure 1 below. Input Process Output

Figure

Input process output figure

1.1 Curriculum 2.1 Curriculum

1.2 Faculty 2.2 Faculty

1.3 Facilities 2.3 Facilities

1.4 Review preparation 2.4 Review preparation

1: Graphic Representation of Conceptual Framework

Significance of the Study

The significance of this study is to give information about the

factors the passing rate in taking board exam. The study will benefit the

following teachers, BS Criminology student, students each of them can get

information here .This research aims to provide a valid data about the

correlation of performance and problems met by BS Criminology graduates in

the year 2015- 2016 on Board Examination for criminology provides benefits

to the following.
Definition of terms

Criminologist Licensure examination (CLE)

A criminologist’s job includes practice in the field of Law Enforcement as: a

police officer, teacher /of Criminology subject in universities

Passing Rate

The pass rate indicates the percent of candidates from each college/university

(whohas completed the educational program) thattook and passed the

examinations.

Curriculum

Is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university . Is prescriptive,

and is based on a more general syllabus which merely specifies what topics must

be understood and to what level to achieve particular grade or standard.

Faculty

Is a collective group of people that one hires to manage work, an example of

this would be like teacher is a member of a school's faculty.

Facilities

A school building or collection of buildings used for purposes of providing an

educational program for students.

 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

From foreign and local literature on the predictors of licensure

examination performance in professions other than criminology. Academic

and admission variables are usually used to screen college entrants, measure

students. There are factual bases found in foreign literature for this. In the review by

Oakes and colleagues (1999) of predictors of performance in physician assistant national

certifying examination, they noted the superior predictive ability of academic variables over

demographic variables. Thus, they concluded that “

Research on predictors of academic success should include academic

variables such as GPA and standardized test scores. Additionally, valuable

time may be unwisely spent studying the effects of demographic variables on

academic success (1999:65). Thus, academic and admission variables are more

appropriate to predict licensure examination scores. As stated earlier, published research

predicting performance in the CLE is absent. This may be brought by the lack of interest

and/or lack of research orientation among criminology scholars. Recipient (2012) learned

that criminology faculty and students of criminology schools in Region IX, Philippines

encountered serious problems in research and publications. Nevertheless, a study

attempted to correlate an academic variable with performance of graduates in the CLE.

Pre-review examination performance was found to be correlated with CLE performance

(Nabe itale, 2009). It should be noted, however, that the study is a correlational study and

did not attempt to predict CLE performance. Moreover, only one variable (i.e., pre-review

examination) was used, and scores on this variable are only obtainable after a student has
already spent four years in college. Thus, their findings could not be used in predicting a

student’s future performance at earlier stages (e.g., at the first year level).A study is

important to fill this gap in the literature and to provide scientific evidence on what are the

factors that could predict performance in the CLE.

However, less is known on whether these variables also predict

performance of criminology graduates in the CLE. At present, there is only

one published study that attempted to examine the relationship between

an academic variable and the CLE performance. Nabe, Revise & Seri on

(2009) used pre-review examination performance of graduates as a correlate

of performance in the CLE. There is no doubt that this study is not enough in

predicting the results in the CLE. There might still other variables that are

probably capable of predicting success and failure in the CLE; and some of

these variables could be academic and admission variables of the criminology

graduates. Aside from this, there is also a need to examine whether academic

and admission variables interact in predicting CLE performance, and which of

the two is better in determining performance in the CLE. These concerns are

often overlooked and taken for granted in the literature. Learning that

academic and admission variables interact, and which of the two groups of

factors is better may lead to several important theoretical and policy

implications. For example, if it is found that academic and admission variables

are equal in their ability to predict success in the CLE, there is no great need

of restricting students in enrolling in the program basing on several criteria,

such as previous grades and entrance examination scores. After all, if they

excel later while already in the program, there is a probability of achieving

success in the licensure examination.

 Thus, we aim to predict success and failure in the CLE using academic

andadmission variables of criminology graduates of Negros Oriental State

University (NORSU) from SY 2008-2012. We also want to learn whether

these variables interact, and which of them is better in determining

performance in the CLE. The results of this study are expected to provide

concrete bases on which policies in criminology education are hinged on. To

our knowledge, this study is the first of its kind that attempts to predict

performance in the CLE using academic and admission variables. According

to the study of Monte mayor et al (2009), mock examinations can provide

information to students and administrators on whether or not the students are

ready to take an external examination, they provide information on students’

areas of strength and weaknesses, and can serve as a practice in taking tests

under full examination conditions.

 CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY

This chapter deliberates the methods and processes that will be

employed in the study. It is composed of the research design, respondents of

the study, research instrument, data gathering, scoring and interpretation, and

statistical method used.

Research Design

The researchers will collect quantitative data by employing descriptive

approach through field survey in the form of checklist questionnaire which

aimed to analyze the determinants that significantly influence of correlates of

performance and problems met on Board Examination for BS Criminology

graduates in UMTC in the year 2015-2016.

Research Respondents

The respondents of this study are the 37 BS Criminology graduates in

the year 2015-2016 in UMTC. The respondents are made to identify the

problems they encountered during the Board Examination for criminology.

Research Location

This study will be conducted at University of Mindanao College Tagum

City (UMTC) focuses in BS Criminology graduates as the respondents.

Research Instrument

The research instrument that will be used in this study is a checklist

questionnaire. We also prepare recording materials such as cellular phones

and cameras for us to capture and record the participants while they are

taking a survey. This is proof conducting a survey to our respondents.

Data Gathering Procedures

In data gathering we use simple random sampling to avoid bias to our

respondent. The 37 BS Criminology graduates selected in the year 2015-2016

in UMTC researcher will gather quantitative data in the year 2018-2019 by

employing the following. Those 37 BS Criminology graduates selected by

using simple random sampling we give them checklist questioner in order for

them to answer and we will gather their answer and that our bases to make it

we know the factors the passing rate in taking board exam.

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Published in PRISM 2013 Vol. 18, No.1, and pp. 65-74(PRISM is the Official

Research Publication of Negros Oriental State University, CHED Accredited

Level A-2 per CMO # 15 s 2014)