ATTITUDE AND KNOWLEDGE IN CHEMISTRY OF FIRST YEAR NURSING STUDENTS OF FILAMER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

A Research Submitted to the Research and Development Center Filamer Christian College

By Arman P. Domingo, M.A.T.

APPROVAL SHEET

The Research report attached hereto, entitled ATTITUDE AND KNOWLEDGE IN CHEMISTRY OF FIRST YEAR NURSING STUDENTS OF FILAMER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE prepared and submitted by PROF. ARMAN P.

DOMINGO, is hereby accepted.

DONNA ANTONIETTE CASIO Research Coordinator

DONNA A. ANTONIETTE CASIO Chairperson, Research and Development Committee DR. LEA P. ALAYON Member DR. SALVIO E. LLANERA Member DR. DIEGO M. MALONES Member DR. GEORGE O. CORTEL Ex-Officio VIOLETA A. BARREDO Ex-Officio DR. MATILDE A. PEREZ Member DR. DANILO F. PAMPLONA Member PROF. CLINTON T. EGIDA Member DR. NILO AL D. DELFIN Ex-Officio DR. EXPEDITO A. SEERES Ex-Officio

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Domingo, A.P. Attitude and Knowledge in Chemistry of First Year Nursing Students of Filamer Christian College

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study was designed to assess the relationship between attitude and knowledge in Chemistry of 167 first year Nursing students who have taken Chemistry at Filamer Christian College during the first semester of school year 20082009. The respondents were grouped according to gender,

secondary school attended, Chemistry performance, and parents occupation. Attitude The instruments prepared by used the were the 24-item and Chemistry 60-item

Scale

researcher

the

Chemistry Test adopted from Barron (2003). The instruments were submitted chemistry construct for validation Scale and through was a panel to of jurors. The

attitude validation

subjected

factor for its

analysis, conte4nt

reliability

test

validity using SPSS software. Items with factor loadings of .50 and above were included in the instrument. The Chemistry Test was subjected to item analysis to determine the discrimination and difficulty indices of each item. Item with discrimination index of .30-.80 and a difficulty
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index

of

.20-0.80

were

included in the instrument. The statistical treatments used were the frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation for

descriptive analysis. The t-test for independent samples, OneWay ANOVA and Pearsons r set at .05 alpha, were employed in inferential statistics. The result showed that respondents have positive attitude towards Chemistry and a moderate knowledge in the subject. The students with very satisfactory performance in Chemistry have a significantly more positive attitude than the students with satisfactory and poor performance in Chemistry. Students with very satisfactory and satisfactory performance in Chemistry reflect moderate level of knowledge than the students with poor Chemistry performance.

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Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Background and Theoretical Framework of the Study Statement of the Problem and the Hypothesis Significance of the Study Definition of Terms Delimitation of the Study 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Chemistry as a Subject Attitude of Students toward Chemistry Factors affecting Knowledge of Chemistry Summary 3 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY Purpose of the study and Research Design Method Participants Research Instruments Procedure Statistical Data Analysis Procedure 23 24 24 26 30 30 13 15 19 22 2 5 7 8 10 Page

Chapter 4 RESULTS Descriptive Data Analyses Attitude of Students toward Chemistry Knowledge of Students in Chemistry Inferential Data Analyses Differences in the Students Attitude toward Chemistry Differences in the Students Knowledge toward Chemistry Relationship between Students Attitude and Knowledge in Chemistry 5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMENDATIONS Summary of the Problems, Methods and Findings Conclusions Implications For Theory For Practice For Teaching Recommendation REFERENCES APPENDICES

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List of Tables Table 1 2 Profile of the Participants Mean, Standard Deviation and Description of Students Attitude towards Chemistry Mean, Standard Deviation and Description of Students Knowledge towards Chemistry t-test Results on the Differences in the Students Attitude Towards Chemistry ANOVA Results on the Differences in the Students Attitude Towards Chemistry Classified as to Chemistry Performance t-test Results on the Differences in the Students Knowledge Towards Chemistry ANOVA Results on the Differences in the Students Knowledge Towards Chemistry Classified as to Chemistry Performance Result of Pearsons r on the Relationship Between Students Attitude and knowledge in Chemistry Page 26 34

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List of Appendices Appendix A B C D E Communication Letters Research Instrument Results of Reliability and Construct Validity of research Instruments Statistical Treatment of Data Curriculum Vitae Page 60 63 71 80 101

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