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Internal Factors That Influence Grade 10 Students of Batac National High School in Choosing Their Strand For Senior High School 1
Internal Factors That Influence Grade 10 Students of Batac National High School in Choosing Their Strand For Senior High School 1
Department of Education
BATAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bungon, City of Batac
WHELLALYN G. DULDULAO
English Subject Teacher
June 2022
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost , praises and thanks to the God, the Almighty, for His showers of
blessings throughout our research work to complete the research successfully.
I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to our research teacher, Ms.
Whellalyn G. Dul-dulao, our beloved principal, Mrs. Ditas G Domingo, for giving us the
opportunity to do research and providing invaluable guidance throughout this research. Their
dynamism, vision, sincerity, and motivation have deeply inspired us.
We extremely grateful to our parents for their love, prayers, caring and sacrifices for
educating and preparing me for our future. We are very much thankful to our teachers,
friends and classmates for their love, understanding, prayers and continuing support to
complete this research work. Also we express our thanks to respondents for their support in
our research. Special thanks to our school Batac National High School, where we held our
research study and complete this research successfully.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page i
Acknowledgement ii
Abstract v
CHAPTERS
I. THE PROBLEM
Definition of terms
Conceptual Framework
Research Hypothesis
III. METHODOLOGY
Research design
Research instruments
Summary
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
CORRICULUMVITAE
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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM
taking an additional 2 years in Senior High School, students are free to choose the offerings
of the curriculum: The Academic Track, Sports, Arts, and Technical-Vocational Track. The
main purpose of it is to develop learner’s skills for them to be ready to start to work if they
want to start a business or continue college. One more reason why it was executed was that
foreign countries think that a 10-year curriculum was insufficient and K12 provides basic
Becoming one of Grade 11 student, they must be ready to decide for their future. It is a
very important for the students of what will they choose because there are many things that
would tend them to get possibly suffer in the end. There is nothing a being worry but to make
According to Boyer (1987) in taking a course, one of the life’s major decisions is made. A
lot of time, money and afford will be involved. The shape and excellence of the students life
may rest on the result. “In choosing a Junior Senior Academic Track, a student should take a
course of action that is intended to produce a satisfying state of affairs. “A student will
choose a course which he/she will be studying throughout his/her college years, and decision-
making should take part and should not take for granted. Preparedness of Grade 10 students
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for Senior High School comes with different factors. A student should be prepare
The Grade 10 students are now having their choices that they may choose according to
their personal interest, which is very common to take. It equips the students with the
There are factors that could affect Grade 10 students in choosing a strand in the Academic
when they become a Senior High School student, there is certain connection with the
The researchers will provide career guidance in choosing and handling certain decision
making with the help of the three factors such as personal, family and school factors.
Being on incoming Grade-11 student, students must be ready to choose and decide for
their future. It is very important for the students of what will they choose because all students
want a good life in the near future and if they got it wrong, their future will be at risk and
students should avoid that and start to make a move. In the process of choosing of what track
they will walk on, there are factors affecting their decision, it can be human, things or even
situation. These factors has a great impact with their life that it could change their insights
and his/her decision to be aware and more educated and have a clever decision. The
The added two years Senior High School track aims to equip them with knowledge and
skills that will help them prepare better for their chosen path. Senior High School (SHS) is
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the last two years of the K-12 Program that includes Grade 11 and 12 (Department of
Education).
The Philippines before the implementation of K-12 was the only Asian country to have a
10-years of education program and one of the three countries which still has implemented
along with Djibouti and Angola in Africa (Geronimo, 2013). They say K-12 curriculum is the
key to educating young people. Expanding the knowledge of each student that they will be
prepared for their Senior High School education. Some students only agree with K-12
especially their parents. Some say that their schooling is getting longer and increasing their
tuition expenses.
Education is one of the most important aspects that every student has to enhance. It is at
formal manner of learning, and helps to develop more of one’s skills and habits. Oneself can
Attaining a healthy and good education skill, one should work and study harder for better.
To have it, one must consider the quality of education and its effectiveness. Educational
methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. In the
educational process, education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators and
learners may educate themselves. This can be taking in formal or informal settings and any
experience that has effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered as
education, formative on the other hand, these are some factors hinder the access to a quality
education. These include economic status, family background, interest, job opportunities. In
some study, it showed that if they attained a lower educational achievement it potentially
Parental attitudes and previous educational experiences influenced the selection of a math
class over a verbal course. Parental attitudes and race influenced the selection of a science
The importance that parents place on mathematics and science for the child's future had
the most powerful influence over students' selections compared to other variables and appear
to offset negative attitudes that might prevent females from selecting math courses. If the
people attained a higher educational achievement, they can choose whatever job they want
because there is a high chance that they get a lot of job opportunities for them to choose but
Furthermore, the K-12 Basic Education Program aims to provide every Filipino child with
the education they need to compete in a global context. The goal of the new curriculum is to
give Filipino students enough time to master skills and concepts so that they are ready for
tertiary education when the time comes. This study tackles about factors affecting the strand
preferences of Grade 10 students of The Mabini Academy. Factors are circumstances that
contribute to a result or outcome. The decision on good career choice and school sometimes
depend on how the way the students perceive the world and their future. Some of them may
not have enough knowledge and consciousness about how they should process information
from personal, social, economic, political, spiritual and environmental aspects of putting into
Decision making is one of the factors that can affect the academic track of the Grade 10.
students. According to Laguador (2013), as a sign of respect for the parents and culture of the
Filipinos, parents or the elderly being consulted first by their children because primarily they
Strand choosing requires a mature and high thinking ability because this will decide what
future is waiting. Some students have a good favor in Senior High School Curriculum
because it helps them to better understanding in choosing what course they want in college.
For them this is helpful have since it is much faster to get a job opportunity in other countries.
In some reason, it is a good way to enhance the knowledge for the strand they are choosing
like others.
This study aims to identify “Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 Batac
National High School (BNHS) in Choosing their Strand for the Senior High School.”
School?
2. What are the Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 Students of
Batac National High School in Choosing their Strand for Senior High
School as to:
a. Personality
c. Interest
Teachers: The result will serve as a guide for the Teachers to know the insights.
Students: The result will serve as a guide for incoming K to 12 students in choosing their
strands. It will also give them an overview on the different factors that they should and
Parents: The given data would help them to realize that they don’t do the decision making
for their own sake. It will help their children to make certain decisions regarding to their
chokes of strand.
Researchers: This study aims to serve reference to help in conducting their own field of
study. They can also apply this study to other strand in their specific schools.
This study deals with the internal factors influencing students in choosing their strand for
the Senior High School. The study was focused on the Grade 10 students in Batac National
High School who are having a hard time deciding on what strand to take.
This study was an investigation on the factors affecting the choices of the students under
K-12 on which track they would take for Senior High School. The study was only limited to
This study mainly focused on the factors such as the profile of the students, Parental
There may be more factors however, those would not be within this study.
Definition of Terms
Strand for Senior High School – students that can choose to take as their course for Senior
High School. There are three tracks to choose: Academic, which includes Accountancy,
Business and Management (AMB); Humanities and Social Science (HUMSS); and Science,
CHAPTER II
RELATED LITERATURE
In our research determine the Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 Students of
Batac National High School (BNHS) on their chosen strand, we included the written
information about our research including books, articles, and Internet sources. These are the
studies, investigations already conducted are similar and related to our research. These are
focused on the discussion about the factors that affect students on choosing their strand.
SKILLS
The child begins skills or the finer coordination in which the smaller muscles play a
major role. Skills must be learned, but when they are learned is as important to know as how
they are learned. Children who receive training are definitely superior to those who receive
no training, but the training must be correlated with their maturational readiness to learn.
Considering your abilities and talents and how they may fit a particular occupation
comes out of one of the earliest career development fields, Trait-Factor theories, and is still
used today. These theories recommend creating occupational profiles for specific jobs as well
differences. You can identify activities you enjoy and those in which you have a level of
That is, being interested in a topic is a mental resource that enhances learning, which then
leads to better performance and achievement (Hidi, 1990). As individuals learn more about a
topic, they become more skilled and knowledgeable (Harackiewicz, Hulleman, 2009). This
simply means that having an interest on something will eventually develop and enhance the
skill of an individual.
PERSONALITY
The social behavior and attitudes of a child, even as he grows older and comes contact
with more and more people outside the home, are reflections of patterns prevalent in the
child’s home; It is very important that good foundations be laid during the early years of life
for the child because the child’s social behavior is consistent as he grows older. (Child
Conceptual Framework
Choosing a strand in
Internal factors
Senior High School
Research Hypothesis
1. Internal factors greatly influence the Grade 10 students in choosing their strand in Senior
High School.
CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
This study used descriptive research design it will present the answers of the respondents
in choosing their strand for Senior High School in identifying the internal factors which
Batac National High School is the place where the researchers gathered the data for this
study. Batac National High School is at the Barangay 14 Bungon, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte.
Students from the section of Sunflower, Tulip, Waling-waling, and Zinnia are the
respondents.
This research respondents are the Grade 10 students of Batac National High School.
Thus, there are 32 students who will getting involve for this researchers. On this method we
will see how this study will get the data that needed for this research to accomplish.
Research Instruments
Questionnaire will be the instrument for data gathering. This will concentrate on
Researchers need to have a permit first from the classroom teachers, so they can give the
questionnaires to the respondents. After the respondents answer the questionnaire, it will have
return to the researchers. The results of the answer questionnaires are then given the accurate
Statistical Treatment
The data that the researchers gathered were analyzed and interpreted by employing the
To easily tally the data that gathered. Also to answer problems in describing the respondents
Weighted mean. This is used to provide answer in analyzing the data in choosing a
strand in terms of the internal factors that influence the Grade 10 students. The formula is:
Where: x=mean
f=frequency
x=quantitative option
CHAPTER IV
This chapter presents the data gathered the results of the statistical analysis done and
interpretation of findings. These are present in tables following the sequence of the specific
research problem regarding the Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 Students of Batac
The following are the profile of the respondents as to their gender and strands that was
gather through a questionnaire. The Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 Students of
Batac National High School in Choosing their Strand in Senior High School with their mean
and descriptive in interpretation where table 1 will be able to identify the highest mean and
Table 1. The summary table of Profiles of Grade 10 of Batac National High School in
Choosing their Strand in Senior High School (n=33)
GENDER
FEMALE 23 69.7%
MALE 10 30.3%
SECTION
SUNFLOWER 9 27.3%
TULIP 10 30.3%
WALING-WALING 9 27.3%
ZINNIA 5 15.2%
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The table shows the profile of the respondents as to gender and section of which has been
assessed through the questionnaires distributed from the researchers. The information
On the gender the higher percentage of respondents is female with 69.7% of the total of 23
respondents while for male has 30.3% with the total of 10 males
For the section, the tulip has the highest percentage of respondents with 30.3% of the total of
10 respondents, while sunflower and waling-waling has the same percentage of 27.3% of the
total of 9 respondents. On the other hand, zinnia garnered the lowest respondents of 5 with
Table 2. The Summary of Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 students in Batac
National High School in Choosing their Strand for Senior High School
1. Personality 3 9.9%
2. Talent 9 27.27%
3. Skills 9 27.27%
4. Abilities 5 15.15%
5. Interest 6 18.18%
It can be gleaned on the table that most of the respondents answered talent and skills
with total of 27.27%. On the contrary, personality has the smallest percentage of 9.9% as the
most internal factors that influence the Grade 10 students in choosing their Strands in Senior
High School.
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In support to this, from the book of Child Growth and Development, p.61 says that child
begins skills or the finer coordination in which the smaller muscles play a major role. Skills
must be learned, but when they are learned is as important to know as how they are learned.
Children who receive training are definitely superior to those who receive no training, but the
Table 3. Significant Relationship between the Profile of the Respondents and Internal
Factors That Influence the Grade 10 in Choosing their Career
Table 3 shows the correlation between the profile and the internal factors that influence
In terms of the students, there is a very low correlation (0.17) between the section and the
interest of the students, with an r-value of -0.16887 while the Talent, skills and abilities with
a completed r-value of -0.960448, points out a very high correlation with the strand at the
With regards to gender it was found out that it has a very high correlation with interest
The students choose their strand not because of their interest but because of “They do not
want to involve in the fields that may sound to require extensive hard work ( Fizer 2013)”
Young men and women have different styles when it comes to choosing a career
(Mihyeon, 2009). Men have a more liberal and progressive style of thinkin. Women prefer a
CHAPTER V
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
This chapter presents the summary, findings, and conclusions which derived from the
conduct study that prove the Internal Factors that Influence the Grade 10 Students of Batac
National High School in Choosing Their Strand for the Senior High School.
Recommendations are also have been constructed in this post.
Batac National High School is where researchers conduct this study. Grade 10 Sunflower,
Tulip, Waling-waling, and Zinnia are the respondents. Use qualitative research to interpret
the data.
The findings of this study were summarized in accordance with the statement of the
problems cited in Chapter 1.
The students who had take the online survey came from different sections, both male and
female. In terms with the respondents section,the researchers got eight respondents in every
sections.
The respondents stated on their answers in choosing their strands for Senior High School
had their own choices. Hence, that their personality was absolutely one of the factors that
influenced them.
Students skills had the highest percentage of internal factors in choosingt their strands.
Talents and their abilities also gain percentage from the respondents as it influence them.
Their interest for choosing their strand with those different academic track their own
choices.
In the difference between the profile of the Grade 10 students on their chosen strands, the
significant relationship of it was a great factor to in choosing their strand for Senior High
School as it influence them.
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CONCLUSIONS
1. The respondents chooses their strands for Senior High School with the internal factors
according to their talent, skills, abilities, and personality.
2. The findings shows that the respondents who chooses their strand with their interest have
chosen what they want of the strands for their Senior High School.
3. The internal factors and its significant difference prove that respondents can choose their
strand for Senior High School through of it.
The researchers conclude that the internal factors are important towards choosing the
strand for Senior High School to the Grade 10 students of Batac National High School. This
factors the students had been known the real defination of what they want to choose with the
different strands.
RECOMMENDATION
This research study revealed the effectiveness of Internal Factors that Influence the
Students in Choosing their strand for Senior High School. Therefore, these are the following
recommendation.
1. Internal Factors proven that it is one that influence the students in choosing their strand for
Senior High School. Thus, they should always think about their decisions specially towards
the strand they choose.
2. Students must known their talents, skills, and abilities because these are factors that can
help them to decide also.for Senior High School to the Grade 10 students.
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APPENDICE A:
LETTER OF APPROVAL
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Identity:
Gender: Female
Nationality: Filipino
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Personal Identity:
Gender: Female
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Civil Status:
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Gender: Female
Civil Status:
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