Final Research

TANZA NATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL – TVL TRACK
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES

OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING STUDENTS IN TANZA
NATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL
Lalaine T. Alvarez
Jaime Anova III
Paula Danielle I. Celis
John Lloyd D. Mamauag
Rhina Charisse S. Simbre
A senior high school research paper presented to the faculty of the

Senior High School Technical Vocational Livelihood of Tanza National
Trade School, Paradahan 1, Tanza, Cavite in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for senior high school computer programming track
prepared under the supervision of Mr. Edison E. Feranil.
CHAPTER 1
Introduction and Its Background
Many senior high school students enrolled in Tanza National
Trade School took up computer programming track. This course
deals with the process that leads from an original executable
program. In the school mentioned a while ago, computer
programming track has the highest enrollees in the school year
2016-2017. Just like every students, those programming students
has a set of problems that they encounter which can affect their
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academic performance (http://dzone.com/articles/4-most-
important-skills).
The reason why the researchers conducted the study because
of their own experiences. As computer programming students, the
researchers witnessed the students having bad times when it comes
to their chosen course. The researchers wanted to know the
problems and how these problems could affect their academic
performance.
The study was conducted to determine the problems
encountered and academic performances of computer programming
senior high school students of Tanza National Trade School.
Statement of the Problem
The study aimed to determine the problems encountered and
academic performances of computer programming senior high
school students of Tanza National Trade School.
Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:
1. What are the characteristics of the participants?
2. What are the problems encountered of computer program-
ming senior high school students of Tanza National Trade
School?
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3. What are the academic performances of computer pro-
gramming senior high school students of Tanza National
Trade School?
4. Is there a significant relationship between problems en-
countered and academic performances of computer pro-
gramming students of Tanza National Trade School?
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Scope and Limitations of the Study
The study focused on determining the characteristics of Tanza
National Trade School senior high school students such as age, sex,
number of family members, family monthly income, number of
computers at home, and software application use. Problems
encountered were determine by equipment, laboratory, and
modules. Academic performances were determine by the general
point average in grade 11 first semester and second semester of
the previous school year.
The study was limited to gather survey in 30 grade 12 senior
high school students under computer programming track at Tanza
National Trade School.
Significance of the Study
The results of the study would determine the problems
The beneficiaries of the study are the ICT teachers and senior
high school students specializing computer programming in TNTS to
serve as a guide for the improvement of the program and the
process.
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It could also serve as a guide for future researchers who will
conduct the same study.
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CHAPTER 2
Review of Related Literature
This section discusses the review of related literature concept
and study concerning the problems encountered and academic
performances of computer programming senior high school students
of Tanza National Trade School.
Discussing about the needs of programming students, or
government is not ready. There is a lot of things that needs to be
provide, especially equipment, modules, and new teaching
methods. Computer Laboratory is a big need for programming
students. Programming is not complete without computers. Actually
without computers, programming is nothing. Writing program in
paper is not enough, seeing the real outputs, experiencing how to
code on computers is a great opportunity for learning. Next having
modules, having reference while learning will help a student not
only to remember but also to fond each keywords. For now our
government haven’t release any single modules for student of any
track. Only teachers have these modules. If you would analyze, you
will say that. It’s ok because our teachers have modules, they can
help our students. But that’s not all. We shall provide new teaching
method, new creative ways to learn. Programming can be pretty
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boring if teachers don’t find ways to teach in creative way. As we
can see, all of these needs are necessarily needed by our
programming students. All our connected and should be provided
(Sonmez, 2012).
In order to allow a general purpose controller, such as an
electronic computer, to perform a desired processing function, it is
usually necessary to store in a memory of the computer a sequence
of instructions or a program which can be decoded by the electronic
computer and which specifies predetermined operations. The
instructions are usually represented by digital codes, and for this
reason it is difficult for human beings to comprehend such
instructions. Accordingly, programs expressed in a human
understandable form have been developed. High class languages
such as Assembler Language, FORTRAN and ALGOL have been
developed for this purpose and many other languages have been
developed. However, many of those languages require knowledge of
the electronic computer when one wishes to use them. Accordingly,
they have been hard to handle for ordinary control engineers. As an
approach to the above difficulty, Problem Oriented Program has
been developed, but even this program is not easy to handle and it
takes many days for one to be skilled in the program. In addition,
when a program is written, a procedure is needed for converting a
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functional relation diagram to a sequence of instructions
(Stevenson, et.al.).
To achieve the above objects, in accordance with the present
invention, there is provided programming equipment which
comprises a display unit; a memory having a plurality of unit
memory areas one for each of a plurality of partial display areas
which form at least a portion of the display area of the display unit
and a memory area for storing address information to designate one
of the plurality of unit memory areas; an input device for inputting
names of subprograms a predetermined one for each of a plurality
of arithmetic and logical operations, data flow specifications for
specifying data flows among symbols of the subprograms,
instructions for modifying the address information and instructions
for reading out the information of the plurality of unit memory areas
to an external unit; and a processor coupled to the display unit, the
memory and the input device. The processor functions to store the
subprogram names and the data flow specifications in the unit
memory area designated by the address information and to display
the symbols of the subprograms and the data flow specified by the
data flow specifications on the partial display areas designated by
the address information. The information is read out to the external
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unit in a predetermined sequence from the unit memory areas in
accordance with the instructions (Dela Vega, et.al.).
Expertise and advanced training open the door to a successful
computer programming career. An associate or bachelor’s degrees
in computer programming, computer science or information system
offer the basic qualification to become a computer programmer. To
forge a successful career, however, it is increasingly important to
developed advance or specialized programming skills. The lab for
l&ll semester students to practice programming in C language by
implementing C control structures, pointers, array operations, etc.
in odd semesters, this lab is also used by 5 students as Computer
Graphics lab for imparting basic knowledge about line, circle,
ellipse, polygon filling, clipping algorithms, implementing 2D and 3D
transformation etc. Language processor lab consist of 35 LAN
connected Intel Core 2 duo machines running on LINUX and
Windows. This lab is used for the creation of Single Pass-Two Pass
assembler- Macro processor, Generation of Lexical Analyzer using
tools such as Lex Generation of Parser using tools such as YACC,
Creation of type checker.
Internet Lab is equipped with 60 advanced PCs with 2 mbps
(1:1) dedicated internet connectivity. This lab is also used for Mini
project & Main project work. The software used in this lab is C++,
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Java, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Oracle and MS Project. (Smith, J.
2010).
Synthesis
The review of related literature and studies helped the
researcher to fully understand the problems encountered and
academic performances of computer programming students.
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Conceptual Framework of the Study
This section illustrates the conceptual framework of the study.
Characteristics of
participants Problems Academic
 age Encountered Performance
 sex
 number of family  equipment  General point aver-
members  laboratory age in grade 11
 family monthly  module first and second
income semester
 number of com-
puters at home
 software applica-
tion use
Figure1. Conceptual framework of problems encountered and

academic performances of computer programming senior high
school students of Tanza National Trade School.
Figure 1 shows the conceptual framework on the problems
senior high school students of Tanza National Trade School. It
includes the characteristics of the participants consist of age, sex,
computers at home, and software application use. The independent
variables were problems encountered and academic performances
of computer programming senior high school students of Tanza
National Trade School. The problems encountered includes
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equipment, laboratory, and module. Academic performances were
determine by the general point average in grade 11 first semester
and second semester of the previous school year.
Research Hypothesis
Null hypothesis states that there is no significant relationship
between problems encountered and academic performances of
computer programming students of Tanza National Trade School.
Definition of Terms
This section discussed the different terms use in the study.
Academic Performance. It refers to the general point aver-
age in grade 11 first semester and second semester of the previous
school year of computer programming students.
Coding. It is the process of assigning a code to something for
the purpose of classification or identification.
Debugging. It is to identify and remove errors from com-
puter hardware or software.
Needs. The necessity or necessarily of such thing.
Programming. The action or process of writing computer
programs.
SHS. It refers to Senior High School.
TNTS. It refers to Tanza National Trade School.
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CHAPTER 3
Research Methodology
This chapter present the methodology of the study. It includes
the research design, research locale, research procedure, research
instrument, and statistical treatment of data.
Research Design
The study used descriptive research method. This type of
research was used to describe systematically the problems
senior high school students factually and accurately.
This method was used to determine and know the problems
senior high school students through the use of survey
questionnaire.
Research Locale
The study was conducted in four sections of grade 12
computer programming senior high school students at Tanza
National Trade School from June to October 2017.
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Research Procedure
Descriptive method was used to determine and know the
problems encountered and academic performances of computer
programming senior high school students through the use of survey
questionnaire.
The study focused on determining the characteristics of Tanza
National Trade School senior high school students such as age, sex,
computers at home, and software application use. Problems
encountered were determine by equipment, laboratory, and
modules. Academic performances were determine by the general
point average in grade 11 first semester and second semester of
the previous school year.
The study was limited to gather survey in 30 grade 12 senior
high school students under computer programming track at Tanza
National Trade School.
Research Instrument
The study used both primary and secondary data. The
primary source of data were be obtained through survey
questionnaire conducted with the senior high school students.
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The secondary data came from books, theses, journals and
online sources.
The questionnaire has three parts (Appendix 1). Part I is the
characteristics of the participants, Part II is the problems
encountered, and Part III is the academic performance of students.
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Statistical Treatment of Data
Descriptive statistics such as frequency count and percentage
was used to present the characteristics of participants and academic
performances of senior high school students. Mean will be used to
determine the problems encountered of senior high school students.
All collected data on problems encountered was tabulated,
analyzed, and interpreted using Table 1.
Table 1. Descriptive interpretation of the mean used to interpret

problems encountered
MEAN RATING DESCRIPTION
3.51 – 4.00 Always Encountered
2.51 – 3.50 Sometimes Encountered
1.51 – 2.50 Often Encountered
1.00 – 1.50 Not Encountered at all
All collected data on academic performances was tabulated,
analyzed, and interpreted using Table 2.
Table 2. Descriptive interpretation of high school scholastic records

using general point average (Mendoza, 2017)
GENERAL POINT AVERAGE DESCRIPTION
90.01 – 100 Outstanding
84.99 – 90.00 Very Satisfactory
79.99 – 84.98 Satisfactory
75 – 79.98 Fairly Satisfactory
74.99 below Failed
Chi-Square test was used to determine the significant
relationship between problems encountered and academic
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performance of computer programming students of Tanza National
Trade School.
The Chi-square formula that was used to determine the
significant relationship between problems encountered and
academic performance of computer programming students of Tanza
National Trade School is

n
2
2=¿=∑ ¿ ( Oij ) −Eij ¿
x i
∑ ¿1 Eij
i
Where:
x 2= Chi-Square coefficient
∑ = Summation
Oij = observed frequency
Eij = expected frequency
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CHAPTER 4
Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data
This chapter presents the characteristics of participants,
programming senior high school students of Tanza National Trade
School.
Characteristics of Participants
Characteristics of participants includes age, sex, number of
family members, family monthly income, number of computers at
home, and software application use.
Age. Table 3 shows the characteristics of participants in terms
of age. Fifty three percent are 17 years old, 23 percent are 18 years
old, 13 percent ages 19, and 10 percent are 16 years old.
Table 3. Characteristics of participants in terms of age

AGE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE
16 3 10
17 16 53
18 7 23
19 4 13
TOTAL 30 100
It implies that majority of the participants are age 17.
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Sex. Table 4 shows the characteristics of participants in terms
of sex. Fifty three percent are male and 47 percent are female.
Table 4. Characteristics of participants in terms of sex

SEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE
Male 16 53
Female 14 47
TOTAL 30 100
It implies that majority of the participants are male.
Number of family members. Table 5 shows the
characteristics of participants in terms of number of family
members. Sixty seven percent have 4 to 6 family members, 30
percent have 7 to 9 family members, and 3 percent have more than
9 family members.
Table 5. Characteristics of participants in terms of number of family

members
NUMBER OF FAMILY
FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE
MEMBERS
4 to 6 20 67
7 to 9 9 30
More than 9 1 3
TOTAL 30 100
It implies that majority of the participants have 4 to 6 family
members.
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Family Monthly Income. Table 6 shows the characteristics
of participants in terms of family monthly income. Twenty seven
percent have P5,000 to P10,000 family monthly income, 23 percent
have below P5,000, 20 percent have P15,001 to P20,000 monthly
income, 17 percent have P20,001 and above income, and 13
percent have P10,001 to P15,000 family monthly income.
Table 6. Characteristics of participants in terms of family monthly

income
FAMILY MONTHLY
INCOME
Below – 5,000 7 23
5,000 – 10,000 8 27
10,001 – 15,000 4 13
15,001 – 20,000 6 20
20,001 and above 5 17
TOTAL 30 100
It implies that most of the participants have P5,000 to
P10,000 family monthly income.
Number of Computers at Home. Table 7 shows the
characteristics of participants in terms of number of computers at
home. Sixty percent have one computer at home, 26 percent have
no computer, while 7 percent have 2 and 3 computers at home
respectively.
Table 7. Characteristics of participants in terms of number of

computers at home
NUMBER OF COMPUTERS
AT HOME
0 8 26
20
1 18 60
2 2 7
3 2 7
TOTAL 30 100
It implies that majority of the participants have one computer
at home.
Software Application Use. Table 8 shows the characteristics
of participants in terms of software application use. One hundred
percent of the participants use MS office application, 80 percent
uses Java language, 57 percent uses Visual Studio, 53 percent uses
Windows OS, 50 percent uses Visual Studio.Net, 7 percent uses MS
Visio, and 3 percent uses DOS, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS, and Small
Talk respectively.
Table 8. Characteristics of participants in terms of software

application use
SOFTWARE APPLICATION
USE
DOS, UNIX 1 3
Java Language 24 80
Linux, Mac OS 1 3
MS Office 30 100
MS Visio 2 7
Small Talk 1 3
Visual Studio 17 57
Visual Studio.Net 15 50
Windows OS 16 53
*multiple response
It implies that all of the participants use MS Office application.
Problems Encountered of Computer Programming Senior
High School Students of Tanza National Trade School
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Problems encountered were determine by equipment,
laboratory, and modules.
Table 9. Mean score of problems encountered of computer

School
VERBAL
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED MEAN
INTERPRETATION
1.Equipment 3.17 Sometimes Encountered
2.Laboratory 2.33 Often Encountered
3.Modules 2.83 Sometimes Encountered
SOMETIMES
MEAN 2.78
ENCOUNTERED
Equipment. Table 9 shows that the participants found
equipment as sometimes encountered problem. The computed
mean of 3.17 with “Sometimes Encountered” rating means that
equipment in computer programming course are encountered.
Laboratory. Table 9 shows that the participants found
laboratory as often encountered problem. The computed mean of
2.33 with “Often Encountered” rating means that there are
encountered problems on laboratory.
Module. Table 9 shows that the participants found module as
sometimes encountered problem. The computed mean of 2.83 with
“Sometimes Encountered” rating means that modules in computer
programming course are encountered.
Table 9 presents the mean score of problems encountered of
computer programming senior high school students of Tanza

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National Trade School. Laboratory got the lowest mean of 2.33 with
“Often Encountered” ratings, module with 2.33 mean and
equipment got 3.17 mean with “Sometimes Encountered”
interpretation. The overall mean for the problems encountered got
an average rating of 2.78 which means that computer programming
students sometimes encountered difficulties.
Academic Performances of Computer Programming Senior
High School Students of Tanza National Trade School
Students’ academic performance was determined by the
general point average in their First Semester and Second Semester
of School Year 2016-2017.
Table 10 shows the frequency and percentage of the academic
performance of computer programming senior high school students.
Eighty percent of the participants have very satisfactory grade while
20 percent are satisfactory in their first semester. Ninety percent
are very satisfactory while 10 percent are satisfactory in their
second semester performance.
Table 10. Academic performances of computer programming senior

high school students of Tanza National Trade School
FIRST SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
CRITERIA
f % f %
Very Satisfactory 24 80 27 90
Satisfactory 6 20 3 10
TOTAL 30 100 30 100
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It implies that majority of the computer programming senior
high school students of Tanza National Trade School have very
satisfactory performance.
Significant Relationship between Problems Encountered and
Academic Performances of Computer Programming Students
of Tanza National Trade School
Chi-square was used to determine the significant relationship
between the problems encountered on equipment, laboratory, and
module and academic performance of computer programming
students based on previous year general point average.
Relationship of Problems Encountered on Equipment to
Students Academic Performance. Problems encountered on
equipment was found to have no significant relationship to the
academic performance, as shown by x2c of 0.330 which is lower
than x2t of 3.841 (x2c<x2t) at five percent level of significance using
one degrees of freedom (Table 11).
Table 11. Relationship of problems encountered on equipment to

students’ academic performance
PERFORMANCE
PROBLEM
VERY
ENCOUNTER SATISFACTORY TOTAL
SATISFACTORY
Above 24 4 28
Below 2 0 2
Total 26 4 30
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μ=3.17 x2c = 0.330 x2t = 3.841 df = 1

P<.05 Not Significant
It implies that problems encountered on equipment is not
significant to the academic performance of senior high school
students.
Relationship of Problems Encountered on Laboratory to
laboratory was found to have no significant relationship to the
Table 12. Relationship of problems encountered on laboratory to

PERFORMANCE
PROBLEM
VERY
ENCOUNTER SATISFACTORY TOTAL
SATISFACTORY
Above 11 3 14
Below 15 1 16
Total 26 4 30
μ=2.33 x2c = 1.489 x2t = 3.841 df = 1
It implies that problems encountered on laboratory is not
students.
Relationship of Problems Encountered on Module to
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module was found to have no significant relationship to the
Table 13. Relationship of problems encountered on module to

PERFORMANCE
PROBLEM
ENCOUNTER VERY
SATISFACTORY TOTAL
SATISFACTORY
Above 20 2 22
Below 6 2 8
Total 26 4 30
μ=2.83 2
x c = 1.285 2
x t = 3.841 df = 1
It implies that problems encountered on module is not
students.
It generally implies that problems encountered are not
significant to the academic performance of computer programming
senior high school students.
Since the computed x2 of problems encountered on equipment,
laboratory, and module are lower than the chi square tabular of
academic performances in terms of general point average, so null
hypothesis is accepted.
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CHAPTER 5
Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
This chapter of the study discusses the summary, conclusions,
and recommendations.
Summary
The study was conducted to determine the problems
Specifically, it aimed to determine the characteristics of the
participants; determine the problems encountered of computer
School; determine the academic performances of computer
School; and determine the significant relationship between
programming students of Tanza National Trade School.
The study was conducted to 30 grade 12 computer
programming senior high school students at Tanza National Trade
School from June to October 2017.
Characteristics of participants were determined by age, sex,
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computers at home, and software application use. Fifty three
percent are 17 years old, 23 percent are 18 years old, 13 percent
ages 19, and 10 percent are 16 years old. Fifty three percent are
male and 47 percent are female. Sixty seven percent have 4 to 6
family members, 30 percent have 7 to 9 family members, and 3
percent have more than 9 family members. Twenty seven percent
have P5,000 to P10,000 family monthly income, 23 percent have
below P5,000, 20 percent have P15,001 to P20,000 monthly
income, 17 percent have P20,001 and above income, and 13
percent have P10,000 to P15,000 family monthly income. Sixty
percent have one computer at home, 26 percent have no computer,
while 7 percent have 2 and 3 computers at home respectively. One
hundred percent of the participants use MS office application, 80
percent uses Java language, 57 percent uses Visual Studio, 53
percent uses Windows OS, 50 percent uses Visual Studio.Net, 7
percent uses MS Visio, and 3 percent uses DOS, UNIX, Linux, Mac
OS, and Small Talk respectively.
Problems encountered were determine by equipment,
laboratory, and modules. Laboratory got the lowest mean of 2.33
with “Often Encountered” ratings, module with 2.33 mean and
equipment got 3.17 mean with “Sometimes Encountered”
interpretation. The overall mean for the problems encountered got
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an average rating of 2.78 which means that computer programming
students sometimes encountered difficulties.
Students’ academic performance was determined by the
general point average in their First Semester and Second Semester
of School Year 2016-2017. Eighty percent of the participants have
very satisfactory grade while 20 percent are satisfactory in their
first semester. Ninety percent are very satisfactory while 10 percent
are satisfactory in their second semester performance.
Chi-square was used to determine the significant relationship
between the problems encountered on equipment, laboratory, and
module and academic performance of computer programming
students based on previous year general point average. Problems
encountered on equipment was found to have no significant
relationship to the academic performance, as shown by x2c of 0.330
which is lower than x2t of 3.841 (x2c<x2t) at five percent level of
significance using one degrees of freedom. Problems encountered
on laboratory was found to have no significant relationship to the
one degrees of freedom. Problems encountered on module was
found to have no significant relationship to the academic
performance, as shown by x2c of 1.285 which is lower than x2t of
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3.841 (x2c<x2t) at five percent level of significance using one
degrees of freedom.
Conclusions
Based from the findings revealed in the study, the following
conclusions were derived.
Majority of the computer programming senior high school
students at Tanza National Trade School are age 17, male, have 4
to 6 family members, have P5,000 to P10,000 family monthly
income, with one computer at home, and all are using MS Office
applications.
Computer programming senior high school students at Tanza
National Trade School sometimes encountered difficulties in terms
of equipment, modules, and laboratory.
Majority of the computer programming senior high school
students of Tanza National Trade School have very satisfactory
performance.
It generally implies that problems encountered are not
significant to the academic performance of computer programming
senior high school students, so null hypothesis is accepted.
Accepting the null hypothesis proves that problems encountered are
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not significant to the academic performance of computer
programming senior high school students.
Recommendations
After analyzing the outcome of the study, the researchers
came up with the following recommendation.
Tanza National Trade School should be mindful with the needs
of the students in attaining the vision and mission of the
Department Education and to provide the best education for the
senior high school students by providing the necessary facilities for
the students’ outstanding academic performance. The school should
only offer senior high school courses that could be supported by the
school.
Department of Education should monitor and evaluate the
facilities of each senior high school since this is the preparation of
the students in entering the tertiary education.
The students together with the parents should also be
resourceful so as to attain the objectives of the senior high school
education in the Philippines. Since the government is providing free
education, the parents should also do their part in helping the
society achieve its vision by providing their children with necessary
resources.
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For further study, the researchers recommend that the study
should be conducted in other senior high school courses for proper
monitoring and evaluation.
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Department of Education
Tanza National Trade School
Senior High School
Paradahan 1, Tanza, Cavite
Dear Participants,
The undersigned are conducting a study entitled “Problems

Encountered and Academic Performances of Computer
Programming Senior High School Students of Tanza National
Trade School”. The study aims to determine the characteristics of
the participants, problems encountered and academic performances
of computer programming. In this regard, we are seeking for your
cooperation in providing the necessary data for the completion of
the study. Rest assured that any information that you will provide
will be treated with utmost confidently and will only be used for the
conduct of the study.
Respectfully yours,
LALAINE T. ALVAREZ
JAIME ANOVA III
PAULA DANIELLE I. CELIS
JOHN LLOYD D. MAMAUAG
RHINA CHARISSE S.
SIMBRE
Noted: Researchers
EDISON E. FERANIL
Research Teacher
Direction. For each of the following questions, please check the
appropriate space provided or fill in the blank the best
corresponds to your answer.
Part I. Characteristics of Senior High School Students
1. Name (optional)
__________________________________________________
2. Age __________
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3. Sex
_____ Female
_____ Male
4. Number of family members __________
5. Family monthly income __________
6. Number of computers at home __________

7. Software application used
_____ DOS, UNIX
_____ Java Language
_____ Linux / Mac OS
_____ MS Office
_____ MS Visio
_____ SmallTalk
_____ Visual Studio
_____ Visual Studio.Net
_____ Windows OS
_____ Others (please
specify)___________________________________
Part II. Problems Encountered of Senior High School

Students
Direction: Check the column that best describes your computer

programming problems encountered using the scale below.
4 – Always Encountered
3 – Sometimes Encountered
2 – Seldom Encountered
1 – Not Encountered at all
PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED 4 3 2 1
1.Equipment
2. Laboratory
3. Modules
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Part III. Academic Performance of Senior High School

Students
General Point Average
Grade 11 First Semester, SY 2016-2017

___________________________
Grade 11 Second Semester, SY 2016-2017
________________________
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES

A senior high school research paper presented to the faculty of the

Many senior high school students enrolled in Tanza National

Trade School took up computer programming track. This course

deals with the process that leads from an original executable

program. In the school mentioned a while ago, computer

programming track has the highest enrollees in the school year

2016-2017. Just like every students, those programming students

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academic performance (http://dzone.com/articles/4-most-

The reason why the researchers conducted the study because

of their own experiences. As computer programming students, the

researchers witnessed the students having bad times when it comes

to their chosen course. The researchers wanted to know the

problems and how these problems could affect their academic

The study was conducted to determine the problems

encountered and academic performances of computer programming

senior high school students of Tanza National Trade School.

Statement of the Problem

The study aimed to determine the problems encountered and

academic performances of computer programming senior high

school students of Tanza National Trade School.

Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions:

1. What are the characteristics of the participants?

2. What are the problems encountered of computer program-

ming senior high school students of Tanza National Trade

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3. What are the academic performances of computer pro-

gramming senior high school students of Tanza National

4. Is there a significant relationship between problems en-

countered and academic performances of computer pro-

gramming students of Tanza National Trade School?

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Scope and Limitations of the Study

The study focused on determining the characteristics of Tanza

number of family members, family monthly income, number of

computers at home, and software application use. Problems

encountered were determine by equipment, laboratory, and

modules. Academic performances were determine by the general

point average in grade 11 first semester and second semester of

the previous school year.

The study was limited to gather survey in 30 grade 12 senior

high school students under computer programming track at Tanza

National Trade School.

Significance of the Study

The results of the study would determine the problems

encountered and academic performances of computer programming

senior high school students of Tanza National Trade School.

high school students specializing computer programming in TNTS to

serve as a guide for the improvement of the program and the

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It could also serve as a guide for future researchers who will

conduct the same study.

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This section discusses the review of related literature concept

and study concerning the problems encountered and academic

performances of computer programming senior high school students

of Tanza National Trade School.

Discussing about the needs of programming students, or

government is not ready. There is a lot of things that needs to be