https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/36 2026-05-14T04:44:45Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/153 Influence of robotics-aided lessons on students' physics achievement Esportuno, Franklie; Gerardo, Bobby This research paper aimed to determine the effects of robotics-aided lessons on students’ physics achievement using the experimental design. The experimental group was exposed to instruction using the RCX programmable LEGO bricks and pieces, sensors, and motors while the control group was exposed to traditional teaching. The instruments used were Student’s Robotics Profile Inventory, Achievement Test, Observation Checklist, and Interview. It was found out that the post-test of students who were exposed to robotics-aided instruction was higher than that of the non-robotics-aided lessons. When the pre-test and post-test were compared, they showed improvement from low to high scores. Moreover, the results of the students’ physics achievement using non-robotics instruction during the pre-test and post-test also improved from low to average through their mean scores. Social skills, personal values, and intellectual knowledge using the robots as an intervention in the learning process were developed among the students. The results supposed that positive behaviors motivate students to engage themselves in physics. Defined recommendations were given to schools’ administrators, supervisors and teachers in using robotics in their teaching methods and pedagogies. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/229 Music: Effects on students' achievement, habits of mind, and disposition as bases for the development of music-enhanced mathematics program Sagge, Roberto G. Jr.; Palomo, Emellie G. Mathematics is a skill subject that requires skills and practice. Often mathematics lacks creative or artistic flair; hence, students find it difficult and boring. Students do not pay attention in class. This study ascertained the effects of background music on students’ achievement, habits of mind, test anxiety, and disposition. The respondents are composed of 72 junior high school students from three treatment groups: urban music group, popular music group, and alternative rock music group. The instruments used were the researcher-made mathematics achievement test, Test Anxiety Rating Scale, and Disposition Rating Scale which undergone validation through a panel of experts. The result shows that the pretest mean scores in mathematics achievement of all the three groups were “low.” Using music as intervention, the scores of the post-test were “high” among group urban music group and alternative rock music group while “average” among the popular music group. The pretest mean scores in habits of mind of the three groups were “not developed”, as revealed in the pretest and became “strongly developed” among the groups introduced to popular music and alternative rock music while the group to urban music was “satisfactorily developed” in the posttest. The pre-test mean scores in disposition among groups introduced to urban music and which were to “liked” in the post-test. As observed, all the background music used had an impact on the improvement of the students’ scores in mathematics. The results of the study served as bases for the development of music-enhanced mathematics program. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/228 Singapore Mathematics and algebraic approach in problem solving Tellermo, Efren S.; Camarista, Genesis G. This descriptive experimental research was conducted to determine the effect of Singapore Mathematics (SM) approach on the problem-solving ability of the fourth year students. Pre-test and post-test were utilized as instruments of this study. The means and standard deviations were computed for the descriptive analysis and the t-test for independent samples and t-test for dependent samples were used for inferential analyses. The findings showed that the students in both groups had a low performance in Math as indicated in the pre-test. Significant difference was noted in the post-treatment performance of the two groups, in favor of the experimental group. Significant differences were also noted between the pre- and post-treatment performance of each group. However, the experimental group has a better mean gain. With the aid of drawings, models or even real objects, students can see the visual representation of the problem’s situation, leading to their better understanding and analysis of the problem. Mathematics teachers are encouraged to develop students’ critical and logical thinking through problem-solving, to expose students to various strategies to make every Mathematics class lively and to elicit students’ maximum participation. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/227 Protection value of Maasin Watershed in Iloilo, Philippines De la Vega, Mary Ann M.; Alli, Roel A. This study ascertained the dependency of people’s Willingness To Pay (WTP) for the protection of Maasin Watershed. The people’ WTP aims to ensure the provision of a reliable water supply for the households and implement measures protecting the Maasin Watershed. A total of 400 respondents who were the direct beneficiaries and stakeholders were interviewed using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). Majority of the respondents showed a WTP for the protection of the Maasin Watershed, with the computed mean annual WTP of Php 221 per household. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. Findings further showed that parameters of income, household perceived groundwater as main source of water, and alternative water source were found to be statistically significant. In the same way, predictors of religion, water availability and water safety were found to be statistically significant. Household income, alternative source of water, and religion have a positive relationship with WTP. Its positive coefficients indicate that as the independent variable increases, the dependent variable also increases. Conversely, significant negative coefficients indicate that as the independent variable increases, the dependent variable decreases. However, there was an inverse relationship between WTP and household perceived groundwater as main source, water availability and water safety, due to the lack of awareness of the respondents about the source of raw water supply that comes from the Maasin Watershed that reduces the WTP for Maasin Watershed reservation. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z