Selected variables associated with the physics achievement of high school seniors

• Main Author: Prudente, Maricar S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1988
• Subjects: Prediction of scholastic success; Academic achievement; Physics > Study and teaching; Physics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/50
• Institution: De La Salle University

It was the purpose of this study to correlate certain selected intellective and non-intellective student variables with achievement in Physics of high school seniors of the three Daughters of Charity schools in Metro Manila, namely: Concordia College, Immaculate Heart of Mary College, and Sta. Isabel College, during the school year 1987-1988. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following problems: 1. Is there a significant relation between Physics Achievement and the intellective student variables namely: (X1) numerical ability, (X2) verbal reasoning, (X3) abstract reasoning, (X4) mechanical reasoning, and (X5) space relations? 2. Is there a significant relation between the student's Achievement in Physics and the following non-intellective student variables: (X6) emotional stability, (X7) dominance, (X8) superego strength, and (X9) self-sufficiency? 3. Which is the best predictor of Physics achievement among the intellective factors considered in this study? 4. Which is the best predictor of Physics achievement among the non-intellective factors considered in this study? Procedure: The norm sample consisted of 260 senior high school students of the aforementioned schools, who were selected through proportionate random sampling. The instruments used in this study include: Physics Achievement Test by Deauna Differential Aptitude Tests on numerical ability, verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning, mechanical reasoning, and space relations, the High School Personality Questionnaire and Personal data form. The instruments were administered on a scheduled and staggered basis for a period of three weeks, which begun last 15th of February and ended last March 4, 1988. The test papers were collected, checked, and recorded, then they were submitted to the De La Salle Statistical Assistance for Research for statistical computations. The statistical computations were analyzed, and conclusions were drawn based on computed results. Finally, recommendations were made after the findings of the study were clearly established. Treatment of data: The measurement data obtained for both the independent and dependent variables were treated as interval data. Hence, the Pearson's r was used in correlating x and y. On the basis of highly correlated variables, regression equations were established. To determine the correlation among all the variables used in this study, multiple correlation was used. Findings: The following were the major findings of the study: 1. There was a significant relationship between physics achievement and the intellective factors considered in this study namely: numerical ability, verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning, mechanical reasoning, and space relations. 2. A student's achievement in physics was significantly and negatively correlated to the non-intellective factor E-dominance. 3. Students with submissive personality traits showed better scores in physics than students with aggressive personality traits.