Senior High School Students Research Articles

Communicative Competence and the Speaking Performance among Senior High School Students

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between communicative competence and speaking performance among senior high school students. Using a descriptive-correlational research design, thirty (30) Grade 11 STEM students from Padre Garcia Integrated National High School during the academic year 2023-2024 were selected as respondents of the study. Five expert teachers validated the instrument. The test questionnaires were used as the primary instruments to evaluate communicative competence among participants. The questionnaire consisted of a test aimed at gathering data regarding participants' communicative competence and a rubric to test speaking performance. Statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, and Pearson R were utilized to test the relationship of the independent and dependent variables. Hypotheses were tested and the findings revealed the following information: the hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between communicative competence and the speaking performance of senior high school learners is accepted. Having all those findings, this study recommends diversifying instructional strategies in enhancing sociolinguistic and strategic competence; conducting Focus Group Discussion (FGD); integrating speaking skills development across the curriculum and implementing cross-domain training. Future researchers may conduct a study on communicative competence and speaking performance of senior high school on a large scale such as regional or national level.

Strengthening Digital Literacy in Online Time Management among Senior High School Students

Rapid advances in digital technology have made digital literacy an important skill, especially among senior high school students who spend much time online. This community service project aims to improve digital literacy and time management skills among senior high school students, with a focus on effective and productive online activities. This project was carried out in collaboration with Gontangwetan Pasuruan Public High School 1 which involved students as the main beneficiaries. A participatory approach be used, including pre-assesment and post-assessment, interactive workshops, and ongoing mentoring. The findings showed a significant improvement in students' understanding of digital literacy, with an average increase of 25% in digital literacy and online time management skills. This increase results in better academic performance and a more balanced lifestyle. The results underscore the importance of equipping students with digital literacy skills to navigate the digital age effectively. This community service project demonstrates the potential of the initiative to foster responsible digital behavior and improve overall student productivity.

Assessment of the Impact of Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Self-efficacy on Senior High School Learners’ Mathematics Proficiency

Aim: The purpose of this study was to provide insights into the specific ways in which teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and self-efficacy impact the mathematics proficiency of senior high school students. Methods: The study employed positivism quantitative research approach and a descriptive design. The study sample size was 178 comprising 152 Home Economics students and 26 mathematics teachers. The sample members were chosen for the study using purposive sampling technique. A questionnaire and a test of mathematical proficiency were used to gather data. In this work, a basic linear regression model and descriptive statistics were employed as data analysis tools. Results: The study's findings indicate that teachers have a relatively high level of pedagogical content knowledge, with mean scores ranging from 2.88 to 3.69; 2). The study also discovered that teachers have a relatively high level of self-efficacy, with mean scores ranging from 2.88 to 3.69; 3). Additionally, the findings of the simple linear regression analysis did not show a significant correlation between the pedagogical content knowledge, self-efficacy, and students mathematics test performance. Conclusion: The study concluded that teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and self-efficacy have no significant impact on senior high school learners’ mathematics proficiency. This therefore implies that other elements, such as student background variables, school resources, or educational practices, may have a greater impact on students' mathematical success. Recommendation: The study recommended that future studies use more complete measures of teacher dedication and other factors that may affect student outcomes to examine the association between teacher traits and student accomplishment in mathematics education.

Mediating Effect of Language Exposure to the Student Interaction and Sociolinguistic Competence of Senior High School Students

Understanding the importance of student interactions influences the process of improving sociolinguistic competence, especially since it plays a crucial role in English proficiency. This study examined whether language exposure mediates the relationship between student interactions and sociolinguistic competence among senior high school students. Data were collected from 179 respondents through adapted questionnaires assessing students' interaction, language exposure, and sociolinguistic competence. Mediation analysis using the Sobel test was conducted to test the hypothesized mediation model. Student interaction was significantly related to sociolinguistic competence, language exposure was significantly associated with sociolinguistic competence, and student interaction was significantly related to language exposure. The indirect effect of language exposure on student interaction and sociolinguistic competence significantly indicated that language exposure mediated the relationship between student interaction and sociolinguistic competence. The intervention showed the consideration of language exposure in improving students' sociolinguistic competence, especially at school. Since the study provided pieces of evidence for the mediating role of language exposure in the relationship between student interaction and sociolinguistic competence, allowing and encouraging the students to be more exposed to the language as they interact using English may be a promising avenue for enhancing sociolinguistic competence, particularly in aiming students' overall English proficiency.

Education Communicator, Bersatu-Manggurebe Moves Forward After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Maluku Province

This study aims to analyze how the role of teachers, united-manggurebe progresses in implementing the “triangle of support” learning system development model in the post-Covid-19 pandemic. This research uses a qualitative approach with an interactive analysis model combination analysis technique. The research targets are the education office, elementary school principals, junior and senior high school teachers, parents, and students. Primary data, namely the main data in the study, were collected through in-depth interviews with expert informants and casual informants, while secondary data were obtained through reviewed documents and various literature from related sources. The results showed that the teachers carried out their service duties with the philosophy of “Bersatu, Manggurebe Maju”, post-pandemic with all the limitations of supporting facilities for the distance learning process, believed to be the dynamics of moving forward to achieve the goal that how important the learning process is, in an effort to educate the lives of the nation’s children in Maluku. Keywords: teacher’s role, Bersatu-Manggurebe Maju, post Covid-19 pandemic

Faith and Reason: Reinventing Scholasticism in Postmodern Philippine Catholic Education

This paper aims to present the necessity of a new scholastic movement as an intellectual and religious movement and to reinvent it in the context of 21st Century Philippine Catholic Education. This reinvention of Scholasticism aims to design a curriculum for Senior high school students in order to equip them in understanding and defending the Catholic Faith and Teachings. Since the Catholic Church is facing the problems given by postmodernism and atheism, there is a need for another scholastic movement to counter these problems. This paper uses in-depth and comprehensive analysis of texts related to reinvention of scholastic movement in the 21st Century. The researcher used Purposive Sampling technique to carefully select the articles based on their relevance to the reinvention of scholastic movement. This paper uses updated and relevant research papers for analysis. In addition, to argue that there is a need for a new scholastic movement in Philippine Catholic education, the Hegelian dialectic was used, the idea of history repeating itself became the start point of this paper to argue that this is philosophical sound and valid. This paper examines the necessity of the 21st Century Philippine Catholic Education to the reinvented scholastic movement and it also offers a comprehensive curriculum design to reinvent scholasticism in education. Since, it aims to craft a curriculum which is anchored to apologetics and scholasticism, this proposed curriculum can equip the students to be effective Christians who will defend the church and its teachings. With this, the Religious Education for Grade 11 and Grade 12 will be a strong foundation of Catholic Faith in the 21st Century Philippine Education for Catholic schools.

Semantic differences in understanding of English words of senior high school students: frequent questions and teaching suggestions

This research demonstrates the English words’ understanding due to semantic differences, together with further teaching advice and frequent questions. Because of the cultural differences, the expression of English and Chinese meanings is different. Consequently, it can be easy for learners to confuse and understand the intended meaning incorrectly. There are several negative results of students having weak knowledge of polysemous words: lower academic performance, and passage understanding, together with a weaker lexical foundation. In order to explore thus address the situation of mastered weak polysemy knowledge, this essay will investigate students and teachers who come from high schools in various cities in China their knowledge of polysemy as well as the following learning difficulties; the research found that (1) the universality of polysemy learning, academic performance; (2) the teaching pertinence, importance of foundation and teaching method. From those findings, this research supposes that the approach of increasing reading amount, fostering English literacy, and using a preferred vocabulary memorization method can be used so as to improve and solve the issue.

Parent Involvement in Post-School Transition Services for Senior High School Students With Intellectual Disabilities.

Parents play a key role in the transition process of their children. After high school students with intellectual disabilities leave the school system, they need the cooperation of schools and families to ensure successful employment and independent living. A case study was conducted in a Taiwanese high school special education class, collecting data from 12 participants through interviews, documents and diaries. The results showed that active parental involvement in transition activities, strong parent-teacher partnerships, understanding of students' strengths and support from social resources were key to successful transitions. This study explored the effectiveness and difficulties of parents' participation in the post-school transition of students with intellectual disabilities from the perspectives of teachers, parents and students. Finally, it proposed the need to be the child's significant other, early participation in transition planning and joint involvement of parents and their children.

PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY DURING ORAL PRESENTATION: FACTORS AFFECTING AND HOW STUDENTS OVERCOME IT

The main focus in this research is to investigate the factors affecting public speaking anxiety among students during oral presentation and to explore students’ strategies to overcome public speaking anxiety. The participants in this this case study research are 2nd grade of senior high school students at Daruttaqwien Islamic Boarding School. This research utilizes observation and interview to explore more deeply about factors causing public speaking anxiety and students’ strategies to overcome it during oral presentation. The results of this research found that the students experienced various factors affecting public speaking anxiety such as lack of confidence, language factor, grammar factor, pronunciation factor, and peer factor. Meanwhile, the students’ strategies in overcoming public speaking anxiety were think positively, preparation, practice, and deal with audience. Hopefully, the results of this study can be helpful as a reference for students and teachers in order to aware about public speaking anxiety, so the approach for overcoming public speaking anxiety can be found simultaneously.

Differences in Career Decision Making Self Efficacy (CDMSE) Between Men and Women in Generation Z

The current phenomenon shows that teenagers often need more confidence in making career decisions. This study aimed to identify differences in the level of Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE) between male and female students in Senior High School (SMA). The type of research used was quantitative and used a comparative method. The population of this study was 640 students in grades XI and XII in high school. The sample of this study was 200 students taken using a random sampling technique. The method used in collecting data was a questionnaire. The instrument used was the CDMSES-SF scale developed by N.E. Betz. The data analysis technique used in this study was non-parametric analysis with the Mann-Whitney test. The results obtained from the data analysis showed significant differences in the level of CDMSE between male and female students. Male students have higher CDMSE than female students. For male students, special attention is needed on the planning and goal selection aspects, while for female students, it is on the planning aspect. These results suggest that male and female students need different approaches to career guidance, especially in planning and goal selection.

Comparison Between Contextual And Conventional Learning on The Poetry Writing Ability of Senior High School 1 Lembang Students

Students' ability to write poetry must be more meaningful, this will not happen if Indonesian language teachers still use conventional models in their learning. Breakthroughs such as Contextual Learning are needed so that learning to write poetry is more meaningful for students. The aim of the research is to determine the differences in the poetry writing abilities of students who study using Contextual Learning and conventional models at SMAN 1 Lembang. The research used in this research is experimental, with Non-equivalent (Pretest and Posttest) Control-Group Design. The population in this study was class X students of Senior High School 1 Lembang, totaling 10 classes. The sample was determined randomly, so classes X 3 and X 7 were determined, each with 31 students. The instrument uses the Poetry Writing Ability Test. Data analysis follows the following steps: 1) Normality test with p-value > 0.05, 2) Homogeneity test with p-value < 0.05, and 3) ANOVA test with p-value < 0.05. If the data is not normal or homogeneous then a Non-Parametric test is carried out using the Wilcoxxon and Mann-Whitney U tests. The research results show that the use of Contextual Learning in learning to write poetry provides better results when compared to conventional models.

Students’ Attitude and Oral Communication Performance

Every student's educational path must include learning since it allows them to improve and advance their speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills. The goal of the current study was to ascertain how students' attitudes and oral communication performance related to one another. The study looked into the relationship between the prevalent attitudes that students frequently displayed in relation to their performance in oral communication. 226 Senior High School students from Opol National Secondary Technical School, Opol East District, Division of Misamis Oriental, who were enrolled in the HUMSS, STEM, and TVL tracks and strands participated in the study by responding to three sets of survey questions. The mean and standard deviation were employed to ascertain the predominant attitudes among the pupils about affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitudes. The students’ performance in oral communication was assessed using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. To ascertain whether there was a significant relationship between the independent and dependent variables, Pearson r correlation was employed. Because there was a strong association found between students' attitudes and oral communication performance, the study found that cognitive attitudes had a substantial impact on students' oral communication performance. This shows that the respondents' use of cognitive attitudes in scholastic oral activities is crucial since it has a big impact on how well they do. The results of the study imply that in order to assist students acquire positive behavioral and affective attitudes, educators and school administrators should employ a variety of activities that will help them refine their behavioral and affective skills.

Explicit Instruction in Teaching General Mathematics and the Application of Concrete – Pictorial-Abstract Approach

This study determined the performance of grade 11 senior high school students using explicit instruction in teaching General Mathematics and the application of concrete – pictorial-abstract approach during the school year 2022-2023. The study utilized the quasi-experimental research design employing pretest and posttest in general mathematics during the second grading period. The participants of this study were 45 Grade 11 students of ICT B and 42 students of ICT C under TVL – Strand. Purposive sampling technique was utilized in determining the samples of the study. The findings revealed that Grade 11 students had very poor performance in general mathematics, but that performance improved when the teachers gave explicit instructions and employed the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach. Grade 11 students in the control and experimental groups increased their mean gain scores, which proved that explicit instructions and application of the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach were effective in teaching General Mathematics. It is highly recommended that teachers are advised to apply their learnings in teaching General Mathematics to Grade 11 senior high school students using explicit instruction and a concrete-pictorial-abstract approach in order to demonstrate a commitment to improving existing practices and ultimately enhancing the learning outcomes of the students.

The use of anemia comics as the learning medium in Senior High School Students from Gresik, East Java, Indonesia

Media has a impactful role for the spread of wellness, which was essential to attract public awareness. Media can facilitate health communication which targetted many stakeholders including governments and public citizen. Anemia is an individual contion which the number of haemoglobin concentration is lower than normal value. This study was carried out in Menganti Senior High School, East Java, Indonesia. Anemia comics were distributed to female student in this school. A total of 75 students were participated in this study. Every student were given pretest and posttest to assess their knowledge about anemia, including the clinical manifestation of anemia, diagnosis of anemia, prevention of anemia, and also long impact of anemia. Anemia comics can be used as a learning medium for the prevention of anemia which targeted adolescent girls. This study shows the difference significant result between pretest and posstest of targeted group after get the intervention.

Customer Satisfaction of Students with Front-Line Service Delivery at a Private Higher Institution in Cavite, Philippines

This study investigates student satisfaction with frontline service delivery at San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite (SSC-R), recognizing the critical role of service providers in enhancing student experiences. The primary aim is to assess the level of satisfaction among students, identify challenges faced by frontline staff, and evaluate existing support strategies to recommend evidence-based approaches for improvement. Employing a mixed-methods research design, the study combines descriptive and evaluative methods, utilizing an online survey questionnaire to gather data from senior high school and college students, as well as frontline service staff across ten service offices. The findings reveal that students generally express satisfaction with the quality of services, particularly in terms of timeliness, quality, efficiency, and adequacy. However, senior high school students reported higher satisfaction levels compared to their college counterparts. The study identifies significant challenges faced by frontline staff, including data fragmentation, diverse student needs, and a demanding work environment. In conclusion, the research highlights the necessity for targeted interventions to bridge the satisfaction gap, improve staff effectiveness, and foster a culture of continuous improvement, ultimately enhancing the overall student experience at SSC-R.

A Comparative Analysis of the Student Preferences for Digital and Physical Books in Library Usage

The study investigates student preferences for digital and physical library resources at San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite, Philippines, amidst the evolving landscape of educational technology integration. Through a comprehensive analysis of survey data collected from Senior High School and College students, the research identifies significant trends in resource utilization patterns and their impact on academic achievement. Results indicate a preference for digital resources, although some students still value physical materials. Statistical analyses reveal discipline-specific variations in resource utilization and a positive correlation between the frequency of accessing digital resources and academic performance. The study underscores the importance of aligning library services with student preferences to optimize learning outcomes and foster digital literacy. Recommendations are made for tailored interventions to enhance resource provision and promote equitable access across academic disciplines

A literature review on the use of cellphones and effects to academic performance of senior high school students of pilar national high school

A literature review on the use of cellphones and effects to academic performance of senior high school students of pilar national high school

K to 12 implementation in Siquijor: The senior high school students’ lived experience

The Philippines has finally shifted to the K to 12 curriculum, with a senior high school program. This study explored the students’ lived experiences in Senior High school. A qualitative research design utilizing the 5-step Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used. Ten students from the 10 Senior High Schools in the Province of Siquijor, Philippines participated and were randomly selected and interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. The following themes emerged: a) opportunities, b) challenges, and c) uncertainties. Likewise, the students had taken advantage of the opportunities to acquire future-ready skills, student-centered instruction, and adequate learning materials, and were mentored by high-performing teachers. There were challenges caused by the inadequacy of the facilities and the difficulty of the curriculum. Uncertainties about the support of the community and the tracks that the students wanted to pursue were also prevalent in their responses. Therefore, the implementation of the new curriculum has some positive developments and areas for improvement.

How Does Perceived Social Support Impact Mental Health and Creative Tendencies Among Chinese Senior High School Students?

The senior high school period is a critical phase for the proliferation of mental health problems, as well as a key period for cognitive development among adolescents. Due to the importance of support from the external environment for students, this study aims to explore and verify the protective role of social support in the mental health and creative tendencies of senior high school students, as well as its mechanisms and boundary conditions. Based on a survey of 1463 Chinese senior high school students, a moderated mediation model was constructed. The results showed that (1) perceived social support significantly negatively predicts mental health problems and significantly positively predicts creative tendencies; (2) self-esteem mediates the impact of perceived social support on both mental health problems and creative tendencies; (3) perceived stress not only moderates the impact of self-esteem on mental health problems and creative tendencies, but also moderates the mediating effect of self-esteem. The findings of this study shed light on the positive impact of social support and the self-esteem it nurtures during the senior high school years. These insights offer valuable recommendations for practitioners aiming to prevent mental health issues and foster creative tendencies among senior high school students.

Examining high school students' conception of the function concept from a theoretical thinking perspective

This study explores the conceptions of functions among high school students through the lens of theoretical thinking, encompassing three core components: reflective, systemic and analytical thinking. A case study methodology was employed in this research. The data were gathered through interviews with 11 senior high school students and analysed using deductive content analysis techniques. The findings reveal that students needing more reflective thinking tend to resort to practical methods and quickly gave up when facing challenges. Those who showed limited systemic thinking often relied on incorrect or inadequate criteria to determine if an expression constituted a function and struggled to connect the function concept with other concepts. Students needing more analytical thinking faced challenges in employing mathematical language and representations for functions, verifying if an expression is a function or transforming representations and frequently overlooked quantifiers or logical connectors related to variables in definitional properties. In this study, the theoretical thinking framework, mainly used for university-level mathematical concepts, provided a broad perspective in determining high-school students' understanding of the concept of function. Future research should extend this approach to various educational levels and concepts to enhance our understanding of students' conceptions and enrich the theoretical thinking framework.