Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUEZON
TALIPAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PAGBILAO, QUEZON

Name of Researcher/s: School/School District: Talipan National High School

Pagbilao 1
Sandra Mendoza - Leader
Glenn Barlos
Eunice Faye Ulayao
Juan Ericko Martinez
Khan Casupang
Roselyn Tejada
Felix Diala

Grade Level: 12 Track: Academic Strand: HUMSS - GGA

Coach/Adviser: Lorna C. Arenal
RESEARCH/CAPSTONE PROJECT FINAL REPORT

Abstract: Senior High School aims to prepare students before entering college, equipping them with the global skills,
competencies and knowledge needed to achieves succesful career paths in the future. For Grade 10 Completers, it means
embarking on a new academic journey. It may seem intimidating at first, especially as you decide which strand to take or which
school to enroll in, but finding the right track and strand that matches your strengths and skills will surely help ease your nerves to
get you going. These Different tracks, strands, and specializations are intended for you to determine which paths fit your
strengths, passions and skills. Choosing the right Senior High School strand will help motivate you for your future career. Once
you choose a strand you like, studying becomes more enjoyable since the strands are designed and specialized to match your
interests. Moreover, it expands your knowledge and skills, while at the same time, exposing you to choseen field of study in
preparation for college. The questionnaire has 10 multiple choice questions that tackle different aspects of their reasons for
choosing a specific strand/track for Senior High. The respondents shaded the answers that were most appropriate and
applicable to them. The Researcher used Convenience Sampling Technique to Identified the 88 respondents who is willing and
available to answer the survey questionnaire of this study. For Qualitative, Thamatic Analysis; Coding, Categorizing and
Thematizing. For Quantative; Descriptive Staistics, Frequency and Percentage for Demographic Profile; Means and General
Weighted Meas for Languages application factors of grade 10 students choosing strand in senior high school. Based on the
findings of the survey conducted, it was observed that out of the total 88 respondents, 48 of them were females, accounting for
approximately 54.5% of the sample population. The remaining respondents identified themselves as males. In terms of age
distribution, a significant majority of the respondents, consisting of 86 individuals, fell within the 15-17 age range, which
represents approximately 98% of the sample. Only a small percentage, approximately 2%, comprised respondents aged between
18 and 20. Analysis of the data revealed that among the different sections in the school, Section MUM had the highest number of
respondents, with a total of 16 individuals. Conversely, Section MVL had the lowest number of respondents, with only 7
individuals. The Talipan National High School reseacher In order to response of the participant the researcher encourages the up
coming grade 11 senior high school to choose the interested strand to prepare students before entering college and more fully
comprehend the Strand to be taken.

Title Factors Influencing Grade 10 Students of Talipan National High School Choosing Strand in
Senior High

Purpose This study would like to determine Factors Influencing Grade 10 Students Choosing Strand in Senior
High School.

Brief
Introduction Republic Act No. 10533 also known as the "Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013" is an act enhancing
the Philippine's basic education system by strengthening its curriculum and increasing the number of years
for basic education, appropriating funds therefore and for other purposes.

President Benigno Aquino III implemented the K-12 education program to raise the quality of every
Filipino learner to be globally competitive. The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic
education (six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior High
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School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and
prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment and entrepreneurship.

Senior High School (SHS)** covers the last two years of the K to 12 program and includes Grades 11
and 12. In SHS, students will go through a core curriculum and subjects under a track of their choice. The two
additional years will equip learners with skills that will better prepare them for the future, whether it be:
employment, entrepreneurship, skills development (further Tech-Voc Training), higher education (college).
Senior High School covers eight learning areas as part of its core curriculum, and adds specific tracks (similar
to college courses) based on four (4) disciplines: Academic (which includes Business, Science & Engineering,
Humanities & Social Science, and a General Academic strand). Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (with highly
specialized subject with TESDA).

SHS as part of the K to 12 Basic Curriculum, was developed in line with the curriculum of the
Commission of Higher Education (CHED) - the governing body for college and university education in the
Philippines. This ensures that by the time you graduate from Senior High School, you will have the standard
knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to go to college. This program aims to lessen unemployment
rate and encourage Filipino students to finish Senior High School because the two added years will enhance
and improve the skills of the students so that they can be job ready.

Research This study aims to know the level of satisfaction of students on new learning system. Specifically, it
Question/s sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:

1.1 sex;
1.2 age;
1.3 grade level;

2. What are the perceptions of the G10 students in terms of their personal interest on various
Senior High School strands?

3. What are the aptitudes or abilities do G10 students think is applicable to the strand they have
decided?

Brief Review
of Related A career choice is important because it determines your success in the next stages of your life (PAMS,
Literature/ n.d). One of the tasks of high school students is to explore and plan for their post secondary career options.
Studies High school students are at the exploration stage of career development. Many factors affect career choices of
high school students. Identifying these factors would give parents, educators, and industry an idea as to where
students place most of their trust in career selection process (Super, 1990).

Senior High School is two years of specialized upper secondary education; students may choose a
specialization based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity. Each student in Senior High School can
choose among three tracks: Academic; Technical-Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts. The Academic
track includes three strands: Accountancy, Business Management (ABM); Humanities and Social Sciences
(HUMSS);and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The choice of career track will
define the content of the subjects a student will take in Grades 11 and 12 (Official Gazette, 2012).

On the first semester SHS students were divided by their chosen strand. However, for this second
semester there are SHS students who opt to transfer to the other strand. It is in this context that the proponents
of the study would like to determine the factors that influence SHS student of SCC in the choice of strand.
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This study is aimed at finding the factors that influence the senior high school students in their chosen
strand. It seeks answers to the following questions: What are the factors that influences senior high school
students in choosing their strand and what is the demographic profile of senior high school students who
choose their specialization in terms of: (a) Ideal Jobs, (b) Personality (c) Family and (d) Peer/Classmate. The
result of the study may provide them information on the most and least influential factors of Senior High
School students in choosing their strand. The result will help the faculty members in their programs to guide
students in choosing the strand for themselves. This study may give information on the factors that influence
Senior High School students in choosing their strand. This study may serve as reference for other researchers
who may be interested in the same problem and in others that are related to it. This study was focused on the
factors that influence the senior high school

Conceptual Framework

Input Process Output

Profile of the
respondents in terms
of:
Age Factors Influencing
Gender Grade 10 Students of
Survey
Section Talipan National High
Questionnaire
School Choosing
Statistical Tools
Factors Influencing Strand in Senior High
Grade 10 Students School
Choosing Strand in
Senior High School

Figure 1. A conceptual paradigm showing the Input-Process-output of the

“Factors Influencing Grade 10 Students of Talipan National High School Choosing Strand in Senior
High School”.
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In the current study, the Researchers believed that the above paradigm best explained how the output could be
realized through the given process. In the input part includes the demographic profile of the respondents in
terms of sex, age and section. and the Factors of Grade 10 Students Choosing Strand in Senior High School.
While in the process part Includes survey, questionnaire and statistical tools used in the study. Lastly, the
Factors Influencing Grade 10 Students of Talipan National High School Choosing Strand in Senior High
School as the output of the study.

Design and Research Design

Methodology
For this study, the researcher used Quantitative Research Design to construct the Research instrument
based on the indicators of ech variable. The questionnaire has 10 multiple choice questions that tackle
different aspects of their reasons for choosing a specific strand/track for Senior High. The respondents
shaded the answers that were most appropriate and applicable to them. The Researcher used
Convenience Sampling Technique to Identified the 88 respondents who is willing and available to answer
the survey questionnaire of this study.

Research Locale

This research was conducted at Talipan National High School located at Sitio Fori, Barangay Talipan,
Pagbilao Quezon Province, Philippines. The respondents are the Grade 10 students, Junior High school of
TNHS.

Research Instrument

The researchers used close-ended questionnaire. The survey questionnaire includes the demographic
profiles of the respondents and contains the variables and indicators under different factors that affect a
students’ choice of strand in Senior High School. The survey questionnaire was validated by an expert to
ensure content validity

Findings I. Demographic profile of the respondents

1.1 Frequency distribution of the respondents in terms of sex

sex F P

Male 40 45.5%

Female 48 54.5%

Total 88 100%
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Frequency Distribution of the Respondents in terms of sex

Female Male

SEX

Female Male

Table 1.1 shows the frequency distribution of the respondents in terms of sex.
Out of 88, there are 40 male respondents which corresponds to the 45.5% and there are 48 female
respondents which corresponds to the remaining 54.5%. Therefore, the majority of the respondents
are female as the female respondents have higher percentage than the male respondents.

1.2 Frequency distribution of the respondents in terms of age

Age F P
15-17 86 98%

18-20 2 2%

Total 88 100%

1.2 There were 88 grade 10 students who participated in the study the majority age range 15-17
years old that is equivalent to 98% while there are 2 respondents that ranges 18-20 years old that is
equivalent to 2%.

1.3 Frequency distribution of the respondents in terms of grade level

Study Variables Frequency (n=88) Percentage
Section
JBJ 8 9%
KDG 10 11.3%
IRA 15 17%
ERM 12 14%
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MVL 7 8%
ACP 9 10.2%
LP 11 12.5%
MUM 16 18%
TOTAL 88 100

1.3 There are 8 Section from Grade 10 students of TNHS that has a total of 88 Respondents. The
findings shows that section MUM has a highest frequency of 16 respondents that is equivalent of 18%. Follow
by, section IRA with a frequency of 15 that is equivalent to 17%. Section ERM with a frequency of 12 that is
equivalent to 14%.Section LP with a frequency of 11 that is equivalent to 12.5%.Section KDG with a
frequency of 10 that is equivalent to 11.3%. Section ACP with a frequency of 9 that is equivalent to
10.2%.Section JBJ with a frequency of 8 that equivalent to 9%. Section MVL with a frequency of 7 that is
equivalent to 8% and the lowest frequency of 7 is section MVL that is equivalent of 8%.

2.1DECISION STRONGLY AGREE NEUTRAL DISAGREE STRONGLY WEIGHTED VERBAL

MAKING AGREE 4 3 2 DISAGREE TOTAL MEAN DESCRIPTION
INTEREST 5 1

f p f p f p f p f p f p
1. I consider
my desire of
doing 32 36% 40 45% 10 11% 4 5% 2 3% 88 100% 4.06 Agree
things.

2 .I pay
attention to
my abilities 42 48% 37 42% 7 8% 2 2% 0 _ 88 100% 4.37 Strongly Agree
such as
knowledge
and skills.
3. I on how a
course
based on 35 40% 29 33% 19 22% 3 3% 2 2% 88 100% 4.05 Agree
how I feel
about it.
4. I decide
based on my
family 9 10% 18 20% 32 36% 23 26% 6 8% 88 100% 2.98 Neutral
profession.
5. I expect
my potential
in looking 30 35% 41 47% 15 17% 0 _ 1 1% 88 100% 4.17 Agree
for a job.
6. I prefer to
do the
things that 36 41% 37 42% 12 14% 3 3% 0 _ 88 100% 4.22 Strongly Agree
like the
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most.
7. I am
focused on
the things 40 45% 33 38% 11 13% 3 3% 1 1% 88 100% 4.23 Strongly Agree
that interest
me.

8. It is my
passion that
will me to
pursue the 43 49% 32 37% 10 11% 2 2% 1 1% 88 100% 4.31 Strongly Agree
course or
career I am
taking.
9. I defend
on my 30 34% 40 46% 15 17% 2 2% 1 1% 88 100% 4.1 Agree
abilities.
10. My
decision was
influenced 7 8% 16 18% 27 31% 24 27% 14 16% 88 100% 2.67 Neutral
by my
friends and
my peers.

GENERAL WEIGHTED MEAN 3.91 Agree

Legend:

Weighted average Opinion Weight

4.21-5.00 Strongly agree 5
3.41-4.20 Agree 4
2.61-3.40 Neutral 3
1.81-2.60 Strongly disagree 2
1.00-1.80 disagree 1

Table 2.1 shows the Frequency, Percentage and Weighted Mean of Impact of Factors Influencing Grade 10
Students Choosing Strand in Senior High School. For question number 1 out of 88 respondents there are 32 or
36% answers Strongly Agree, 40 or 45% answers Agree, 10 or 11% answers Neutral, 4 or 5% answers
Disagree, 2 or 3% answers Strongly Disagree with a weighted mean of 4.06 and Agree for its Verbal
Description. For question number 2, There are 42 or 48% answers Strongly Agree 37 or 42% answers Agree,
7 or 8% answers Neutral, 2 or 2% answers Disagree, 0 or 0% answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted
Mean of 4.37 and Strongly Agree for its Verbal Description. For question number 3, There are 35 or 40%
answers Strongly Agree, 29 or 33% answers Agree, 19 or 22% answers Neutral, 3 or 35 answers Disagree, 2
or 2% answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted Mean of 4.05 and Agree for Verbal Description. For
question number 4, There are 9 or 10% answers Strongly Agree, 18 or 20% answers Agree, 32 or 36%
answers Neutral, 23 or 26% answers Disagree, 6 or 85 answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted Mean of
2.98 and Neutral for Verbal Description. For question number 5, There are 30 or 35% answers Strongly
Agree, 41 or 47% answers Agree, 15 or 17% answers Neutral, 0 or 0% answers Disagree, 1 or 1% answers
Strongly Disagree with a Weighted Mean of 4.17 and Agree for Verbal Description. For question number 6,
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There are 36 or 41% answers Strongly Agree, 37 or 42% answers Agree, 12 or 14% answers Neutral, 3 or 3%
answers Disagree, 0 or 0% answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted Mean of 4.22 and Strongly Agree for
Verbal Description. For question number 7, There are 40 or 45% answers Strongly Agree, 33 or 38% answers
Agree, 11 or 13% answers Neutral, 3 or 3% answers Disagree, 1 or 1% answers Strongly Agree with a
Weighted Mean of 4.23 and Strongly Agree for Verbal Description. For question number 8, 43 or 49%
answers Strongly Agree, 32 or 37% answers Agree, 10 or 11% answers Neutral, 2 or 2% answers Disagree, 1
or 1% answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted Mean of 4.31 and Strongly Agree for Verbal Description.
For question number 9, There are 30 or 34% answers Strongly Agree, 40 or 46% answers Agree, 16 or 17%
answers Neutral, 2 or 2% answers Disagree, 1 or 1% answers answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted
Mean of 4.1 and Agree for Verbal Description. For question number 10, There are 7 or 8% answer Strong
Agree, 16 or 18% answers Agree, 27 or 31% answers Neutral, 24 or 27% answers Disagree, 14 or 16%
answers Strongly Disagree with a Weighted Mean of 2.67 and Neutral for Verbal Description.
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3.76 Agree

STRONGL AGREE NEUTRA DISAGRE STRONGL WEIGHTE VERBAL

Y AGREE L E Y D DESCRIPTIO
4 TOTAL
N
5 3 2 DISAGREE MEAN

f p f p f p f p f p f p

1. Will the
strand I
take help
me in 34 39% 18 20 14 16% 18 20% 4 5% 88 100 3.68 Agree
college? % %

2. What Strongly
are the agree
pros and
cons of 42 48% 37 42 7 8% 2 2% 0 _ 88 100 4.36
HUMSS % %
strand in
senior
high?

3. What Agree
are the
guides or
tips that 35 40% 41 46 7 8% 1 1% 4 5% 88 100 4.15
can be % %
used to
know
when
what I
take is
HUMSS.

4. What Agree
should be
considered
when 47 54% 18 20 7 8% 9 10% 7 8% 88 100 4.02
choosing a % %
strand?

5. Will I Neutral
like to
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Conclusion Based from the findings, the following conclusions were drawn:

1.1 Based on the findings of the survey conducted, it was observed that out of the total 88 respondents, 48 of
them were females, accounting for approximately 54.5% of the sample population. The remaining
respondents identified themselves as males.

1.2 In terms of age distribution, a significant majority of the respondents, consisting of 86 individuals, fell
within the 15-17 age range, which represents approximately 98% of the sample. Only a small percentage,
approximately 2%, comprised respondents aged between 18 and 20.

1.3 Analysis of the data revealed that among the different sections in the school, Section MUM had the
highest number of respondents, with a total of 16 individuals. Conversely, Section MVL had the lowest
number of respondents, with only 7 individuals.

2. Factors Affecting the Students' Choice

2.1 One of the key aspects explored in the research was the decision-making process behind students' choice
of their strand or specialized academic track. The findings indicate that a majority of the respondents made
their selection based on their personal skills and capabilities. This suggests that students are conscious of their
own strengths and interests when deciding on their educational path.

3. Perception of Personal Interest

3.1 Specifically focusing on students who opted for the HUMSS strand, it was observed that these individuals
carefully evaluated the pros and cons associated with this particular strand. This suggests that they take their
personal interests into account and engage in a thoughtful assessment of the potential advantages and
disadvantages before making their final decision.

4. Applicable Abilities in Chosen Strand

4.1 Further analysis of the data revealed that the respondents strongly agreed that their choice of strand was
primarily influenced by their personal interest in that particular field. This indicates that students believe it is
crucial to pursue a field of study that aligns with their passions and areas of interest, as it allows them to
effectively apply their abilities and maximize their potential for success in their chosen academic track.

In conclusion, the study examined various aspects related to the students' demographic profile, factors
influencing their choice of academic track, their perception of personal interest, and the relevance of their
abilities in the selected strand. The findings shed light on the importance of considering personal interests and
skills when making educational decisions, emphasizing the significance of aligning one's chosen academic
path with their individual strengths and aspirations.

Recommenda Based from the findings and conclusions, the following are hereby recommended:
tion [Link] response to the findings of the study,

[Link] Talipan National High School reseacher In order to response of the participant the researcher
encourages the up coming grade 11 senior high school to choose the interested strand to prepare
students before entering college and more fully comprehend the Strand to be taken.

[Link] future researcher should be conducted. To prevent students from being deceived by the
information they will learn while picking their future careers, career and track course options should
be available as early as possible.
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[Link] researcher recommends that the future researcher to conduct the study of students to make
informed career decisions, and competency-based curricula that address industry needs must be
introduced

[Link] future researcher should be conduct the study of Information seminar to develop of students
may know essential information regarding careers annual incomes personal information awareness
and the like.

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Bio note of
research The SHS Research Congress included Ms. Lorna C. Arenal (Winning Coach in and
adviser
Division Level). She was the head teacher and coordinator of senior high school at Talipan
National High School . She received the Luminary Excellence Award for Outstanding
Social Science Educator and the Lumina Highest Awardee in the Field of Social Science
Education. She was a division and international research presenter, as well as a research
poster presenter and researcher.