Southeast Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies

INVESTIGATING THE PRACTICES OF SECONDARY STUDENTS ON COMPUTER GAMES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

2022-05-12T15:45:41+00:00

This study mainly investigated the practices of secondary students on computers games. An exploratory sequential approach was used to describe and interpret the data acquired, beginning with qualitative data collection and analysis and concluding with quantitative data gathering and analysis. Initially, an in-depth interview and a focus group discussion with 17 participants were conducted. Then, a survey questionnaire was developed based on the qualitative findings. Afterwards, 300 secondary students served as the respondents to gather data in the quantitative phase. Data revealed that there were three themes that emerged in the qualitative phase that put emphasis on prosocial practices, repulsive actions, and positive behaviors. The four underlying dimensions of elements in the computer game model based on exploratory factor analysis include behavioral changes, socio-emotional and cognitive impacts, positive behaviors, and repulsive actions. The questionnaire utilized in the quantitative stage exhibited a very high reliability. Nevertheless, the final output contains 28 items, with 14 items in the behavioral changes dimension, 6 items on the socio-emotional and cognitive impacts dimension, 5 items in positive behaviors, and 3 items in repulsive actions.

STUDY SKILLS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE NEW NORMAL ENVIRONMENT

2022-05-16T03:12:17+00:00

This study determined the relationship between study skills and academic performance of students in the new normal environment. The Descriptive-correlational design was utilized in this study. A total of 165 students were selected using the stratified sampling technique. The mean and Pearson r correlation were utilized as statistical tools to analyze the data. The results show that the college students have only moderate level of study skills and good rating in their academic performance. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between study skills and academic performance of students.

Keywords: Study Skills, Academic Performance, College Students, New Normal Environment

ANALYSIS OF THE FACTOR STRUCTURE OF FILIPINO TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES AMIDST PANDEMIC

2022-05-12T16:13:36+00:00

This study on the integrated findings of an exploratory sequential mixed methods research design examined the teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic. The exploratory sequential mixed method design is characterized by an initial qualitative phase of data collection and analysis, followed by a phase of quantitative phase of data collection analysis, with a final phase of integration or linking of data from two separate strands of data. More specifically, it aimed to construct, develop and evaluate the teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic scale. In the qualitative phase, there were seven teachers who participated in the in-depth interview and ten teachers participated in the focus group discussion. There were three themes that emerged from the interview that put emphasis on acknowledging the students’ need, technological competence and knowledge on the curriculum guide. A 20-item teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic scale was also constructed based from the results of the interview, which was subjected to the quantitative phase. In the quantitative phase, 200 questionnaire responses were analyze for exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results showed three underlying dimension of teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic. A total of three themes on teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic questionnaire was developed which are acknowledging the students’ need with a total of six items, technological competence with a total of seven items and knowledge on the curriculum guide with a total of seven items and the overall the scale has a total of 20-item questionnaire.

MENTORING SKILLS OF PARENTS IN THE NEW NORMAL: A MIXED METHOD RESEARCH

2022-05-12T16:02:16+00:00

This study determined the factor structure of mentoring skills of parents in the new normal. The exploratory sequential mixed methods design was utilized that started with qualitative phase then followed by quantitative data collection and analysis. More specifically, it aimed to construct a mentoring skills scale in a sample of parents. In the qualitative phase, there were ten (10) parents who participated in the in-depth interview and seven (7) parents participated in the focus group discussion. Moreover, a total of 300 parents have been selected as respondents in quantitative phase. Meanwhile, the data were analyzed using the thematic analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The results show that a total of four themes have emerged in the qualitative findings that put emphasis on parental involvement and motivation, time management, reward system, and information and communication technology integration. On the other hand, the EFA results showed four underlying dimension of mentoring skills.

FLEXIBLE WORK CONDITION AS PREDICTOR OF WORK PERFORMANCE

2022-05-12T15:50:25+00:00

The study was conducted to find out the levels of flexible working condition and work performance of teachers, and as well the influence of flexible working condition on work performance. This study used a correlational research design in a sample of 200 elementary teachers in Matalam North Cotabato. Sets of survey questionnaires were used to gather data from the respondents. The results revealed that there is a high level of flexible working condition and work performance of teachers. Moreover, the flexible working condition significantly predict work performance.

TEACHER RESILIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS AS PREDICTORS OF TEACHING CAPACITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A CONVERGENT APPROACH

2022-05-12T16:17:18+00:00

This study was mainly conducted to determine the levels and lived experiences of teachers’ resilience and professional development trainings towards their teaching capacity among teachers in Carmen North and Central District. This study utilized Concurrent Quan + Quali Mixed Method Design wherein the collection of samples and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data were collected in the same time but separate in manner. Survey questionnaires were given to 200 elementary classroom teachers for the quantitative strand of the study. Seventeen (17) teachers became the participants of the In-Depth Interview (IDI) and Focus Group Discussion. The findings indicated high level of teachers’ resilience, professional development trainings, and teaching capacity. The combined influence of teachers’ resilience and professional development trainings had positive and significant influence towards teaching capacity. Further, teachers’ resilience found to be the significant predictor on teachers’ teaching capacity. It implies, the more resilient teachers are, the better performance they have in the workplace. Consequently, the findings of the quantitative strand were confirmed by majority of the participants in the qualitative strand. Hence, the qualitative and quantitative data showed convergence in its result.

INVESTIGATING ATTRIBUTES OF WOMEN SCHOOL LEADERS: EXPLORATORY APPROACH

2022-05-12T16:09:39+00:00

This study aimed to investigate the attributes of women school leaders in North Cotabato. A total of 247 public elementary teachers were participated in the study. An exploratory approach was employed in the study by conducting the in-depth interview, focus group discussion, reliability evaluation and conducting a survey. The results showed that there were four major themes were extracted on the attributes of women as school leader which include the strength, perseverance, adoptability and grit attributes; the highest factor of attributes of women as school leader includes being committed, transparent, not corrupt and teachable; there is high significant of attributes of women as school leader with p-value = 0.000; and the tool developed were includes 45 items test questions with high reliability result. Hence, it is recommended that the instrument developed can be used as tool to evaluate the attributes of women as school leaders.

A PATH ANALYSIS ON WORK PERFORMANCE AS ESTIMATED BY TELECOMMUTE WORK ENGAGEMENT, COMPUTER LITERACY SKILLS, AND CAREER ADAPTABILITY SKILLS

2022-05-12T15:57:23+00:00

The study determined the relationship work performance as estimated by telecommute work engagement, computer literacy skills, and career adaptability skills of teachers. A total of 300 teachers from public elementary schools have participated in the study. Sets of adopted survey questionnaires were utilized in obtaining data from the respondents. The mean and standard deviation, Pearson r correlation, and multiple regression analysis were utilized as statistical tools in the study. The results reveal that the degree of work performance as estimated by telecommute work engagement, computer literacy skills, and career adaptability skills of teachers is high. Moreover, there is a significant relationship between telecommute work engagement and work performance (r=.523, p<.05), and computer literacy skills and teachers’ work performance (r=.412, p><.05). Further, career adaptability skills have no significant relationship on the teachers’ work performance (r=.019, p><.05). On the other hand, among the three variables, computer literacy skills (β=.080, p><.05) and career adaptability skills (β=.083, p><.05) have significant direct effect on teachers’ work performance.> (r=.523, p<.05), and computer literacy skills and teachers’ work performance (r=.412, p<.05). Further, career adaptability skills have no significant relationship on the teachers’ work performance (r=.019, p<.05). On the other hand, among the three variables, computer literacy skills (β=.080, p<.05) and career adaptability skills (β=.083, p<.05) have significant direct effect on teachers’ work performance.