Rizal College of Laguna

Parian, Calamba City

Bachelor of Secondary Education-Major in English

APPROVAL SHEET
In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of
Secondary Education Major in English, this thesis entitled, LEARNING
PREFERENCES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF BACHELOR OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS OF RIZAL COLLEGE OF
LAGUNA, S.Y. 2015-2016, has been prepared and submitted by the
following: Denielle A. Cmbel, Mark Allan R. Garan, and Lolibeth A.
Rumbines who were hereby recommended for oral examination.
RICO A. HERRERO
Adviser
PANEL OF EXAMINERS
Examined and approved by oral examination committee with the rating
of ___________, on ___________2016.
SUSANA M. ALCANTARA
Examiner
GERLIE VILLANUEVA
Examiner

MARIA C. ALVAREZ, MBA

Examiner

Accepted and approved in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the

degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English.

RONALDO B. MARIANO
Vice President

Atty. ROLDAN M. NOYNAY, Ph.D.

President

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Writing this note of thanks is the finishing touch of our thesis. This
thesis has been a period of intense learning and has a big impact on us. We
would like to reflect on the people who have supported and helped us
throughout this period.
Foremost, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to our
adviser, Mr. Rico Herrero for the continuous support on our thesis, for your
patience, motivation, enthusiasm, and immense knowledge. Your guidance
helped us in all the time of research and writing of this thesis. We could not
have imagined having a better adviser and mentor for this study. Without you,
this thesis would not have been completed. It is with your supervision that this
work came into existence.
Our special and heartily thanks to the Professors who helped for the
validation of our questionnaires/checklist, Mrs. Susan Alcantara, Mr. Lorence
Enzo Paz, and Ms. Gerlie Villanueva, who provided ideas, and for their
encouragements and insightful comments. Your support has been very much
appreciated.

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We would also like to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to

our respondents, the Second Year and Third Year Education students of Rizal
College of Laguna, for being cooperative and your willingness to give minutes
of your time to read and answer the survey forms we provided.
A Very Special thanks to Dr. Hizon for the statistical support she has
given. You helped us see things clearly with regards to the interpretation of
such data. Your help made a pile of numbers understandable.
We, the researchers, express our genuine thanks to each other.
Though this thesis gave us so much stress, there comes a time of having
misunderstanding and argumentation yet we overcome those obstacles
through regular discussion. We tried to cheer up when someone was about to
give up and we helped and motivated each other to continue our journey until
the completion of this research. We werent only able to support each other
by deliberating over our problems but also to talk about things other than just
our papers. We thank each other for always being there as a listening ear and
for sharing with our highs and lows of research.
Last but not the least, we would like to thank our family for the
unending support by all means. Thank you for the sympathetic ear and for
always being there for us. Your patience, understanding, and words of
encouragement motivated us to keep going.

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Thank You Very Much Everyone!

Denielle
Mark
Lolibeth

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Bachelor of Secondary Education-Major in English

ABSTRACT

Title

Learning Preferences and Academic

Achievement of Education Students of Rizal
College of Laguna
S.Y. 2015-2016

Researchers

Cambel, Denielle A.
Garan, Mark Allan R.
Rumbines, Lolibeth A.

Degree Conferred

Bachelor of Secondary Education major in

English

Institution

Rizal College of Laguna

Date Defended

September 30, 2016

Adviser

Mr. Rico Herrero

This study sought to determine the relationship between the learning

preferences and the academic achievement of the Bachelor of Secondary
Education students of Rizal College of Laguna during Academic Year 2016
2017.
The following problems was given considered and later given solutions
as well: (1) How do the learning preferences of the second year and third year
BSE students of Rizal College of Laguna be described in terms of

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psychological, physiological, and sociological aspects? (2) What is the level of

academic performance of the second year and third year BSE students during
AY 2015-2016? (3) Is there a significant relationship between the learning
preferences and academic performance of the second year and third year
BSE students of Rizal College of Laguna?
A descriptive research design was utilized in this study considering the
twenty-nine (29) student-respondents from the second year and third year BS
Education department of Rizal College of Laguna which were taken using the
purposive-convenience sampling technique.
In order to describe the learning preferences of the studentrespondents in terms of the three (3) aspects, weighted mean was utilized.
On the other hand, averaging was used to measure the level of academic
achievement of the respondents. Finally, to determine the relationship
between the two variables, Pearson- Correlation was imposed.
It was found out that the students perceptions in sociological
aspects yield an overall mean of 3.86 which means that they often preferred
sociological learning. On the same manner, the physiological aspect of
learning was also often preferred by the students based on the overall mean
perceptions of 3.84. Similarly, the psychological aspect of learning was also
often preferred by the students based on the overall mean of 4.33. I terms of

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the relationship between the variables, the results of the test yields a weak
negative correlation between students academic performance and learning
preferences in terms of sociological aspects (r = -0.01) and physiological
aspects (r = -0.24) while a moderate negative correlation was found between
students academic performance and learning preferences in terms of
psychological aspects (r = -0.41). It was also established that the two
variables were significantly correlated, since the r value is greater that the
tabular value of 0.37 and its probability (p) value is less than the level of
significance at o .05.
Therefore, it was found out that the sociological, physiological and
psychological aspects are often preferred learning preferences by the
students; that as a learning preference, working with others is the only
preference that continuously practice by BSE students; that more than half of
the BSE students show good academic performance based on their grade
point average (GPA) of school year 2015-2016; that there is a significant
moderate correlation between the learning preferences in terms of
psychological aspects and the academic performance of the BSE students.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

APPROVAL SHEET

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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ABSTRACT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF TABLES

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LIST OF FIGURES

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CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction
Background of the Study
Theoretical Framework
Conceptual Framework
Conceptual Paradigm
Statement of the Problem
Scope and Limitation
Significance of the Study
Definition of Key Terms
CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND
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CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design
Research Locale
Sample and Sampling Technique
Research Instruments
Data Gathering Procedure
Statistical Treatment
CHAPTER 4: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION OF DATA
CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS,
RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary of Findings
Conclusions
Recommendations
Bibliography
APPENDICES
Letter to the School Administration
Letter to the Respondents
Survey Questionnaire
Curriculum Vitae

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LIST OF TABLES

Table

Title of the Table

BSE Students Learning Preferences in terms of

Sociological Aspect

BSE Students Learning Preferences in terms of

Physiological Aspect

BSE Students Learning Preferences in terms of

Psychological Aspect

Level of Academic Performance of the BS Education

Students of Rizal College of Laguna

Result of Relationship Test Between the Students Learning

Preferences and their Academic Performance

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure
1

Title of the Table

Conceptual Paradigm showing the relationship of
Physiological, Psychological and Sociological factors on
learning preferences and academic achievements of the
students.

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