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The Normal Lights Philippine Normal University Journal on Teacher Education Educational Policy Research and Development Center Philippine Normal University 2013 Copyright © 2013 of the individual works reverts to the authors ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owners. Published and exclusively distributed by the EDUCATIONAL POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER Philippine Normal University Taft Avenue, Manila Tel/Fax No. (632) 527-0366 Printed by the University Press ISSN: 1656-4413 ii Publication Board ESTER B. OGENA, Ph.D. REBECCA C. NUEVA ESPAÑA, Ph.D. BILL ATWEH, Ph.D. (Curtin University) ROSALIND MURRAY‐HARVEY, Ph.D. (Flinders University) GAVIN SANDERSON, Ph.D. (University of South Australia) SHARON SENK, Ph.D. (Michigan State University) TIMOTHY TEO, Ph.D. (University of Auckland) Board of Consultants MARILYN U. BALAGTAS, Ph.D. WILMA S. REYES, Ph.D. Directors of Publication V. LÁZARO MENDIOLA Editor‐in‐Chief GINA O. GONONG, Ph.D. MA. VICTORIA C. HERMOSISIMA, MaEd MA. CARMELA T. MANCAO, Ed.D. ANTRIMAN V. ORLEANS, Ph.D. Managing Editors VICTOR R. FUMAR, M.A. MARIA TERESA L. MANICIO, M.A. RAMER V. OXIÑO, MAT Associate Editors MARIBEL G. GERUNDIO Layout Artist/Encoder RAYMOND JOSEPH M. TAGORIO Cover Designer MARS M. MAJUL Graphic Artist iii iv FOREWORD Research on the quality of teaching performance vis‐à‐vis student learning appears to be the dire need of the times. To address this universal issue, four researches deal with: 1) LET (Licensure Examination for Teachers) as predictor of job performance along interdisciplines; 2) the pros and cons of teaching large classes; 3) a tracer study of BSMT (Bachelor of Science in Math Teaching) and BSE (Bachelor of Science in Education) degrees offered in the University; and 4) factors linked to chemistry majors’ academic achievement. These researches support the PNU Research Agenda for the ensuing years (2013‐2015). In related studies, The Normal Lights presents the initial processes involved in developing and validating an instrument to gauge film literacy among Social Science majors in the hope of using it as a model in other majors/disciplines. That all these studies could give way first and foremost to showing concern to the healthcare of undergraduate students is shown in the research done by selected faculty of Biological Sciences. Finally, three book reviews on the perennial academic and administrative problems assailing tertiary institutions, secondary and primary levels of schooling grace the present issue. Using the collaborative participatory method, Reyes et al. generate the PNU‐Research Agenda (2013‐2015) to “advance the teacher education in the Philippines toward international competitiveness,” starting from a stakeholder forum to a workshop followed by its presentation to the Research Council to the final approval of the Board of Regents. Diaz and company discuss in their study the relationship existing between the LET performance by PNU graduates across disciplines with their teaching performance in the workplace. Correlating the evaluation scores from the immediate superiors, peer, and self, the researchers point out a negligible link between the aforecited factors, although positive, but weak significant correlations exist (there’s the rub) among representative graduates coming from CLLL (College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature) and COS (College of Science). Philippine Normal University Journal on Teacher Education v Foreword Just how pragmatic or sound is the concept of teaching large classes insofar as knowledge, attitudes and challenges or coping mechanisms of teachers and the taught are concerned? This ticklish problem is explored in Hermosisima’s research. Comparably, Toledo et al trace some 100 BSE and BS Math majors’ teaching performance ein th field to determine their employment traits, relevance of previous experience on campus training to their present tasks, and their assessment of academic programs in retrospect. Still on academic performance of chemistry undergraduates, Andamo, working with Camacho and Duad, identified five factors affecting these majors’ learning aspects—academic skill, test competence, time management, test anxiety, and study technique enough to conclude that effective, wise time management best predicts their academic performance. No stretch of imagination can possibly measure the influence of movies in the private lives of university students, but somehow exploratory attempts may be done to develop and validate an instrument to measure film literacy. Precisely, this is accomplished in Garcia and Belecina’s study that encourages those teaching in the sciences and the humanities to follow suit in future research. Ayuste and other selected faculty from FSTEM take the challenge, though, in a different level, but equally formidable field of study—raising the student level of awareness on their health profile, especially on common respiratory problems. Evolved in their research is the recommended PPRHP (Primary Preventive Respiratory Healthcare Program) to complement PNU’s health services. After all, ideally research in the academe should redound to benefit, better yet, uplift student welfare, while students stay under her wing, the institution likened to a mother ever protective of her brood. In hindsight the book reviews serve as metaphors—sort of clarion call—for tertiary institutions, secondary and primary levels to ponder the roles expected of them in society. The Filipino review on raising Filipino consciousness stresses the seemingly endless preoccupation of celebrating the life of the mind in answer to what Heidegger terms as “the passion to know” a posteriori. The Editor vi The Normal Lights Vol. 7 No. 2 POOL OF REVIEWERS SUPACHAI A. BASIT, Ph.D. JESUS A. OCHAVE, Ph.D. Emilio Aguinaldo College Former VP for PRE, PNU FILMA G. BRAWNER, Ph.D. MARIETTA R. OTERO, Ph.D. Department of Science and Technology‐ University of the Philippines‐Diliman Science Education Institute PAULO MARIA N. PAGKATIPUNAN, NENUCA FE M. CANLAS, Ph.D. M.D./Ph.D. De La Salle University, Manila Philippine General Hospital‐Manila BRENDA B. CORPUZ, Ph.D. LEONORA N. PANLASIGUI, Ph.D. Department of Education Philippine Women’s University CAROLINE S. DE LEON, Ph.D. MAE RAN PARK, Ph.D. Miriam College Pukyong National University, Namgu, Busan South Korea MARLENE FERIDO, Ph.D. University of the Philippines‐ TWILA G. PUNSALAN, Ph.D. NISMED AusAID Philippines LEONORA C. FERNANDEZ, M.D. YOLANDA S. QUIJANO, Ph.D. University of the Philippines‐PGH Department of Education ISABEL N. QUITA JELY A. GALANG San Francisco State University University of the Philippines‐Diliman ELIZABETH D. RAMOS, Ph.D. ADELAIDA C. GINES, Ph.D. St. Paul University – Manila Philippine Normal University MYRNA S. RODRIGUEZ, Ph.D. JULIET A. GREGORIO, Ph.D. University of the Philippines‐Los Baños Philippine Normal University GIL NONATO SANTOS, Ph.D. FE A. HIDALGO, Ph.D. De La Salle University‐Manila Foundation for Upgrading the Standard of Education, Inc. BRO. JOSEPH SCHEITER, FSC De La Salle University‐Manila MILAGROS D. IBE, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus NILDA R. SUNGA, Ph.D. University of the Philippines Phoenix Publishing House vii GENARO V. JAPOS, Ph.D. EPIFANIA V. TABBADA, Ph.D. International Association of Multidisciplinary Centro Escolar University Research, Philippine Association of Institutions for Research EMILIANA V. TADEO, Ph.D. Technological University of the Philippines MA. CARMEN C. JIMENEZ, Ph.D. University of the Philippines‐Diliman MELCHOR A. TATLONGHARI, Ph.D. University of Sto. Tomas and Philippine RICARDO T. JOSE, Ph.D. Normal University University of the Philippines‐Diliman SOLEDAD A. ULEP, Ph.D. CARLO MAGNO, Ph.D. UP‐NISMED De La Salle University‐Manila PAOLO NIÑO M. VALDEZ, Ph.D. MYRA D. NICOLAS De La Salle University‐Manila Former Faculty, PNU ROSE J. VILLANEZA, Ph.D. DINA S. OCAMPO, Ph.D. Department of Education Department of Education viii CONTENTS Foreword v Development of the Philippine Normal University Research Agenda 1 Wilma S. Reyes, Ramer V. Oxiño, Rita Bumanglag‐Ruscoe, Lucilla R. Fetalvero, and Felicia I. Yeban LET as Predictor of Teaching Performance: The Case of PNU Graduates 19 across Disciplines (2007‐2010) Rosemarievic V. Diaz, Glinore S. Morales, Rosanna A. Diana, Marilou M. Ubina, Jennie V. Jocson, Aurora B. Gonzales, Celia M. Ilanan, Marivic M. Pimentel , Bert J. Tuga, Florisa B. Simeon, Eisha Vienna M. Fernandez, Donna Marie B. De Mesa, Gina O. Gonong, Maria Elvira A. Asuan, Marla C. Papango, Crist John M. Pastor Teachers and Learners’ Knowledge, Attitude and Challenges 37 Experienced in Relation to Large Class: Inputs to Policy Ma. Victoria C. Hermosisima Factors Affecting Performance of Students in a Chemistry Course 63 Rizalina E. Andamo, Vic Marie Camacho and Virgil Duad A Tracer Study of the PNU Graduates of the BSMT and BSE Math 79 Programs from 1985‐2010 Zharyh Mae Grace U. Toledo, Maria Fatima M. Sualibio, Zeddy P. Boral, Queendy O. Asuncion and Gladys C. Nivera Initial Steps in the Development and Validation of an Instrument to 97 Measure Film Literacy Enrico ‘Omael Khalil Sharif B. Garcia and Rene R. Belecina Common Respiratory Problems, Health Profile and Level of 118 Awareness among PNU Students: Basis for Designing a Primary Preventive Health Care Program Thaddeus Owen D. Ayuste, Rosario M. Belmi, Benilda R. Butron, Virgil Duad, Eden V. Evangelista, Luisito T. Evangelista, Eisha Vienna M. Fernandez, Genelita S. Garcia, Melchora B. Lamorena,