Scholastic Achievement of SSPC College Students Graduated from General High Schools and Vocational High Schools
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Scholastic Achievement, SSPC College Students Graduated from General High Schools and Vocational High Schools, General High Schools, Vocational High SchoolsAbstract
This study attempted to compare the scholastic achievement of SSPC college students graduated from the general high schools and vocational high schools. The descriptive-analytical method of research was used in the study. Selection of samples was based on the students enrolled in the six courses. Purposive sampling was used to determine whether the students came from the general high schools or vocational high schools and for the researcher’s intention to involve students who were consistently enrolled for two years, the time duration. The t-test of significance for uncorrelated means was used in treating the achievement ratings or the GPA of the college students. The t-test of significance at .05 level with ten degrees of freedom was employed to find out whether the obtained correlation falls within the region of acceptance or rejection. The following are the findings of this study: (1) the scholastic achievement level of the students who graduated from the general high schools is good, (2) the scholastic achievement level of the students who graduated from the vocational high schools is good, and (3) there is no significant difference between the students graduated from the general high schools and the vocational schools. Based on the findings, the following conclusions were drawn: (1) this study reveals a good scholastic performance of the college students graduated from the general high schools enrolled in Samar State Polytechnic College, (2) this study reveals good scholastic performance of college students graduated from the vocational high schools enrolled in Samar State Polytechnic College, and (3) this study further reveals a minimal evidence for the two groups of students to be significantly different on scholastic achievement. Based on the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations are drawn: (1) a study toward policy reform for a comprehensive academic discipline integration for both vocational and general high schools through the tertiary or higher educational aims, (2) a study on group leadership of students in school, curricular or extracurricular, to consistently relate with superior scholastic achievement, (3) study on the same problem in other schools to further confirm validity of findings of the present study, and (4) a follow-through research on the same problem and venue ten years after for findings relevant to curriculum development schemes.
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