FACTORS AFFECTING THE STRAND PREFERENCE OF THE SENIOR HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS OF JUAN R. LIWAG MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR

HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Proposal

Presented to:

Mr .Remo Angeles

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements towards the Subject

Research Project

By:

Alyssa Camille G. Navarro

Paolo Enoza

Andeline Gamboa

Clarissa Gonzales

Jean Sebastian
 Chapter I

INTRODUCTION

The Problem and Its Setting

The Philippines is one of the three countries remaining in the world, namely Djibouti and

Angola in Africa, and the only remaining country in Asia with a 10- year pre-university

program. This short period makes it difficult for Filipinos to be competitive with other

countries that have at least 12 years of basic education. The majority who do not go to college

are too young to enter the labor force, thus, they would either be unemployed to set up

businesses or cannot legally enter into contracts.

With this apparent problem on education, the Department of Education has started to

implement the new K-12 Curriculum, which is a major reform in the curriculum for all

schools nationwide. This reform includes decongesting and enhancing the basic education

curriculum for learners to master basic competencies, lengthening the cycle of basic

education to cover kindergarten through year 12. According to Seamo INNOTECH, (2012)

By prolonging the basic education, that is, adding kindergarten and two years in high school,

the program ensures that graduates earn the necessary skills and reach the legal age for

employment to qualify entrance into the world of work, if they desire or need to do so. On the

other hand, graduates who opt to go to tertiary education are deemed better prepared for

college study.

Young students have their own dreams and interest in life. In choosing a career a

student’s interest to their preferred track is given importance. Students must know on what

degree to pursue in college so that, they will know the track that will fit to their capabilities
after being a completer from Junior High school. It will be easy for them to choose the right

career path.

Being adolescent can be extremely can be lonely. It is not unusual to have a feeling that

there is no one turns into when problems come arise. This is the stage where major decisions

and deep concerns affect the courses of their lives. Most adolescents are pressured to perform

and succeed, which experience severe stress in meeting these expectation as stated by

Psychology.com ,(2017)

As stated by the DepEd, (2017) Senior High School Students needs a lot of professional

advice especially, in choosing their track career. In this period students must be sure on the

career that they choose as a preparation for their future worthwhile occupations. Choosing the

perfect career that will fit is one of the most important and crucial decision that every

students has to make. This can be a measure were there an individual that will be successful

in the future or not. At this Age self-realization is very important, try-outs, and choosing the

right track is the first step. It is the stage when teenager needs guidance in the proper

selection of their desired career. Where, they will arrive at the right decision considering their

innate capacities, educational privilege offered to the students and other resources that

society makes available for them to be more efficient and effective

Career choice is a significant issue in the developmental live of youths because it is reported

to be associated with positive as well as harmful psychological, physical and socio-economic

inequalities that persist well beyond the youthful age into an individual's adult The first

factor affecting career choice may be the individual’s environment which consists of the

forces of family members, political issues, social and economic issue that student may deal

with on daily basis. Parent’s educational background may influence student views on
whether to continue their education. These factors are used to nurture decisions in career

choice as indicated by Kroll,(2015)

As eloquently stated by Saysay, (2016) Respect for family is one of the most influential

factors that impact Filipino students’ career decision. It is concurred that “Out of respect and

loyalty, it may not be appropriate to express personal desires; rather, one may alter one’s

interests to maintain harmony.”a sign of respect, Filipino children want to do well for the

sake of the family, follow parents’ advice about choosing a job or major in college and

lastly, make sacrifices for the family.

In choosing a Career, suitability to the interest of the Students must be given importance.

A student must know on what track to pursue on Senior High School so He/She will be

balanced on the career path to pursue. Track that will Interest them and must also fit their

Abilities. The kind of a career person has an effect of a person’s life. It can also affect the

way that other people act towards others. By making a wise and focused decision can help

one’s to build the life they wanted to be in the future. Senior High School Students are able to

identify their own deficiency as far as their choices were concerned because of

interrelationship of these factors such as age, gender, Socio-Economic Status of their Family,

Influenced by their Family/ Parents, peers , Interest and Job Opportunity.

A wise Decision can make a person on their right path. By choosing a track that will

suit to a person’s interest. It will help him/her for the preparation for their Future Jobs and

Future Situation. Decision making is really important to a person’s life especially for the

students in choosing their Right Path.

As the researcher of this study, The need to find out the Factors affecting Strand Preference

of the Senior High School Students of Juan R Liwag Memorial High School Senior High

School must given importance to this study.

 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter presents a selection of literature and studies that has a bearing on present study.

The researchers have gone through intensive readings of materials, online. Most of the

literature gathered talks about the factors that affect preferences/choices.

Career choice is a significant issue in the developmental live of youths because it is reported

to be associated with positive as well as harmful psychological, physical and socio-economic

inequalities that persist well beyond the youthful age into an individual's adult life.

Korir (2018) stated that A Career choice is a complex decision for students since it

determines the kind of profession that they intend to pursue in life. As students try to make

career choice, they face problems of matching their career choices with their abilities and

academic performance. While Frank (2017) revealed in his study that Decision-making

represents an essential and continual part of the career development experience, one that

influences a variety of outcomes and dictates how successful and satisfying the overall career

experience will be for the individual. Given the importance of decision-making, it is

necessary for search and staffing professionals to possess a reasonable understanding of how

it will affect candidate behaviour.

PERSONALITY

There has been a lot of talk whether or not passion is the sole way for choosing an

individual’s career path. But there are other significant factors that can influence the career

path, not just passion. Several recent studies shows that understanding the personality the

individual’s own traits and characteristics, rather than passion, are a key to career fulfillment

and success.
An article posted by Adecco (2015), a part of a Swiss multinational human resource

consulting company of the same name, states that it is worth finding out what type of worker

an individual is with the increasing of employers utilizing personality and psychometric

testing procedures to analyze the employee’s attributes beyond qualifications. It is also stated

in the article that “choosing a job to which an individual is inherently suited –rather than just

able to convince the interviewer that he/she is interested in the position – will make him/her a

happier, more productive employee.” There are many methods for assessing personality type,

and the most common is the RIASEC model of the psychologist Holland,( 1973), which is

developed from his theory which postulates that people project self- and world-of-work views

onto occupational titles and make career decisions that satisfy their preferred personal

orientations based on the premise that personality factors.

Holland’s model constitute of six basic personality types, namely: Realistic, Investigative,

Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. From the 6, the model provides the

possibility of a 720 different personality patterns. The results will show the tendencies of a

person to lean towards a certain type of personality, which would provide a list of careers that

might suit the person best. Another study that establishes the influence of personality on

career choice is of Dr. Claudia Harzer and companions of University of Zurich (Harzer, et.al,

2012), which focuses on the character strengths of an individual and how it affects their

career. From interviews of over 1,000 working people, their study shows that the degree of

positive experiences increases with the number of personal character strengths, or so-called

“signature strengths”, applied at work. This would imply that understanding what roles a
person are best suited to based on his/her personality is what will make him/her the most

happy at work.

FAMILY/RELATIVE INFLUENCE

Research on family influence has increased rapidly during the last couple of years, yet an

understanding of family influences on career choices still remains sparse. Much of the

research on family influence focus on individual parents’ careers, for instance, mothers or

fathers influencing children to take up a certain career. This research considers family

members’ influence on career choices which includes parents, siblings and extended family

members. The first interactions of a child with people takes place within its home among

members of its family who include parents, siblings and relatives As stated by Bollu-steve,

(2013). A child is affected by a number of family-related factors such as the marital

relationship of the parents, the socio-economic status of the family, the atmosphere of the

home (whether parents are warm or hostile), the environmental condition, occupational

status of the parents and the number of siblings in the family The family dynamics therefore

play a pivotal role in the career readiness of the students.

Several studies bear testimony that parental involvement influences Senior high school

students. Finlayson (2009) mentioned that Respect for family is one of the most influential

factors that impact Filipino students’ career decision. It is concurred that “Out of respect and

loyalty, it may not be appropriate to express personal desires; rather, one may alter one’s

interests to maintain harmony.” As a sign of respect, Filipino children want to do well for the

sake of the family, follow parents’ advice about choosing a job or major in college and lastly,
make sacrifices. As stated by (Saysay, 2011) for the family for practicality reasons, it is also

reported that parents usually encourage careers that will not cost much money, but at the

same time, are stable sources of income. Careers in nursing, accounting, and engineering are

highly popular for Filipino families.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Here are many opportunities that wait for every career that one wants to pursue. Some people

may stumble upon better occupation opportunities, thanks to the strategies and steps that they

follow. Investigating for career opportunities is well worth taking time As stated by the Mind

Tools, (2014). By doing this, one can discover opportunities that are perfectly matched to

his/her interests or skills, find out about promotions and job openings before anyone else, and

identify ways of expanding the knowledge and skills needed for that career.

Opportunities exist for schools to take greater advantage of the fact that their students are

working by integrating employment and school experiences to the benefit of adolescents’

vocational development. Guidance counselors can play a key role in spearheading such

efforts. Many youth do not see their jobs as connected with their future work lives or as

having any influence on their occupational preferences. More can be done to develop

internships and work-school cooperative programs that might involve workplace visits or job

shadowing, for example. Through such programs, youth are exposed to the possibilities of

working in particular kinds of settings; they can learn about the requirements to fill certain

kinds of jobs and do particular types of tasks mentioned by Hamilton (2000) with many
extracurricular activities on her/his resumé are sales, junior executive positions, and an

educational career.

Work experience has been seen as the way a student demonstrates responsibility and

dependability. Those that are in the position to have the best contacts are students with

parents who hold supervisory or executive positions. (Super 1957) stated that can be a hard

fact to face, sometimes it is not what one does know, but who does he know Schools and

employment services have played a huge role, therefore, in the social mobility of students

entering the workforce. Schools and employment agencies have matched the qualifications of

the job to the education level of the career seeker, using computers, and eliminating barriers

of distance quite easily.

INTEREST

Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) is grounded in Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive

theory, and explores how career and academic interests mature, how career choices are

developed, and how these choices are turned into action. This is achieved through a focus of

three primary tenets: selfefficacy (beliefs people have about their ability to successfully

complete the steps required for a give task), outcome expectations (beliefs related to the

consequences of performing a specific behavior), and goals (decisions to begin a particular

activity or future plan) (Lent et al., 1994). The SCCT interest model, as depicted in Figure 2,

shows that career interests are regulated by self-efficacy and an outcome expectation, which

means people, will form lasting interests in activities when they view themselves as

competent at it and when they anticipate that performing it will produce valued outcomes. It

can also be seen from the figure that emergent interests (along with self-efficacy and outcome
expectations) promote particular goals for activity involvement. In other words, as people

develop an affinity for an activity at which they feel efficacious and expect positive

outcomes, they form goals for sustaining or increasing their involvement in that activity.

PEER PRESSURE

Since gender is used to distinguish between males and females, it implies that there are a

number of attributes that go with gender as defined by society. According to Jamabo et al.

(2012), through interactions with caretakers, socialisation in childhood, peer pressure in

adolescence, and gendered work and family roles, men and women are socially constructed to

be different in behaviour, attitude and emotions. This also influences the careers they choose.

There are also different roles for men and women.

In Addition, As stated by Corrigall and Konrad (2007) traditional individuals in American

believe that a woman’s role is to be a homemaker and that a man’s role is a breadwinner.

However, there is a paradigm shift as more American egalitarian individuals believe that

women should share in financial support of the family and that men should participate in

childcare and other traditionally feminine aspects of household labour (Corrigall & Konrad,

2007). In other words, women have the capacity to engage in male dominated careers and

men engage in what are perceived as women’s jobs as defined by the society. The current

study sought to establish whether the above mentioned paradigm shift also affected the girls

and boys in Zimbabwe with regard to careers traditionally dominated by men or by women.
Statement of the Problem

This Study aimed to determine the factors that affecting Senior High School Student in

choosing their track for Senior High school in Juan R. Liwag Memorial High school.

Specifically, it seeks to answer the following:

 How may the demographic profile of the students be described in terms of:

A. Age C. Socio-Economic Status

B. Gender D. Parent’s Occupation

 What career/track would the respondents wants to specialize and pursue once they

graduated from Senior High School Students?

 What are the leading factors that affect the Senior High School Students to take up for

Senior High school?

 A. Personality B. Job Opportunities C. Family Factors

D. Interest E. Peer Factors

HYPOTHESIS

This statement assumed that there are factors affecting the strand preference of Senior High

School students in Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School Senior High School.

HO1: There are no significant relationship between interest and strand preference of Senior

High School Students.

HA1: There is a significant relationship between Interest and strand Preference of the

students.

HO2: There is no significant relationship between parent’s choice and strand preference as

perceived by the students and parents.

HA2: There is significant relationship between parent’s choice and strand preference as

perceived by the students and parents.

HO3: There is no significant relationship between peer pressure and strand preference of the

students.

HA3: There is a significant relationship between peer pressure and strand preference of the

students.

HO4: There is no significant relationship between family background and strand preference

of the students.

HA4: There is a significant relationship between family background and strand preference of

the students.

HO5: There is no significant relationship between peer economic status and strand

preference of the students.

HA5: There is a significant relationship between peer economic status and strand preference

of the students.

HO6: There is no significant between track offered and strand preference of the students.

HA6: There is a significant between track offered and strand preference of the students.

HO7: There is no significant between job opportunity and strand preference of the students.
HA7: There is a significant between job opportunity and strand preference of the students.

Scope and Limitations

The focus of this research is to primary study the factors affecting strand preferences on

senior high school students. The study was only limited Juan R. Liwag Memorial High school

students. The researchers will survey 200 students, (50 per strand). This study mainly

focused on the factors such as their Profile of the students, Parental Influence, Peer Influence

, Interests, Aptitude, and Opportunity. There may be more factors however, those would not

be within this study

Significance of the Study

Learning is the aspect of development that connotes modification of behavior, skills and

knowledge that results from practice and experience which sought for quality education.

This study will give the benefits to the following sectors of the society, in order for them to

know the results of this investigation could be highly significant and beneficial specifically to

the following:

Students- As the prospective Senior High School Learners in the future, the result of this

study will benefit and inspire them to formulate and act upon on their chosen career plans in

the future.

Community - The Community shall also Benefit from this study in a sense that they are vital

to the development of the School. And as such, They Would eagerly give support in the

future development of this school.

Future Researchers- As the Role Model of the K-12 curriculum. This study will benefit,

greatly help and inspire them to be more innovative and carry out the programs of

Department of Education (DepEd) that will be beneficial to both the learners and teachers.

Teachers and Parents- They will also be more likely to provide wise counsel to their

children and students for the chosen strand.

The Researcher Themselves- A participation on doing a research paper to the researcher

themselves is the satisfacetion for the research gained. And will became be critical of

themselves and their roles as a researcher.

Conceptual Framework

The research entitled “Factors affecting the Strand Preference of Senior High School students

of Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School-Senior High School” will be conducted to identify

the factors affecting the strand preference of the Senior High School students. The study will

use two hundred (200) Senior High School students and select 50 students from each strand

of Accountancy Business and Management (ABM), Humanities and Social Sciences

(HUMSS), Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical-

Vocational Livelihood (TVL) of Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School Senior High School

as the respondents. They will be observed based on their attendance record, guidance record,

behaviour observed by parents or guardian and behaviour observed by the teacher as

evidence.
Research Paradigm

The research paradigm below was developed for the purpose of this study.

Interest

Peer Pressure
Strand Family
Preference Factor

Job
Opportunities

Theoretical Framework Commented [R1]: Good, but please review these theories.

The present study was informed by Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory and Albert

Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory in examining the factors that influence career pathways

among senior high school students. The two theories were chosen because of their relevance

to career issues, especially career development. They include both social and cognitive

factors while being sensitive to cultural aspects. Students live in a social world where they
interact with the environment as they seek guidance towards careers. These theories deal

with the cognitive aspects of the students by making them aware of their decisions

Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory

John Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory, developed in 1979, emphasises the importance of

behaviour (actions) and cognition (knowing and thinking) Sharf, (1997) The essence of

Krumboltz’s view is that certain generic processes, such as learning experiences, affect the

career development of all persons regardless of their cultural affiliateions

Lent & Worthington (2000) mentioned that hence the need to explore the factors that

influence career pathways among high school students in Juan R Liwag Memorial High

School Senior High School. This theory differs from other theories of career development in

that its focus is on teaching people career decision making techniques and how to use such

techniques effectively in selecting career alternatives The types of learning experiences that

affect an individual are dependent on his or her culture

Krumboltz identified four factors that play important role in the selection of a specific career:

genetic endowment, environmental conditions, learning experiences and task approach skills

According to the Social Learning Theory, genetic endowment refers to those aspects of the

individual that are inherited or innate rather than learned. This may set limits on individual

career opportunities. Environmental conditions are those conditions that are generally

outside the control of the individual and influence skills development and career preferences.

According to Krumboltz, learning experiences include a) one’s career performances as a

result of prior learning experiences; b) individuals’ prior learning experiences that eventually

influence their career decisions; and c) that individuals’ prior learning experiences have a
direct effect on their career choices. According to Sharf (1997 ), individuals may make

observations about themselves and their environment that they will then use to make career

decisions. Observations about the self include capabilities, interests and work values

mentioned by (Ireh, 2000).

Krumboltz emphasised task approach skills such as goal setting, values clarification,

generating alternatives and obtaining occupational information in career decision making.

Ireh (2000:36) explained that the interaction between genetic endowment, environmental

conditions and learning experiences lead to the skills required for completing a variety of

tasks. The Social Learning Theory by Krumboltz is relevant to this study because it includes

environmental factors such as family, the learning environment and gender. Our behaviour is

shaped by beliefs about ourselves and how we relate to society (Schonorr & Ware,
Social Cognitive Theory

2001:249). According to Krumboltz (1991:2), people make assumptions and generalisations

about themselves and the world of work based on their limited experiences. In this case,

students in senior high schools have limited experiences to choose an appropriate career

hence the need for a counsellor and/or a supportive environment. In short, Krumboltz’s

theory of career decision making and development is based on social learning or

Copyright © 1993 by R.W.Lent, S.D. Brown, and G. Hackett.

Reprinted with permission.
environmental conditions, genetic influences and learning experiences. People choose their

careers based on what they have learned.

Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), developed by Albert Bandura in 1986, purports that

contextual variables such as social support, which includes friends, family and relatives,

influence the career choice of an individual stated by Choo, Norsia & Tan,( 2012). Social

persuasion also affects an individual’s choice of career According to Lent, Brown & Hacket,

(2002) because there is dialogue between children and their environment. Similarly, Bandura

posited that when individuals watch their peers succeeding, they are likely to believe that

they can also succeed mentioned by Mills, (2009). In this career development model, a

person’s background (or contextual factors) and individual characteristics influence his/her

learning experiences and consequently self-efficacy (Tang, Pan & Newmeyer, 2008).

According to Bandura (1989) and Alexander, Seabi and Bischof (2010), because of the bi-

directionality of influence between behaviour and environmental circumstances, people are

both products and producers of their environment.

Lent & Brown (2000) Indicated that Social Cognitive Theory focuses on several cognitive

variables (for example, self efficacy, outcome expectations and goals) and on how these

variables interact with other aspects of the person and his or her environment (for example,

gender, ethnicity, social support and barriers) to shape the course of career development

(According to Bandura (2002) the theory distinguishes three modes of agency: a) personal

agency exercised individually; b) proxy agency in which people secure desired outcomes by

influencing others to act on their behalf; and c) collective agency in which people act in

concert to shape their futures. Students in high schools are influenced by these three modes

when they choose careers, among many variables, that they feel are appropriate for them. The
environment, which imposes itself on them, also impacts their choice of careers. These are

the reasons that this particular theory is used in this study to investigate factors that influence

career pathways among Senior high school students in Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School

Senior High School.

As stated by (Lent & Worthington, 2000) Social Cognitive Theory, career development is

influenced by both objectives and perceived environmental factors Examples of objective

factors include the quality of educational experiences to which a person has been exposed to

such as school counselling and the financial support available from family or guardians for

pursuing particular training. People live their lives in socio-cultural milieus that differ in their

shared values, customs, social practices and institutional constraints and opportunities

(Bandura, 2002). This study allowed the researcher to establish whether the above results can

be achieved in Zimbabwe using participants from different backgrounds.

The applicability of the SCT to explain career choice behaviour of school students was

verified in a similar study by Tang et al. (2008) and was therefore deemed suitable for the

current study that looked at career choices among high school students. The theory applied to

this study because social factors such as peer and family interactions that affect decision

making were considered. In addition to career development, Lent & Brown, (1996) stated that

the theory has been extended to domains of behaviour such as educational achievement,

affective reactions, and organisational and health maintenance.

Definition of Terms

The following terms are operationally defined for better understanding of the readers:

Interest - These are the qualities or things that attract one’s attention and make a person want

to learn more about something or to be engaged on it.

Senior High School – is the second part of secondary education under the K-12 program,

wherein the students would take up the subjects under their career pathway specialization

Career Pathways – optional courses that offers the student for specialization in academic,

technical-vocational, sports and arts, and entrepreneurship.

Career - A students choice by interest or the path of his/her chosen profession in the future.

Socio-Demographic Profile – refers to gender, age, parent’s educational attainment, parent’s

occupation, size of income, and sibling position.

Personality- Refers to the desired careers that a child want to be upon becoming adults.

Senior High School- is the second part of secondary education under the K-12 program,

wherein the students would take up the subjects under their chosen track or career pathway.

Opportunities – These are favorable juncture of circumstances. In this study, opportunities

would refer to the circumstances favorable employment or pursuing a career, e.g. location,

trends, high pay, etc.

Senior High School Stand Preference – It is the choice of the student for senior high school

specialization. The choices are as follows: Academic, Technical-Vocational, The Academic

track has three strands: (1) Accountancy, Business and Management, (2) Humanities and

Social Sciences, and (3) Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics. And Technical-

Vocational Livelihood.
 Chapter II

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The Chapter represents the essential parts of the research process such as research method,

research participants, research locale and data gathering tools.

RESEARCH DESIGN

The study takes the form of Descriptive Method in order to easily obtain information.

The Descriptive Method of research describes the Factors Affecting Strand Preference of

the Senior High School Students.

AECT (2001) stated that the three main purposes of descriptive research are to

describe, explain, and validate findings. This type of research is to clearly identify, examine

and expound the Factors affecting the Strand Preference of the Senior High School Students.

For the sampling procedure, the researchers will use the Probability Sampling for the

respondents who will provide necessary data for the study. The respondents will be chosen in

Four Strands of Senior High School students fifty students per strand.). Once the datas are

collected the researchers will determine the Factors Affecting The Strand Preference of the

Senior High School Students.

Research Locale

The researchers will survey almost 200 students, (50 per strand). Fifty students from

Business Accountancy and Management (ABM), Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Technical Educational and

Livelihood (TVL)

The study will be conducted at Juan R. Liwag Memorial High Schoo Senior High school

which is located at Maharlika Highway Bayanihan, Gapan City, Nueva Ecija. It is consist of

fifty students From the four different strands .

Figure 2. Shows the Location of Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School

Population and Sampling

The total number of participants was obtained using the Slovin’s formula. From the entire

population of 1, 800. The researchers will survey almost 200 students, fifty (50) per strand
. The selection of 200 students were make by listing the total number of Senior High School

students in Juan R. Liwag Memorial High School.

The study were conducted among the selected Senior High School Students of Juan R.

Liwag Memorial High school-Senior High school. The researchers get the valid result of the

respondent through random sampling. Random sampling is a subset of individually chosen

from a larger set (a population). It is an unbiased surveying technique and basic type of

sampling, since it can be a component of other more complex sampling methods. The

principle of random sampling, is that very object has the same probability of being chosen.

Senior High School students were given approximately 20 minutes to take the survey.

Research Instruments

For this study, the Likert Scale was used to achieve the core objective of the revision.

A self-administered question was distributed to the selected Senior High school students. The

questionnaire given to the Senior High School students aimed to assess their knowledge

about the factors that affect in choosing their track for Senior High School. This focus of the

assessment were based on the principles introduced by various author. The study used an

questionnaire from the study to gather the primary information and to attain the objectives of

the study and determined the factors affecting strand Preference of the Senior High School

Students was given the opportunity to answer the survey because we only aim for the 20% of

the population.
The Intervention

The Researcher will ask respectfully the respondents for the opportunity if they are available

to answer the following survey questionnaire that will be given to them. If the Chosen

respondents agreed to the researcher will give Allotted time to the respondents so that, they

can answer the following questions thoroughly. If their response is no, the researcher will

accept their decision with respect.

Data Gathering Procedures

The data presented by the researchers were obtained through the use of questionnaires. The

questionnaires were divided into two parts. Part I was the survey questions that evaluates the

level of agreement given which consists of ten (10) questions and part II was thee open

ended questions with valid and reliable instruments, The researcher will manage to

reproduce the questionnaire that accords with the number of the respondents. The researchers

will obtain permissions from the advisers to administer the research instrument and to

personally distribute the questionnaires for a hundred percent guarantee of returning the

answered questionnaires. The respondent’s information will be classified as confidential and

the data that will be gathered will be useful

 Setting the criteria for possible
Data Gathering factors for questionnaire

Collecting the demographic and

data

Sorting all data by categories

Compare and contrast

Converge/contradict

Description, Confirmation,
Initiation and Elaboration

Further Investigation
Ethical Consideration

Assuring the confidentiality of the respondents. The researcher will made the Survey

Questionnaire Optional to put the respondent’s name. The Questionnaire. The Questionnaire

will be Properly managed and in the best form necessary to gather all the required data . This

will give proper credits to all the resources taken in any format.

Data Analysis Procedures

In adding the researchers in Analysis and Assessment. The use of Statistical Frequency

counts, Percentage etc. Pearson-r will be used to solve sub-problem in finding the significant

relationship. To present the classification of the respondents , according to their answers

cross table will be used. Also about the research variable showing the mean, median , mode,

standard deviation and other data, a descriptive table is given.

NAME (Optional):_______________________________________________

Section:_______________________ Age:__________ Sex:_____

Direction: Please fill in the following by putting a check on the box provided

that corresponds to your answer.

1. Profile of the Respondents.

1. Age

 15

 16 or above

2. Gender

 Male

 Female

3. STRAND

 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

 HUMSS (Humanities and Social Sciences)

 ABM (Accountancy, Business and Management)

 TVL (Technical- Vocational Livelihood)

4. Socio Economic Status

 High Class ( parents are earning an average of P200,000 a month, or approximately

P2.4 million a year)
  Middle Class (parents are earning an average of P36,000 per month)

 Lower Class (parents are earning less than P10,000 a month)

5. Parents Occupation

Mother:_______________________

Father:________________________

Direction: Answer the following question by putting check (/) on your chosen
answer.

PEER GROUP 5 4 3 2 1

Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree

1. My friends and I agreed to take the

same strand.

2. Peer groups are more likely to accept

career advice from members whom they
value most

3. My friends convinced me to choose

this strand.

4. I chose this strand because

information given by my peers is always
reliable.
 5. I am going to choose a career that is
similar to my friends.

INTEREST 5 4 3 2 1

Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree

1 I chose this strand because I wanted to

broaden my knowledge and skills.

2. I like doing things that I would

specialize in this strand.

3. I chose this strand because the subjects

are interesting.

4. An experience motivate my interest for

this career.

5. I am particularly interested in this

career that I’ll pursue from this strand.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES 5 4 3 2 1

Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree

1. The strand that I chose will help me to find a

suitable career easily.

2. The career that I would pursue is timely in

demand.

3. I chose this strand because I wanted to

pursue my dream job.

4. I am fully aware of the opportunities that

surround the career that I seek.

5 The career that I would pursue is timely in

demand.

FAMILY FACTOR 5 4 3 2 1

Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree

1. I chose this strand because of our family

legacy.

2. I believe that they are the one who are

responsible to choose a career for me since

they may know what is best for me.

3.I chose this strand, because My parents /

relatives took the same career that I would

pursue.

4. I chose this strand because it is in line

with our family business.

5. I chose this strand because this strand is

chosen by my parents.