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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter presents the introduction as well as the related studies, statement of the problem, significant of the study and the scope and delimitation. 1.1 Introduction Mathematics is one of the most important subjects in the world. It has own language, symbols, terms and technology making it interesting to study. According to Acharya (2017), Mathematics is the body of knowledge in the area of science and technology. It deals with logical reasoning and quantitative calculation making it also a difficult to learn. Math is defined by many students as one of the hardest subject because of its nature having infinite numbers with matching variables. Many students had failing grade of this subject and it is still a problem worldwide. There are many researches proves that Mathematics anxiety is existing as a greatest factor affecting the student’s academic performance. According to Chinaedum (2016) the interest of students depends on teachers, students, and math anxiety. Moreover, it was found out that the attitude of students greatly affects academic performance. Davadas and Lay (2017) developed a structural equation model to measure the reliability and validity of the study. They found out that parental involvement, teacher’s affective support and classroom instruction are factors that affect the attitude of students towards mathematics. Furthermore, they conclude that classroom instruction and teacher’s affective support is more influential than parental.

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Mckee (2002) said that there is growing evidence in the students’ negative attitude and belief about mathematics. Through various teaching and learning styles, adopted by guidance counselors and teachers aiding students understanding, by making the students talk to themselves positively, the students’ positive attitude and self-esteem becomes actualized. Negative belief of student greatly affects their level of interest affecting also their academic performance towards the subject (Mckee, 2002). Bandura (1997) said that those students who solve mathematics problem with positive expectation to success will excel. The influence of peers to student greatly affects their attitude towards mathematics. The study of Wekesa (2013) found out that the performance of student towards the subject was greatly influenced by fellow student’s perception on Mathematics. This shows that fellow students attitude towards the subject math is a very influential to the students’ performance. Furthermore, Wekesa (2013) conclude that the academic performance of students is greatly affected by teacher’s preparedness and instructional method. It only shows the fact that teachers has big role in students’ academic performance towards mathematics. In the Philippines, it was found out that the parental involvement is a factor on students’ academic performance towards mathematics (Silao, 2018). The research conducted by Tan and Guita (2018) they found out that the students have moderately mathematics anxiety even they are exposed to reciprocal learning environment or not. This means that the students really do have mathematics anxiety and it influences their performance towards the subject. The concern of this study is to know the factors influencing the student’s level of interest towards the subject math. If the factors are proven to be influential in the student’s level of Factors Affecting the Second Year Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics.

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interest, the study would be able to help the Marine Engineering Mathematics teacher in developing intervention program that would help the students, and school problem. 1.2 Statement of the Problem The purpose of the study is to determine the factors affecting the level of interest of the Marine Engineering students. Furthermore, it aims to present a recommendation that may help the students.

The researchers aim to answer the following question: 1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of: a. Age b. Gender c. Elementary school 2. What are the factors influencing the student’s level of interest towards Mathematics?

a. Attitude b. Evaluation c. Parental involvement

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d. Peer influence e. Teaching style

3. Is there a significant difference between the levels of mean score of the factors and the profile of the students? 1.3 Hypothesis This section shows the null hypothesis, a statistical statement to be tested and accepted or rejected. H0: There is no significant relationship between the student’s profile (Sex, Age and Elementary school graduated from) and the factors (Attitude, Evaluation, Parental involvement, Peer influence and Teaching style). 1.4 Significant of the Study The researchers believe that the study will help the Marine Engineering students in dealing mathematics subject. The study could be a good source of knowledge in understanding the Marine Engineering student’s academic performance. Furthermore, the study can be used as reference by the future researchers. The following can benefit the study: Mathematics teachers. The study could help them realize the factors affecting students’ academic performance in terms of their level of interest towards the subject mathematics. The study could be a good basis for creating intervention that may help the students.

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Second Year Marine Engineering Students. The study could help them realize that their performance towards Mathematics is influenced by their own attitude. The study can be used as their guide in achieving Math excellence. Learners. The study could be a good source of knowledge in realizing the factors affecting the level of interest of Marine Engineering Students towards mathematics subject. Parents. The study could help them realized that their moral support is a must thing in order the students can excel in mathematics subject. Future researcher. The study can be a good source of reference in their future research. 1.5 Scope and Delimitation The study will be conducted in PNTC, Sta. Cruz, Rosario, Agusan del Sur particularly in Marine Engineering Students. The main purpose of the study is to know the factors affecting the Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics. Furthermore, it focuses to know if there is a significant difference between the factors and the profile of the respondents. The researchers will utilize a survey questionnaire in obtaining the answers of the problem stated above. 1.6 Definition Terms Attitude. It refers to the way of a person think and behave. In this study this refers to the factor that affects the level of interest of the Marine Engineering students towards Mathematics.

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Evaluation. It refers to the estimation of students’ ability in learning Mathematics. In this study, it refers to the factor that influences the students’ level of interest towards Mathematics. Factors. It refers to the influences that contribute to the result or outcome of the study. In this study, it refers to the variables affecting the student’s level of interest towards Mathematics. Level of Interest. It refers to the level of wanting to know or learn about. In this study, it refers to the measurement of student’s desire to learn Mathematics. Mathematics. It refers to the subject which involves calculations of large numbers with matching symbols. In this study, Mathematics is the subject by which Marine Engineering students have difficulties. Profiling. It refers to the student’s personal data. In this study, profiling will be used to identify the significant difference of each factor. Parental involvement. It refers to the involvement of parents in student’s life. In this study, this refers to the factor affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics through parents’ contribution on students’ study behavior. Peer influence. It refers to the way others affect student’s behavior. In this study, it refers to the factor affecting the student’s level of interest towards Mathematics by peer pressure affecting students’ behavior in learning Mathematics. Teaching style. It refers to the behavior of teacher in teaching. In this study, it refers to the factor affecting the student’s level of interest towards Mathematics through teachers’ way of teaching which affects the students’ interest to learn Mathematics.

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CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY This chapter presents the research design, participant of the study, and setting of the study, the research instrument, the data gathering procedure and as well as the statistical treatment of the study. 2.1 Research Design The researchers utilized a survey research design in satisfying the questions stated in the statement of the problem. The survey research design is the collection of data from respondent’s answers (Check and Schutt, 2012). This design utilizes only for selected participant representing the group making it a suitable design for the study (Nworgu, 1991). In addition, this utilizes various methods of instrumentation including a questionnaire by which the researchers made used in gathering the data (Ponto, 2015). 2.2 Participant of the study The main subjects of the study are the Marine Engineering Students of PNTC, Sta. Cruz, Rosario, Agusan del Sur. Using the Slovin’s formula, 138 respondents are obtained out of 211 populations. Furthermore, the researchers made used of fishbowl technique in selecting respondents.

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The table below shows the number of the respondents per section. Section

Population

Sample

Archimedes

56

36

Pascal

50

33

Edison

52

34

Galileo

53

35

2.3 Setting of the study (((((PICTURE OF YOUR SCHOOL)))))) The study was conducted in PNTC, Sta. Cruz, Rosario, Agusan del Sur. It was done in Pascal, Archimedes, Galileo, and Edison on January 14, 2019. The Marine Engineering Students are suitable to the study because this course is more exposed to mathematics subject. In order to treat the problem, it is necessary to understand or identify the factors affecting the level of interest of the students. 2.4 Research Instrument In gathering the data, the researchers used a questionnaire regarding the statement of the problem. The questionnaire is divided into two parts: the profile of the respondents and the factors affecting the respondent’s level of interest towards mathematics. The second part is split into five categories known as the Attitude, Evaluation, Parental involvement, Peer

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influence, and Teaching style. The questionnaire was rated by the respondents using Five-point Likert-scale as shown in the table below: Numerical equivalent

Descriptive equivalent

Description

5

Strongly agree

I consider the item as extremely influential factor of my interest towards mathematics.

4

Very Agree

I consider the item as influential factor of my interest towards mathematics.

3

Agree

I consider the item as moderately influential factor of my interest towards mathematics

2

Disagree

I consider the item as not an influential factor of my interest towards mathematics.

Strongly disagree

I consider the item as extremely not an influential factor of my interest towards mathematics.

1

The survey-questionnaire was presented to the adviser and the experts on Mathematics and English field for comments, corrections and suggestions on the content. To interpret the level of mean score, the parameter limit below was utilized.

Parameter Limit

Descriptive

Description

Equivalent 4.21 – 5

Strongly Agree

This means that the factor is extremely influential to the student’s level of interest.

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3.41 – 4.20

Very Agree

This means that the factor is very influential to the student’s level of interest.

2.61 – 3.40

Agree

This means that factor is moderately influential to the student’s level of interest.

1.81 – 2.60

Disagree

This means that the factor is not influential to the student’s level of interest.

1– 1.80

Strongly Disagree

This means that the factor is extremely not influential to the student’s level of interest.

2.5 Data Gathering The researchers have done the following phases in carrying out the study. Phase 1. Development and Validation of the Research Instrument The researchers prepared an instrument using five-point Likert-scale. Likert-scale is use to fixed the choice response formats and are designed to measure the view point or opinion (Bowling and Groove, 1997). The instrument was used as the tool in determining the factors affecting the student’s level of interest towards mathematics subject. Phase2. Seeking of Approval The researchers sought an approval to the Dean of blahblah.blah.., together with the research teacher in conducting the survey to the respondents inside of the school premises. This served as a guide in making of transmittal letter that was signed by the Dean of blah.blah.blah.. Factors Affecting the Second Year Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics.

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Phase 3. Survey Assessment The researchers explained and evaluate the questionnaire firstly in the actual survey to guide the respondents. They utilized camera with the intention of obtaining solid evidence that they have conducted the survey to the respondents. 2.6 Statistical Treatment The function of Statistical Treatments is to quantify the results and establish the factors affecting Marine Engineering student’s level of interest towards Mathematics. The researchers utilized Mean-percentage Frequency Distribution (MPFD) as treatment. It is a presentation of data that specifies the percentage of mean or average score of a variable (Lavrakas, 2008). The data was interpreted through the following procedures: Mean. In Mathematics, the mean is referring to the average of all values. In this study, mean was used as a treatment to determine the average scores of the variables which answer the whole problem. The average was obtained by calculating the summation of scores over population size. Percentage. In Mathematics, percentage is referred to as the proportion statement in terms of one-hundredths that is calculated by multiplying a fraction by 100. In this study, percentage was used as indicator whether the variable is extremely influential or not. Z-test. It refers to the analysis of two population mean through the use of statistical examination. It is usually used in a large sample size (over 30 samples) to test the difference between variances of two normal-distributions (Saan, 2018). In this study Z-test was used in

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analyzing the significant difference of the factors affecting the students’ level of interest and the profile of respondents. This satisfied the third question of this study. Focus Group Discussion (FGD). This is use for interpersonal communication to solve a common problem, arrive at a decision or answer a question of mutual interest. In this study FGD was used to verify the response of the respondents.

CHAPTER 3 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the data gathered in this study for the purpose of descriptive and statistical analysis and interpretation of findings. Table 4.1 Profile of the Respondents This section presents the profile of the respondents in terms of sex, age and high school from. It is also presents the interpretation in reference to their profile. Frequency distribution table of sex, age and elementary school graduated from of the respondents. PROFILE

Frequency

Mean

Percentage

Gender

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Female

80

0.58

57.97

Male

58

0.42

42.03

TOTAL

138

1

100

17&Below

131

0.95

94.93

18&Above

7

0.5

5.07

TOTAL

138

1

100

National

12

0.09

8.66

Non National

126

0.91

91.34

TOTAL

138

1

100

Age

High School

Table 4.1 shows the frequency distribution of profile of the respondents. It could be observed that the majority of the respondents are female which composed of (57.97%) and younger age, 17 and below with (94.93%). In addition, most of the respondents came from non-national high school with (91.34%). This only shows that the Marine Engineering Students of PNTC is composed mostly of female students and younger generation of students. Also, majority of the students came from non-national high school. 4.2 Factors Affecting Students Level of Interest This section presents the mean distribution of factors affecting student’s level of interest in terms of their Attitude, Evaluation, Parental involvement, Peer influence and Teaching style.

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Table 4.2.1 Mean distribution table of factors affecting student’s level of interest in terms of Attitude Factor Attitude Rating

Mean

Percentage

Verbal description (acc. to parameter limit)

Strongly agree

1.43

28.6

SD

Very agree

2.08

41.6

DA

Agree

2.92

58.4

A

Disagree

1.68

33.6

SD

Strongly disagree

1.46

29.2

SD

N=138 SA=Strongly Agree VA=Very Agree A=Agree DA=Disagree SD=Strongly Disagree

Table 4.2.1 presents the mean distribution table of factor attitude. It shows that most of the Marine Engineering Students Agree (58.4%) with the factor attitude followed by Very Agree (41.6%). This means that the attitude of students is a factor that influences their interest to study Mathematics. According to Mckee (2002) the negative attitude of students greatly affects the student’s interest to study Mathematics which affects their academic performance towards the subject. Furthermore, this clearly indicates that the Marine Engineering Students of PNTC have this so called negative belief on Mathematics which affects their performance towards the subject. This supported by the study of Chinaedum (2016). He found out that the attitude of students greatly influences their interest toward the subject which affects their academic performance. The teachers’ affective support and parental influence greatly affects students’ attitude (Divadas and Lay, 2017). This implies that teacher should be more approachable to the students

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who have observable indication of negative belief towards the subject math. Furthermore, this implies that parent should encourage their child to have a positive belief on Mathematics because according to Bandura (1997) those students with positive outlook of the subject excel.

Table 4.2.2 Mean distribution table of factors affecting student’s level of interest in terms of Evaluation Evaluation Rating

Mean

Percentage

Verbal description (acc. to parameter limit)

Strongly agree

2.02

40.4

DA

Very agree

2.55

51

DA

Agree

3.16

63.2

SA

Disagree

1.37

27.4

SD

Strongly disagree

0.86

17.2

SD

N=138 SA=Strongly Agree VA=Very Agree A=Agree DA=Disagree SD=Strongly Disagree

Table 4.2.2 presents the mean distribution table of Factor Evaluation. It could be observing that most of the Marine Engineering Students rated the factor evaluation Agree with Factors Affecting the Second Year Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics.

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(63.2%) followed by Strongly Agree with (40.4%). This clearly shows that the Evaluation is a factor that influences the student’s level of interest towards Mathematics. This implies that student’s interest towards Mathematics is influenced by their scores on evaluation because the students might be bullied of low scores making their level of interest decrease or the students might like the subject because they have high scores on the assessments. Furthermore, this implies that teachers should be more careful in giving evaluation test towards the students.

4.2.3 Mean distribution table of factors affecting student’s level of interest in terms of Parental involvement Parental Involvement Rating

Mean

Percentage

Verbal description (acc. to parameter limit)

Strongly agree

1.39

27.89

SD

Very agree

1.78

35.63

SD

Agree

2.85

56.97

A

Disagree

2.17

43.49

DA

Strongly disagree

1.80

36.02

SD

N=138 SA=Strongly Agree VA=Very Agree A=Agree DA=Disagree SD=Strongly Disagree

Table 4.2.2 presents the mean distribution of factor Parental involvement. It shows that the Marine Engineering Students rated the factor parental involvement Agree with (56.97%). Factors Affecting the Second Year Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics.

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This means that the factor is influential to the students. This is supported by the study of Silao (2018). He found out that the Parental involvement affects the student’s interest to study Mathematics. The encouragement of parents makes the students interest level increase. Parental involvement means the involvement of parents to give discipline on their child study system. Parents do have different methods to discipline their child however this study shows that their way of disciplining one’s child really influences the study behavior of student. This implies that the parent should encourage their child to study mathematics with positive belief because according to Bandura (1997) success is favorable to the students with positive belief.

4.2.4 Mean distribution table of factors affecting student’s level of interest in terms of Peer influence Peer Influence Rating

Mean

Percentage

Verbal description (acc. to parameter limit)

Strongly agree

2.49

49.76

DA

Very agree

2.13

42.61

DA

Agree

2.61

52.18

A

Disagree

1.69

33.76

SD

Strongly disagree

1.08

21.69

SD

N=138 SA=Strongly Agree VA=Very Agree A=Agree DA=Disagree SD=Strongly Disagree

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Table 4.2.4 presents the mean distribution of factor Peer influence. It shows that the Marine Engineering Students Agree (52.18%) with the factor. This means that Peer influence influences the student’s interest to study Mathematics. According to Wekesa (2013), peer influence exists as a real influential factor to the student’s attitude towards the subject. Friends and classmate are the usual peers of students. It becomes part of their environment which means that they have to consider all things from them. This study further explains that the interest of students to learn mathematics in influence by co-students. However, this matter lies on student own choice whether they want to be influenced or they want to influence. This implies that students should study mathematics according to their own choice not influenced by others. Students should choose a friend that would help them excel in math. Teachers should encourage students to influence each other in achieving difficulties on the subject. This further implies that students should learn Mathematics because of its necessity to study. 4.2.5 Mean distribution table of factors affecting student’s level of interest in terms of Teaching style Teaching Style Rating

Mean

Percentage

Verbal description (acc. to parameter limit)

Strongly agree

3.88

77.59

SA

Very agree

2.84

56.74

VA

Agree

2.61

52.22

A

Disagree

1.90

38.03

DA

Strongly disagree

1.23

24.66

SD

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N=138 SA=Strongly Agree VA=Very Agree A=Agree DA=Disagree SD=Strongly Disagree

Table 4.2.5 presents the mean distribution of factor Teaching style. It could be observed that the Marine Engineering Students rated the factor Strongly agree with (77.59%) followed by Very agree (56.74%) and Agree (52.22%). This clearly indicates that the teacher style in teaching greatly affects the student interest to study Mathematics. This is supported by the studies of Wekesa (2013) and Divadas and Lay (2017) saying that teacher’s involvement such as teaching style influences the students’ attitude towards Mathematics more than parental involvement. According to table 4.2.1 attitude of students affects the interest of students to study and in this table shows that the teaching style is influential factor to the attitude of students towards Mathematics. This implies that teachers should have variety of method in teaching and should have a personality that suit to the student’s preference. 4.3 Factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics Grouped According to Profile This section presents the factors affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics when group according to the profile. It also presents the Z-test result that state whether the there is a significant difference between the profile of the respondents and their response to the variables. Group According to Sex

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This section presents the factors affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics when group according to sex. Table 4.3.1 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Attitude grouped according to sex

The Z-test on the factor attitude affecting student’s level of interest grouped according to sex is presented on the Table 4.3.1. Based on the table the response Disagree (0.01) obtained significant (2tailed) value with less than (0.05) level of significance. However, the response Strongly Agree (0.21), Very Agree (0.26), Agree (0.18) and Strongly Disagree (0.46) obtained not significant (2tailed) values with more than (0.05). This means that there is no significance between the response of Female and Male group and therefore profile sex of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards their attitude affecting their level Attitude Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal Description

(Female)

(Male)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.6

0.83

0.21

Not significant

Very agree

0.89

1.19

0.26

Not significant

Agree

1.2

1.72

0.18

Not significant

Disagree

1.43

0.69

0.01

Significant

Strongly disagree

0.89

0.57

0.46

Not significant

Total

0.833333

1.002

0.19

Not significant

Female=80

Male=58

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Table 4.3.2 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Evaluation grouped according to sex Evaluation Mean (Female)

Mean

Sig

Verbal description

(Male)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.05

0.97

0.76

Not significant

Very agree

1.28

1.31

0.87

Not significant

Agree

1.53

1.64

0.76

Not significant

Disagree

0.65

0.72

0.77

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.5

0.36

0.55

Not significant

Total

0.83

0.83

0.74

Not significant

Female=80

Male=58

Table 4.3.2 presented the result of Z-test on factor evaluation affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to sex. It could be observed in the table that there is no significance between the response of Male and female group, hence the Z-value is above 0.05. This means that the sex of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards the Factor Evaluation affecting their level of interest on mathematics. Table 4.3.3 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Parental involvement grouped according to sex Parental Involvement Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

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(Female)

(Male)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.69

0.71

0.92

Not significant

Very agree

0.71

1.07

0.19

Not significant

Agree

1.26

1.59

0.20

Not significant

Disagree

1.31

0.86

0.07

Not significant

Strongly agree

1.03

0.78

0.41

Not significant

Total

0.83

1.00

0.36

Not significant

Female=80

Male=58

The Z-test on factor parental involvement affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to sex is presented in the Table 4.3.3. The Table shows that the Z-value is more than 0.05 and therefore the sex of Marine Engineering Students has no significance relationship towards the Factor Evaluation affecting their level of interest on Mathematics. This means that the factor parental involvement is influential to both sexes as shown on table 4.2.3.

Table 4.3.4 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Peer influence grouped according to sex Peer Influence Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

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(Female)

(Male)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.35

1.14

0.60

Not significant

Very agree

0.84

1.29

0.03

Significant

Agree

1.21

1.4

0.46

Not significant

Disagree

1.05

0.64

0.17

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.55

0.63

0.89

Not significant

Total

1

1.02

0.42

Not significant

Female=80

Male=58

The Z-test on factor peer influence affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to sex is presented in the Table 4.3.4. Based on the table response Very Agree (0.03) obtained significant hence, values with less than 0.05. However, majority of responses found not significant, values more than 0.05. This means that there is no significance between the response of Female and Male group and therefore the profile sex of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards peer influence affecting their level of interest on Mathematics.

Table 4.3.5 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Teaching Style grouped according to sex

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Teaching Style Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(Female)

(Male)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

3

0.88

0.14

Not significant

Very agree

1.48

1.36

0.09

Not significant

Agree

1.03

1.59

0.46

Not significant

Disagree

1.35

0.55

0.75

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.61

0.62

0.76

Not significant

Total

1.49

1

0.44

Not significant

Female=80

Male=58

The Z-test on factor Teaching style affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to sex is presented in the Table 4.3.5. It could be observed in the table that all responses are not significant. This means that there is no significance between the response of Female and Male group and therefore the profile sex of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards teaching style affecting their level of interest on mathematics. Group According to Age This section presents the factors affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics when group according to Age.

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Table 4.3.6 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Attitude grouped according to age Attitude Mean

Mean

Sig.

(14&Below)

(15&Above)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.7

1.29

0.09

Not significant

Very agree

0.98

1.57

0.02

Significant

Agree

1.4

1

0.29

Not significant

Disagree

1.18

0.86

0.20

Not significant

Strongly agree

0.74

0.29

0.30

Not significant

0.95

1

0.15

Not significant

14&below=131

15&above=7

Total

Verbal description

The Z-test on factor Attitude affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to age is presented in the Table 4.3.6. Base on the table the response Very agree (0.02) obtained significant however, majority of the response obtained not significant, values more than 0.05. This means that there is no significance between the response of Age 14 and below and Age 15 and above group. Therefore, the profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship on attitude towards their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.7 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Evaluation grouped according to age Evaluation Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(14&Below)

(15&Above)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.02

1.29

0.40

Not significant

Very agree

1.19

1

0.41

Not significant

Agree

1.68

1.43

0.59

Not significant

Disagree

0.7

0.86

0.69

Not significant

Strongly disagree 0.4

0.43

0.94

Not significant

Total

0.99

1.00

0.52

Not significant

17&below=131

18and above=7

The Z-test on factor Evaluation affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to age is presented in the Table 4.3.7. It could be observed in the table that all of the responses of both age groups obtained not significant hence, the Z-values are more than 0.05. This means that there is no significance between the responses of two age groups and therefore profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards Evaluation affecting student’s level of interest in Subject Math.

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Table 4.3.8 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Parental involvement grouped according to age Parental Involvement Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(14&And Below)

(15&Above)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.67

1.43

0.08

Not significant

Very agree

0.83

1.14

0.52

Not significant

Agree

1.42

1

0.32

Not significant

Disagree

1.16

1.01

0.32

Not significant

Strongly disagree 0.92

0.43

0.21

Not significant

Total

1.00

1.00

0.35

Not significant

14&below=131

15&above=7

The Z-test on factor Parental involvement affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to age is presented in the Table 4.3.8. Based on the Table the response of different age groups obtained not significant, hence the Z-value is more than 0.05. This means that the response between Age 17 and below and Age 18 and above is not significance and therefore the profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards parental involvement affecting their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.9 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Peer influence grouped according to age Peer Influence Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(14&Below)

(15&Above) (2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.15

1.86

0.18

Not significant

Very agree

1.09

1.14

0.87

Not significant

Agree

1.33

1.14

0.38

Not significant

Disagree

0.89

0.43

0.36

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.55

0.43

0.70

Not significant

Total

1.00

1

0.5

Not significant

14&below=121 15&above=7

The Z-test on factor Peer Influence affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to age is presented in the Table 4.3.9. Based on the table all of the responses obtained not significant hence, the Z-values are more than 0.05. This means that there is no significance between the responses of Age 17 and below and Age 18 and above and therefore the profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards peer influence affecting their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.10 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Teaching Style grouped according to age Teaching Style Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(14&below)

(15&above)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.21

1.86

0.4

Not significant

Very agree

1.15

1.71

0.35

Not significant

Agree

1.44

0.71

0.03

Significant

Disagree

0.61

0.14

0.03

Significant

Strongly disagree

0.59

0.57

0.94

Not significant

Total

1

0.998

0.32

Not significant

14&below=131

15&above=7

The Z-test on factor Teaching Style affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to age is presented in the Table 4.3.10. Based on the Table the response agree (0.03) and disagree (0.03) obtained significant (2tailed) values with less than 0.05. However, majority of the response is not significant, values with more than 0.05. This means that the response of the two age groups is not significant and therefore the profile age of grade 7 students has no significant relationship towards teaching style affecting their level of interest in Mathematics. Group According to High School Graduated From This section presents the factors affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics when group according to Age. Factors Affecting the Second Year Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.11 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Attitude grouped according to Elementary school graduated from Attitude Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(Central)

(Non-central)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.58

0.72

0.37

Not significant

Very agree

1

1.05

0.90

Not significant

Agree

1.42

1.38

0.90

Not significant

Disagree

1.42

1.12

0.60

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.58

0.73

0.70

Not significant

Total

0.83

1

0.58

Not significant

National=12

Nonnational=126

The Z-test on factor Attitude affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to elementary school from is presented in the Table 4.3.11. Based on the Table all of the response obtained not significant hence, the Z-values are more than 0.05. This means that the response of two High School groups is not significance and therefore the profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Mathematics in terms of Evaluation grouped according to Elementary school graduated from Evaluation Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(Central)

(Non-central)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.92

1

0.78

Not significant

Very agree

1.5

1.25

0.60

Not significant

Agree

1.25

1.64

0.15

Not significant

Disagree

0.92

0.63

0.17

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.42

0.48

0.78

Not significant

Total

1.002

1

0.50

Not significant

Central=12

Non-central=126

The Z-test on factor Evaluation affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to High School graduated from is presented in the Table 4.3.12. It could be observed in the Table that all of the responses are obtained not significant hence; the Zvalues are more than 0.05. This means that response of National High school and Non_national High school is not significance and therefore the profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards evaluation affecting their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.13 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Parental involvement grouped according to Elementary school graduated from Parental Involvement Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(central)

(Non-central)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

0.67

0.79

0.56

Not significant

Very agree

1.08

0.98

0.59

Not significant

Agree

1.08

1.47

0.32

Not significant

Disagree

1.17

1

0.71

Not significant

Strongly disagree

1

0.77

0.49

Not significant

Total

1

1.00

0.53

Not significant

Central=12

Non-central=126

The Z-test on factor Parental involvement affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to Elementary School graduated from is presented in the Table 4.3.13. Based on the Table all responses are not significant hence, the Z-values are more than (0.05). This means that the response of the two groups is not significant and therefore the profile age of Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards parental involvement affecting their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.14 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Peer influence grouped according to Elementary school graduated from Peer Influence Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(Central)

(Non-central)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.42

1.16

0.49

Not significant

Very agree

1

1.06

0.57

Not significant

Agree

1.25

1.25

0.98

Not significant

Disagree

0.92

1

0.73

Not significant

Strongly Disagree

0.42

0.53

0.65

Not significant

Total

1.002

1

0.71

Not significant

Central=12

Non-central=126

The Z-test on factor Peer influence affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to elementary school graduated from is presented in the Table 4.3.14. Based on the Table there all of the response obtained not significant hence, the Z-values are more than 0.05. This means that there is no significance between the responses of two High Schools and therefore the profile of the Marine Engineering Students has no significant relationship towards peer influence affecting their level of interest in Mathematics.

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Table 4.3.15 Z-test on factors Affecting Student’s Level of Interest towards Mathematics in terms of Teaching style grouped according to Elementary school graduated from Teaching Style Mean

Mean

Sig.

Verbal description

(Central)

(Non-central)

(2tailed)

Strongly agree

1.42

1.23

0.71

Not significant

Very agree

1.08

1.19

0.76

Not significant

Agree

1.33

1.44

0.56

Not significant

Disagree

0.58

0.59

0.99

Not significant

Strongly disagree

0.58

0.56

0.90

Not significant

Total

0.99

1.00

0.78

Not significant

Central=12 Non-central=126

The Z-test on factor Teaching style affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics according to elementary school graduated from is presented in the Table 4.3.15. Based on the Table all of the responses are obtained not significant hence, the values are more than 0.05. This means the response of two High School groups is not significant and therefore there is no significant relationship towards teaching style affecting their level of interest in Mathematics.

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CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION This chapter presents the summary of the findings, the conclusion and recommendations given by the researchers based on the results obtained. 4.1 Summary The study endeavored to identify the factors affecting student’s level of interest towards Mathematics of PNTC SY:2018-2019. For that to be attained a questionnaire was a devised based on the questions stated in the statement of the problem. The questioner was divided into two parts: checklist for the profile of the respondents and rating for evaluating whether they Strongly Agree (5), Very Agree (4), Agree (3), Disagree (2), and Strongly Disagree (1) with the factor affecting their interest to study Mathematics. It was administered to the selected Marine Engineering Students of PNTC with the total of 138 populations. In the data gathered, majority of the respondents are female with an average 0.58 (57.97%) while male is 0.42 (42.03%). Most of the respondents belong to younger age (14 and below) with an average of 0.95 (94.93%). In addition, majority of the respondents came from Non-national Elementary School with an average of 0.91 (91.34%) The finding shows that the Attitude, Evaluation, Parental Involvement, Peer Influence and Teaching Style are all factors affecting the student’s level of interest towards Mathematics. Attitude with an average of 2.92 or 58.4 % (Agree) obtained influential factor to the student’s level of interest. Evaluation with an average of 3.16 or 63.2% (Agree) obtained influential Factors Affecting the Second Year Marine Engineering students’ level of interest towards Mathematics.

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factor to the student’s level of interest. Parental involvement with an average of 2.85 or 56.97 (Agree) obtained as influential factor to the students level of interest. Peer influence with an average of 2.61 or 52.18 (Agree) obtained influential factor to the student’s level of interest. And Teaching style with an average of 3.88 or 77.59% (Strongly Agree) obtained as very influential to the student’s level of interest. The z-test result shows that there is no significance between the student’s profile sex, age and ES graduated from towards the factors affecting student’s level of interest in Mathematics. 4.2 Conclusion Base on the obtained findings the level of interest of Marine Engineering Students of PNTC are affected because of their attitude and peer influence, evaluation, parental involvement and teaching style and teaching style is the most influential factor to the students. Therefore, the teacher’s way of teaching towards students greatly affects student’s evaluation test score which affects student’s attitude and interest to study mathematics. Teachers also therefore should initiate teaching style that would encourage more students to study mathematics. Furthermore, students are easy to be influenced by peers because most of the students belong to same group of age and group of sex and HS graduated from and also by parent because students are still young that means they still need attention and support in difficult times like studying mathematics. Students therefore, should encourage and influence each other to learn mathematics. The result of Z-test results rejected the null hypothesis of the study and therefore the response of Marine Engineering Students are uniform which means that all of them agree with the factors affecting their level of interest.

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4.3 Recommendation Based on findings, analysis and conclusion drawn in the study, the researchers forward the following recommendations to: Marine Engineering Students. The study recommended the students to choose wisely in choosing friends and they should be open to their parents. Also, students should develop their mathematics skill through self-discipline like having positive belief and expectation to success. Mathematics Teachers. The study recommended the teachers to be more innovative in terms of teaching. They should encourage the students to influence each other to study Mathematics. They should also provide alternative solution for those students who failed the subject. School administrators. The study recommended the school administrators to create a program that would encourage students to strive learning mathematics subject. Parents. The study recommended the parents to encourage their child to learn mathematics. They should cultivate parent-to-child time for sharing once experiences as means of evaluation of the child’s difficulties in studies.

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