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Christopher A. Malay
1. What is the level of basic A. Demographic data like: A. Survey questionnaire A. Descriptive statistics like mean,
biology skills of selected students - Age frequency and standard deviation
in senior high school in terms of - Gender B. Basic Biology Skills
the following manipulative - Type of school attended Performance Self-Assessment B.1 Descriptive statistics for the
laboratory tasks: last attended (private or Scale self-assessment
- Identifying basic biology public) B.2 Correlation analysis between
laboratory equipment - GPA (Grade 10) students’ self-assessment and
- Accurate and precise use demographic data.
of light microscope B. Student self-assessment of
- Measuring weight and basic biology skills
volumes
2. What is the perception of C. Students’ perception on the C. Modified questionnaire from C. Descriptive statistics
students to practical course work practical coursework in General (Gobaw & Atagana, 2016) which
in selected lessons in General Biology 1. assesses students’ response on
Biology 1? skills acquisition through practical
course work in General Biology
3. What is the level of basic D. Students’ grade on a D. Basic Biology Skills D.1 Correlation analysis between
biology skills of selected senior performance task Performance Rubric students’ performance and their
high school during their demographic data
performance task after the
practical course work? D.2 Multiple regression analysis to
find out the differential impact
gender, age, type of school
attended last and grade 10 GPA
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