HUA SIONG COLLEGE OF ILOILO

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Iloilo City

Factors Affecting Grade 12 STEM Students’ Choice of Pursuing Medical and Healthcare

Courses in College

An Undergraduate Thesis

Presented to the Faculty of

Hua Siong College of Iloilo, Inc.

Ledesco Campus, La Paz, Iloilo City

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements of the Subject

Practical Research 2

Sergio Sanchez III

Stewart Chen

Isaiah James Chua

Christian Plana

March 2018
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Approval Sheet

The undergraduate thesis, entitled “FACTORS AFFECTING GRADE 12 STEM

STUDENTS’ CHOICE OF PURSUING MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE COURSES IN

COLLEGE”, prepared and submitted by STEWART CHEN, ISAIAH JAMES CHUA,

CHRISTAIN PLANA, and SERGIO SANCHEZ III, in partial fulfillment of the requirements

for graduation is hereby accepted.

AL JEFFREY L. GONZALES
Date Adviser

ANN MARGARET GENOVEA

Date Head Senior High School Department
Ledesco Campus

Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the strand Science, Technology,

Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is hereby accepted

EVELYN S. DOMIGUEZ
Date Over-all Head
Senior High School Deparment

MARC LOUIE LIBO-ON

Date Over-all Head, English Department,
Ledesco Campus

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Acknowledgement

Many individuals have experienced research from the past. In this generation,

some teachers had the initiative to help us conduct and complete our research

requirement. Moreover, completion of this bound thesis would be impossible if without

the help of the individuals who have tirelessly and unconditionally shed sweat, tears and

blood with us. And for that, the researchers would like to thank for their contributions on

helping our research flawlessly.

Dr. Warren K. Uy, Principal, Hua Song College of Iloilo, Inc., for signing the

letters to the school authorities and the permits to conduct the research.

Sir Marc Louie Libo-on, Overall Head English Department and Statistician, for his

time, statistical skills, support and effort in helping us all throughout the research

process, most especially, during the data analysis stage.

Ma’am Evelyn Dominguez, Overall Head, Senior High School, for instilling in us

the value of research ethics and discipline during the conduct of this research.

Ma’am Ann Margaret Genovea, Head of the Senior High School, HSCI – Ledesco

Campus, for her untiring support, assistance and encouragement.

Sir Al Jeffrey Gonzales, our research adviser and editor, for efforts on editing our

research, encouragement, patience and services. Commented [0181]:

Our teachers, for their willingness, initiatives and also being supportive that

without which, we might not have finished and left behind because of difficulties we

experienced while this research.

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And above all, to the God, who made things possible and for the future.

I.J.C.

S.C.C.

S.C.S

C.R.P

March 2018

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Sanchez III, Sergio C., Chen, Stewart G., Chua, Isaiah James Y., Plana, Christian M.
“Factors Affecting Grade 12 STEM Students’ Choice of Pursuing Medical and
Healthcare Courses in College,” Ledesco Village, La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines
5000. March 2018

Abstract

In compliance with Republic Act 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013,

Hua Siong College of Iloilo Inc. has begun to offer Science, Technology, Engineering,

and Mathematics (STEM) Strand. Students who aspire to pursue a career in the medical

or healthcare profession are hereby recommended to take this strand as preparatory

course in college. This study, a descriptive-correlational research, aimed to determine

the preferred medical and healthcare course to take in college of the pioneer batch of

senior high school of Hua Siong College of Iloilo, Inc. as well as their reasons for

pursuing a medical or healthcare courses. Predictor variables employed in this study

included sex, age, family income, school campus, and reasons for pursuing medical or

healthcare course while the dependent variable was the choice of taking a medical or

healthcare course. A self-developed survey questionnaire was used to elicit the

necessary information from a total of 37 purposively selected respondents. Respondents

were chosen based from an earlier survey conducted for work immersion, having

expressed their interest to pursue medical and healthcare courses. Frequency count was

employed for the descriptive statistics whereas nonparametric statistics such as Mann-

Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis, and Chi-Square were used to test the null hypotheses

set at 0.05 alpha level. Results reveal that three-quarters of grade 12 STEM students

pursuing medical and healthcare courses come from the Main Campus, the remaining

quarter, coming from Ledesco Campus. The total respondents were composed of 77.8%

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female respondents and 22.2% male respondents. When grouped according to age,

respondents were mostly made up of adolescents with 86.1% with young teens and

young adults coming in second and third with 8.3% and 6.6%, respectively. Lastly,

when grouped according to family income, respondents with average family income

come first with 72.2% while those with low income made up 16.7% of the total

respondents, followed by those with high family income, with 11.1%. As for courses, the

most preferred courses among Grade 12 Students is BS in Medical Technology, followed

by BS in Nursing, and BS in Pharmacy. Meanwhile, BS in Physical Therapy and

Radiologic Therapy is least preferred course among Grade 12 STEM students. As for the

reasons, research results revealed that Stable Job and Safe Career Path topped the rank

followed by Aptitude and Interest and Career Path. There is a significant difference in

the choice of courses and reasons of students who are pursuing medical reasons and

courses of students who are pursuing medical and healthcare courses in college when

grouped according to campus. However, when grouped according to sex, age, and

family income, test results revealed that there is no significant difference. In addition,

there is a significant relationship among campus, sex, age and family income. However

the reasons choosing medical and healthcare courses in college are not significantly

related to any of the identified variables.

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Table of Contents

Page

Title i

Approval Sheet ii

Acknowledgement

Abstract v

Table of Contents vii

List of Tables xi

List of Figures xii

List of Appendices xiii

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Study 1

Background of the study 2

Conceptual Framework of the Study 4

Statement of the Problem 5

Hypotheses 6

Significance of the Study 6

Definition of Terms 8

Significance of the Study 9

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Chapter 2. Review of Related Literature 10

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM 10

Education
STEM Education in the Philippines 14

Medical and Healthcare Courses, and Careers 16

Chapter 3. Research Design and Methodology 19

Research Design 19

Methodology 20

Participants 20

Research Sampling Design 20

Instrument 20

Data Collection Procedure 21

Data Analysis Procedure 21

Chapter 4. Results and Discussion 23

Profile of Grade 12 STEM Students pursuing medical and 23

healthcare courses in college
Preferred medical and healthcare courses of grade 12 STEM 25
students
Reasons of pursuing medical and healthcare related courses in 25
college of grade 12 STEM students

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Mann-Whitney test result for results for difference in course 26

choices and reasons of grade 12 students when grouped
according to campus
Mann-Whitney test result for differences in course choices and 27
reasons of grade 12 students when grouped according to sex
Kruskal-Wallis test result for differences in courses and reasons of 28
grade 12 STEM students when grouped according to family
income
Kruskal-Wallis test result for differences in courses and reasons of 29
grade 12 STEM students when grouped according to age
Chi-Square Test Result for Significant Relationship among 30
Campus, Sex, Age, Family Income, Courses and Reasons of Grade
12 STEM students.

Chapter 5. Results, Conclusions, Recommendations 32

Summary 32

Conclusion 33

Recommendation 35

References 37

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List of Tables

Figures Page

1 Profile of Grade 12 STEM Students pursuing medical and healthcare 24

courses in college
2 Preferred medical and healthcare courses of grade 12 STEM 25
students
3 Reasons of pursuing medical and healthcare related courses in 26
college of grade 12 STEM students
4 Mann-Whitney test result for results for difference in course choices 27
and reasons of grade 12 students when grouped according to
campus
5 Mann-Whitney test result for differences in course choices and 28
reasons of grade 12 students when grouped according to sex
6 Kruskal-Wallis test result for differences in courses and reasons of 29
grade 12 STEM students when grouped according to family income
7 Kruskal-Wallis test result for differences in courses and reasons of 30
grade 12 STEM students when grouped according to age
8 Chi-Square Test Result for Significant Relationship among Campus, 31
Sex, Age, Family Income, Courses and Reasons of Grade 12 STEM
students.

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List of Figures

Tables Page

1 The research paradigm 4

2 The data collection procedure 21

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List of Appendices

Appendices Page

SPSS Tables 41

Permission Letters 47

Instrument 50

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