The Readiness of Grade 12 Information Communication and

Technology (ICT) Senior High School of Don Pablo Lorenzo

Memorial High School Stand-Alone Senior High School Towards
Computer Related Course

A Research

Presented to the Faculty of Information Communication Technology in Don

Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School Stand-Alone Senior High School

By:

Bunda, Richard T.
Bongcal, Renalyn C.
Delos Santos, Cyrus M.
Ebol, Dharelle G.
Fua, Mc-Carl C.

Guile, Cherlin P.
Sajalun, Al-adzmi S.
Savandal, Sarey L.

Tubal, Enrico F.
Undangan, Dadz Ivan J.

2022

CHAPTER I
 INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Information Communication and technology is a study of computers as a

data processing tools. Introduces students to the fundamental of using computer

system in an internet environment-Information communication and technology (ICT)

is a technology that access telecommunications that similar to information and

technology. But it focuses on communication technology. “ICT is derived any

communication device or application that encompassing radio, television,

telephones, computers, network, hardware and software, satellite system and so on,

as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as video

conferencing and distance learning” (khan et al., 2015).

Education in computer science and engineering has been an active area

throughout much of the 50-year history of the discipline. Particularly since the

establishment of the first computer science departments in the mid-1960s,

considerable attention has been paid to the challenge of training students in this

rapidly evolving field. (Allen B. Tucker et al.1; Strategic Directions in Computer

Science Education) Introductory courses such as Computer Science, Computer

Engineering, Information Technology etc., finds a range of experience among

students: some students have little to no experience and knowledge to computers,

others might have use computers for word processing only. Computer related

courses such as computer science and computer engineer, Information technology

requires basic computer coding and hardware knowledge.

 Computer Science, computer Engineer and IT are some of the most popular

study programmes worldwide. If you’re passionate about computer hardware and

software. Computer programming is a difficult and complicated process that can be

easier if you have experienced even a portion of it beforehand. This Study aims to

find out the level of readiness of Grade 12 ICT Students towards taking their

computer related courses in college.

Review of Related Literature

This chapter presents the related literatures discovered during the

researchers' extensive search. This summarizes the subject's concepts and overall
conclusion that are relevant and similar to the current study.

Local Studies

The Philippines implemented in SY 2012-2013 the K to 12 Basic Education

Program, in response to the need to address the mismatch of competencies and job

requirements of industries (“DepEd Order No. 36, s. 2012.pdf,” 2012). In the

implementation of E-learning in higher education institutions should not only focus on

providing the required technology and making learning content available. The failure

of E-Learning is often caused not by technological matters but the inability of 400

educators and universities in providing the planning of the learning process and less

attention to non-technical domains (Frimpon, 2012). According to Lucero, H. R.,

Victoriano, J. M., Carpio, J. T. & Fernado, P. G. J. (2021) cloud computing in higher

education institutions as stressed in this paper could be utilized adequately, since it

is a very cost-effective technology and also due to its manifold benefits. Also, cloud
computing has led to the enhancement of the productivity and experience of I.T staff

members in different institutions.

Foreign Studies

As we live in a digital age, most industries rely on data and software

programmes. Computer Science & IT impacts everything, from scientific research to

health development, transport, banking, communications. Given the tremendous

career opportunities that a foundation in computer science can provide, it makes

sense that we do what we can to improve access to high-quality computer science

learning experiences for all students. Computer science (CS), Information

Technology (IT), and Computer Engineering (CE) is not about understanding how to

use a word processor or create a power point presentation. CS, IT, CE is about

gaining computational thinking skills and is a critical skill set that all students should

have in schools, and educators, and their partners are doing their part to expand

opportunities to Machine learning for all. (Albert P., 2016). In computer programming

there is a strong emphasis on problem-solving rather than theoretical understanding

of programming. This is evident in the research literature and in influential

documents like the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curriculum. A very important

learning activity in computer programming courses is that students work with

programming assignments in the computer laboratory. (Michael Thuné & Anna

Eckerdal (2019) Analysis of Students’ learning of computer programming in a

computer laboratory context, European Journal of Engineering Education).

The following are literature reviews and studies related factors that influence

students senior high school students in choosing their related computer courses in

college. According to Glazewski and Haw (2008) that ICT is used as a tool for

students to discover learning topics, solve problems, and provide solutions to the

problems in the learning process

Theoretical Framework

This study is anchored on the Assessing student’s ability to use Computers by

Neil Selwyn (1997) It aims to equip students with the ability to use computers or

technology at least adequately. It states the student’s ability prior taking computer

related courses. As & Upchurch (1988, p. 8) propose that all students should receive

computer "competence" instruction in order to act as productive members of the

anticipated new information society. But as Gabriel (1985) also pointed out 10 years

ago Education professionals have been so focused on how to define and teach this

new "literacy" that the issue of how to assess it has received little attention. An

essential component of instructional computing should be assessing students'

computer skills.
Conceptual Framework

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

The Students of Don Readiness among
Pablo Lorenzo Students of Senior
Memorial High School- High school
Stand Alone Senior
High School
Respondents

Sex

Age

Choice of course

Moderating Variable
Figure I. Conceptual Paradigm of the study

Figure 1 shows the variables presented in the study. The Independent

variable are the respondent of the study. The respondent are classified into Age,

Sex, and Choice of Course while the Dependent variable is readiness of students

towards taking their computer related courses of Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High

School Stand-Alone Senior High School.

Statement Of the Problem

1. What is the student’s level of Readiness of Grade ICT 12 students towards

Computer Related Courses?

2. Is there a significant difference on the student’s level of Readiness of Grade

12 ICT students when grouped according to:

Sex

Significance of the Study

Students- The Students will be aware of the readiness towards taking their
computer related courses.
Teachers- The Teachers will have an understanding to what Courses and readiness

does ICT students towards taking computer related courses

Future Researchers- This study will also be beneficial to future researchers who

wants to undertake similar study.

Scope and Delimitation

This study will focus on the Readiness of Grade 12 Information

Communication and Technology (ICT) Senior High School of Don Pablo Lorenzo
Memorial High School Stand-Alone Senior High School Towards Computer Related

Course.

This study will be conducted at the Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial Stand-Alone

Senior High School, located at Governor Ramos Avenue, Barangay Sta. Maria.

Specifically, at TVL-ICT Section A, B, and C.

Operational Definition of Terms

Computer Related courses- are courses related to computer such as Computer

Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data science and much

more.

Readiness - The state of being fully prepared to the computer related courses the

students are taking.

 CHAPTER II
METHODOLOGY
This chapter include details on the research design, Locale of the study,

population, and Sampling design, Data Gathering tool, Reliability and Validity, Ethical

consideration, data Gathering Procedure, and Statistical tool.

Research Design

This research design would help the researchers analyze the Readiness of

Grade 12 Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Senior High School of

Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School Stand-Alone Senior High School Towards

Computer Related Course.

Locale of the Study

This study will be conducted at the campus of Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial

High School Stand Alone Senior High School located at Gov. Ramos Sta Maria

Zamboanga City.

Population and Sampling Design

The participants in this study are the 3 sections of TVL-ICT A, B, and C 10 in each

section with a total of 60 participants. The Sampling design we will use is the

Convenience Sampling.
Data Gathering Tool

The questionnaire used in this study were adapted from a previews

study came from Edison B. Estigoy a Master of Arts in education and

modified to conduct this study. The questionnaire has 2 components first

is the Demographic Profile where the respondents were asking about

their demographic profile such as Name(optional), Age, and Sex. The

last component is the choice of courses that they are taking.

Reliability and Validity

The questions will mainly focus on the level of readiness if they are

ready or not.

Ethical Consideration

The researchers will distribute a consent to the respondent. This consent

proves that the researchers respect the decision of the respondent either he or she

would accept or decline and/or to be part of the research. The researchers will

conduct a brief orientation of what is the research all about. The respondents will

assure of the confidentiality of the data and information that they have share in the
questionnaires well as the option to finish answering the questionnaire, lastly, the

identity of the respondents will be optional.

Statistical Tool

There will be two (2) statistical tools that this study will be utilizing, Frequency count

and T-test. Frequency Count utilizes to answer the specific study problem.

What is the level student’s level of Readiness of Grade ICT 12 students towards

Computer Related Courses.

 CHAPTER III

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents the results, the analysis and interpretation of data gathered

from the answers to the questionnaires distributed to the field. The said data were

presented in tabular form in accordance with the specific questions posited on the

statement of the problem.

Profile of the Respondents

Table 1 Age of the

respondents

AGE FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE RANK

16 1 3.33% 6

17 8 26.66% 1

18 7 23.33% 2

19 6 20% 3

20 5 16.66% 4

21 2 6.66% 5
 30 1 3.33% 6

Total: 30 100%

According to Table 1, 26.66% of the respondent has the age of 17 answered the

questionnaire, 23.33% from the age of 18, 20% from the age 19, 16.66% from the

age of 20, 6.66% from the age of 21, and both age 16 and 30 are 3.33%. Therefore,

most of our respondent came from 17-20 of age and answered our questionnaire.

Table 2.

GENDER FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE RANK

MALE 19 63.33% 1

FEMALE 11 36.66% 2

TOTAL 30 100%

Based on table 2. 0ur female respondent are 36.66% while our male respondent is

63.33%. Therefore, majority of our respondent are Male because it has 63.33%.

Figure 2. RANGE
RANGE
SD 1.00-1.80
D 1.9-2.6
N 2.7-3.4
A 3.5-4.2
SA 4.3-5
Table 3.1 Survey

GRADE 12 ALL STUDENTS READINESS

SURVEY QUESTIONS Mean Remarks

1. Are you familiar with basic computer

system parts and concepts (e.g., hard
drive, RAM, etc.) 3.066666667 N

2. Do you have at least the basic

knowledge on any computer language
programming? 2.833333333 N

3. Are you willing to learn more about

computer programming language?
2.466666667 D

4. Are you confident enough using a

computer? 2.933333333
N

5. Are you able to identify the parts of the

computer? 2.766666667
N

6. Do you find it difficult to understand

anything about computers? 2.733333333
N

7. Are you Motivated to take any computer

related courses? 3
N

8. Do you find College Computer Related

Courses Intimidating? 2.8
N

9. Do you think your specialized Subject

Helps you to better understand more about 2.7
computer? N

10. Are you able to use computer word

processing, spreadsheets, and power 2.766666667
point? N

11. Are you able to Set Up computer

networks? 2.966666667
(e.g., connect computer to another or a N
printer)
12. Are you able to install operating
systems and drivers for 3
peripherals/devices? N

13. Are you able to identify any computer

 terminologies? (e.g., Wi-Fi, CPU, RAM, 2.766666667 N
etc.)
14. Are you familiar with computer
programming Concepts? (e.g., Data 2.833333333
structure, Syntax and Variables) N

15. Are you familiar with different types of

Computer programming languages? 3.1
N

OVERALL 2.848888889

As you can see in the table, the students over all readiness of having a mean of

2.84, Showing in the table 3.1. that the Q15 “Are you familiar with different types of

Computer programming languages?” having the mean of 3.1 hence, stating their

much familiarity in computer programming. And the Q1 “Are you familiar with basic

computer system parts and concepts (e.g., hard drive, RAM, etc.)”is in second

having the mean of 3.066666667.

While the Q3 “Are you willing to learn more about computer programming

language?” having the lowest mean of 2.466666667.

Table 3.2. MALES

MALE Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1

S 0 1 2 3 4 5

M 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

M 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 2 4 5

M 4 3 2 2 1 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4

M 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2

M 4 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 5
 M 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4

M 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

M 4 3 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 3 5 4 2 3 4

M 3 4 3 5 3 1 4 3 5 4 3 5 2 3 5

M 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 5 5 4 5 5 5

M 4 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 1 3 4 1 3

M 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3

M 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 2 3 5 4 4 5 5 4

M 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 2

M 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 1

M 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 2

M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

M 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 2 3

M 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 5 4

M 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

MEAN 3.3 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.3 2.8 2.7

1 9 3 5 5 4 1 9 8 3 2.87 3.15 2.74 3 3.26

The table 3.2 shows the male respondents answers to the different questions, Q1

and Q7 having the same mean of 3.31, followed by Q15 having mean of 3.26 and

Q12 with the mean of 3.15, then followed by Q10 and Q14 with the mean of 3. With

the overall mean of 2.99

 Table 3.3

FEMALE Q1 Q2 Q Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1

S 3 0 1 2 3 4 5

F 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 2 2 4

F 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4

F 4 2 5 3 2 4 2 5 3 1 4 3 5 3 1

F 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2

F 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 4 2 3 3 3

F 1 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

F 3 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 2 3 2

F 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2

F 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5

F 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3

F 4 3 2 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 3

MEAN 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.5

3 2 2 2 3 6 5 3 4 2.36 3.09 2.72 2.72 2.54 2.81

The table above show the female respondents response on the different questions,

with Q1 having the mean of 3.09, followed by Q15 with the mean of 2.81, again

followed by Q2, Q4,Q12 and Q13 with the mean of 2.72. overall mean of 2.6

CHAPTER IV

RECOMMENDATION

This Chapter Contains the Recommendation of the Study

CONCLUSION

Based on the data gathered, the researchers concluded that the Readiness of

students in taking Computer Related Courses are moderate in terms of readiness

however females are mostly not ready in response to the questionnaire we

distributed

RECOMMENDATION

Since Technology are now the most influential on students in terms of different

aspects, the researchers recommend that the students should have to consider self-

learning In order to widen the knowledge much more for the students to be able to

Take Computer Related Courses.