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Managerial role performance of national high school administrations in the division of Nueva Vizcaya: an assessment/

By Del Rosario, Jeremias Olegenio .
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State University, 1999 .
xvi, 78 leaves : , This study was conducted to assess the managerial role performance of the national high school administrators of Nueva Vizcaya and to determine the variables associated with it. The study covered nine national high schools of Nueva Vizcaya. Two groups of respondents were used: all the school heads of the nine (9) national high schools and 169 teachers proportionately and randomly picked from a total of 292 teachers in these schools. The national high school heads provided information on personal and school-related variables as well as their self-assessment of effectiveness of their managerial roles. The teachers. the other hand. provided their own the on assessment of their school heads managerial role performance. In describing the personal characteristics statistics such and of the respondents. school-related the descriptive as frequency distribution, percentages. ranges, means and standard deviations were used. In ascertaining the correlation of the administrator demographic. and school-related variables with the level of managerial role performance of national secondary high school of Nueva Vizcaya. the backward. stepwise multiple regression and correlation analysis were used. The t-test was used in ascertaining the difference between the administrators' self-perception and the teachers evaluation of the level of managerial role performance of the national secondary high schools. Results of the study revealed that more than one-half of the school heads were males with ages ranging from 31-40 years. The mean age of the respondents was 41.22 years. All of them were married and two-thirde had none three children. More than one-half has earned MA/MS units. had been serving as national secondary school administrators for up to five years and were rated very satisfactory during the last three years. More than one-half received an annual salary in excess of P160.000. All the school heads recipients of certain awards honors. More than one-half of the school administrators considered their supply and facilities as moderately adequate. More than one-half supervised 21-40 teaching staff. About three-fourths had up to 20 non-teaching staff. Two-thirds of the school heads resided for up to 5 km away from their respective schools. More than three-fourths had students numbering up to 1000. Both school heads and teachers perceived that the level of managerial role performance of the former in terms of organizational dimension orientation was effective. other hand. On the the self-perceptions of the school headn an regards the level of their managerial role performance in interpersonal dimension orientation was very effective while the teachers considered it to be effective. Overall, the level of managerial role performance of secondary school heads was effect.ive. the national The school heads" self-assessment of their managerial role performance was significantly higher in both organizational and interpersonal skills as compared to the teachers' perception. Age and length of service as school heads were found to significantly affect the organizational skills of the national secondary school heads. Meanwhile. the personal variables significantly associated with interpersonal dimension orientation were age, sex. length of service, and annual salary. None among the school-related variables were found to be significantly related with the level of role performance of the national secondary school heads in terms organizational and interpersonal dimension orientation. On the basis of the foregoing findings, the following conclusions were made: Majority of the school heads are males, with ages ranging from 31-40 years. All are married where most them have up to three children. More than one-half had earned MA/MS units, were serving se national secondary school administrators for up to five years and were rated very satisfactory during the lant three years. Majority of the respondents were receiving an annual salary in excess of P160,000. All the respondents, had. at one time or another, been recipients of awards honors. Majority of the respondents were receiving moderately adequate supplies and facilities. More than one-half were supervising 21-40 teaching staff. Almost all of them had at most 20 non-teaching staff. Majority were residing for up to 5 km away from their respective schools. More than three-fourths had at most 1000 students. The level of managerial role performance of national secondary school administrators in terms of organizational and interpersonal dimension orientation is effective. The school head had higher level of performance an perceived by themselves compared to the teachers evaluation of the school heads performance.. Only the personal variables age and length of service as school heads significantly affected. the organizational skills of the national secondary school heads. The personal variables that significantly affected interpersonal dimension orientation were age, sex. length of service, and annual salary. None among school-related variables the significantly related with the level of role performance of the national secondary school headn in terms organizational and interpersonal dimension orientation. | Thesis (Master of Education - Educational Administration) 28 cm..

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Teaching effectiveness of teachers in public secondary schools of Nueva Vizcaya/

By Padilla, Merlita Cacal.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State University, 1999 .
xvi, 93 leaves : , This study was conducted primarily to assess the Teaching Effectiveness of the teachers who were trained under the Project for Basic Education (PROBE), a bilateral project of the Government of the Philippines and the Government of Australia. Specifically, it attempted to answer the following questions; 1. How do the PROBE teachers and NON-PROBE teachers perceive their Teaching Effectiveness in terms of the common Qualitative Indicators of Teaching Effectiveness?; 2. Are there differences between the Teaching Effectiveness of the PRONE and NON-PROBE teachers as perceived by: (a) themselves, (b) students, and (c) both the teachers and students? 3. Is there a relationship between Teaching Effectiveness and each of the: (a) Teacher's Personal Variables? Professional Variables; (b) School Variables and (c) Student's This study employed the descriptive and comparative methods of research. The descriptive method was used to answer question number 1, while the comparative method was used to answer questions number 2 and 3.The subjects of this study were 32 PROBE and 32 NON-PRODE teachers and 30 students from each of the five PROBE and five NON-PROBE schools, a total of 300, selected by simple random technique. Descriptive statistics like mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data on the Qualitative Indicators of Teaching Effectiveness. Whereas correlative coefficient (R), R squared, T-value and probabilities were computed and interpreted between Teaching Effectiveness and each of the variables of the study. Findings 1. Teaching Effectiveness of the PROBE Teachers and NON-PROBE Teachers The teachers (PROBE and NON-PROBE) perceived their Teaching Effectiveness (TE) from slightly (2) to very effective (5). On the average, the perceived their TE to be between moderately effective (3) and substantially effective (4). The PROBE and NON-PROBE teachers have a mean perception of 3.985 and 4.311, respectively. This shows that the mean perception of the NON-PROBE teachers of their TE is higher than the mean perception of the PROBE teachers. Further, analysis of the data shows that the computed "t" is greater than the tabular value (1.6705). The computed probability is equal to 0.0372 which is less than 0.05. These means that the mean perception of the NON-PROBE teachers of their Teaching Effectiveness is significantly higher than those of the PROBE teachers. However, an in depth analysis of the data on perception of the teachers and students (total) revealed that the differences of most items were significant. This suggests that the PROBE teachers were more effective in their teaching than the NON-PROBE teachers 2. Ranking of Qualitative Indicators of Teaching Effectiveness (By teachers and students). Both students and teachers were made to rank 12 qualitative indicators of teaching effectiveness with rank 1 as the number one indicator and rank 12 as the least among the indicators. Results are as follows; 1st- Teaches well 2nd- Industrious 3th- prime4 Approachable 4th- Understanding 5th- Fair/Just 6th- triangle Broadminded 7th- Persevering 8th- Encouraging 9th- Creative 10th- Thoughtful 11th- Lively 12th- Appreciative 3. Correlation of Teaching Effectiveness with Dependent Variables 3.1 Teacher's Variables. Of the eight teacher's variables studied, only four (4) were significantly related with Teaching Effectiveness; (1) gender in favor of the female, (2) Educational Anainment in favor of the higher degrees, (3) Number of children - in favor of teacher with greater number of children and (4) Marital Status in favor of single. On the contrary, age, salary, membership in organizations, and length of service were not related to teaching Effectiveness. 3.2 School Variables. Only five (5) of the twelve (12) school variables studied were significantly and positively related to Teaching Effectiveness; adequacy of school supplies, principal-teacher relationship, teacher-student relationship, peer-to-peer relationship and commitment. Home-to-school distance, ventilation of rooms, teaching aids, class size and the workload were independent from Teaching Effectiveness. 3.3 Students Variables. Student-teacher ratio and motivation were significantly related to Teaching Effectiveness, while family income and home-to-school distance were not. The less the number of students in a class becomes, the higher is the Teaching Effectiveness. The greater the motivation, the higher the Teaching Effectiveness. In the light of the findings of this study, the following conclusions are endorsed, 1. That the highest ranked characteristic which described the teachers in the study schools were "Teaches well" and "Industrious" "Appreciative" and "Lively" wears among the lowest in rank 2. That the PRODE teachers were livelier, taught better, more approachable, more persevering, more appreciative, more thoughtful, more persevering, more broad-minded, more fair, more encouraging, more industrious, and more creative than the NON-PROBE teachers 3. That the teacher's gender, marital status, number of children and educational attainment are significantly related to Teaching Effectiveness. Likewise, adequacy of supplies and facilities, principal-teacher relationship, peer-peer relationship, teacher-student relationship, commitment and dedication have a direct bearing on Teaching Effectiveness. | Thesis (Master of Education - Educational Administration) 28 cm..

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Implimentation of the integrated social forestry program in Nueva Vizcaya/

By Obena, Victoriano Diosay.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Intistute of Technology 1999 .
xvii, 110 leaves : , This study was implementation of (ISFP) in the year 1998. conducted to the determine the degree Integrated Social Forestry two model sites Specifically. of Program in Nueva Vizcaya during the study attempted to the (1) determine the characteristics of the program participants in terms of economic, psycho-social, demographic, and government intervention-related variables; (2) evaluate the participants degree of implementation of the ISFP; and (3) determine if there is a significant relationship between the degree of implementation of participants and the ISFP by the program variables aforementioned the considered individually and collectively. The respondents of the study were 122 upland farmers who recipients of Certificates of Stewardship Contract were (CSC). The mean age of the respondents was 43 years, majority of them were attainment was Igorots and Ifugaos. elementary graduate or Their educational lower. More than three-fourths of the respondents live within the ISF area. Of the 122 respondents, majority had positive perception about the ISFP; majority of them had high acceptability of the tenurial arrangement of the project which is stewardship of their ISF lot for 25 years and renewable for another 25 years; and most of them had moderate to high participation in the ISF association. The size of ISF farm awarded ranged from 0.37-7.0 ha with more than three-fourths cultivating 4.80 ha or less. Most depended solely on income from upland farming and market their produce either by wholesale or a combination of wholesale and retail. Majority of the respondents claimed that the number of trainings provided by the government through the DENR and allied agencies were adequate. Majority of them also considered the farm inputs provided by the DENR as adequate. More than one-half took advantage of the credit facilities provided by cooperatives or association. The monitoring and evaluation of the ISFP were regarded by the participants as very effective. Majority of the ISFP participants considered their implementation of the upland productivity and socio-economic component of the program implemented with a mean rating of 2.67 and 2.60, respectively. ecological stability component They considered, however the as moderately implemented with mean rating participant-respondents of regarded 2.04. the implemented with a mean rating of 2.54. Overall, ISFP as the well The study showed that the relationship between degree of implementation of the Integrated Social Forestry Program by the participants and the demographic, psycho-social government intervention-related variables highly significant. were found to and be However, there was no significant relationship between degree of implementation of the Integrated Social Program by the participants and economic variables. Forestry The combined demographic, psycho-social, economic, and government intervention-related variables were found to have significant relationship with the overall implementation of the ISFP as well as in the implementation of each various components. Age and ethnic origin had negative or indirect influence on the implementation of the upland productivity and socio-economic improvement components of well as in its overall implementation. the ISFP as As regards the overall implementation of ISFP, the other variables with negative impacts perception were about the acceptability of land tenure, size of ISF farm, source income, and availability of farm inputs. ISF, of Based on the foregoing findings. it is concluded that most of the participants are either Igorots or Ifugaos. residing within the ISF area, relatively young with mean age of about 43 years and have low educational attainment. Majority have positive perception about the ISFP, accepts the land tenure arrangement and had high participation the ISF association. Majority had landholdings, derived their income solely on in average-sized upland farming and disposed of their produce by wholesale and retail. Majority considered the number of trainings and availability of farm inputs provided by DENR as the adequate. The most preferred source of credit is the cooperative /Majority considered association. the monitoring and evaluation of ISF projects as very effective. the The upland productivity and socio-economic component of the ISFP are well implemented while the ecological component is moderately effective. implemented. Overall, the ISFP is well The demographic variables such educational attainment, and as age, place of ethnic origin, residence are significantly related with the implementation of the various component of the ISFP. The psycho-social variables such as perception about the ISF, acceptability of land tenure, and participation in ISF association are significantly related with the implementation of the various component of the ISFP. The economic variables such source of income, related with the as size of ISF farm. and marketing practice are significantly implementation of the upland productivity and socio-economic improvement component of the ISFP. are not, however significantly related with the implementation of ISFP. Only the They overall variable marketing practice is significantly associated with the implementation of the ecological stability component. intervention-related such variables trainings, availability of farm inputs, The government as adequacy source of of credit, and monitoring and evaluation are significantly related with the implementation of the various component of the ISFP. The combination of demographic, psycho-social, economic, and government intervention-related variables are significantly related with the implementation of the various component of the ISFP. Based on the results and conclusions made, the following recommendations are hereby forwarded: more attention in encouraging The ISFP would give its participants implementing the ecological stability component as implementation of this development of ISF sites. area will redound to in the full sustainable. The awarding of CSC to younger participants must be considered since this will have significant contribution to the implementation of the ISFP. | Thesis (Master of Science-Rural Development) 28 cm..

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Attendance and process involvement of the participants in the barangay development council: its influencce to executive, legislative, and people's actions/

By Gacad, Maria Jonem Parreñas.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xi, 67 leaves : , The study dealt on the following problems: 1) What is the degree of attendance and of involvement of the participants in the Barangay Development Council Participatory Planning-Budgeting Workshop (BDCPPBW) in 1996? 2) What is the degree of influence of the Barangay Development Council (BDC) to the Executive Branch of Barangay Government on the adoption into the Executive Budget of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities? 3) What is the degree of influence of the BDC to the Legislative Branch of Barangay Government on the adoption into the Appropriation Ordinance of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities? 4) What is the degree of influence of the BDC on the implementation of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities? 5) What is the relationship of the Barangay Development Council by attendance and by the involvement of the participants in the Barangay Participatory Planning-Budgeting Workshop (BPPBW) Process to the 5.1) Adoption of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities into the Executive Budget? 5.2) Adoption of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities into the Appropriation Ordinance? 5.3) Implementation of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities? Total enumeration of the 24 GOLD Project pilot barangays in Nueva Vizcaya was conducted for attendance in the BDC, adoption into the Executive Budget and into the Appropriation Ordinance and implementation of BDC identified priority development projects/activities. Process involvement in the BDC considered 4 samples per barangay of the said 24 barangays totaling 96 respondents to an interview schedule. Percentages and frequencies were used in determining the degree of attendance and the degree of process involvement in the BDC from the data extracted from documented proceedings and interview schedule, respectively using forms especially designed for this study. Percentages and frequencies were also used in finding out the degree of influence of the BDC to the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch and the implementation of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities. The Pearson Product-Moment of correlation was utilized in determining the relationships of attendance and process involvement in the BDC with the adoption into the Executive Budget, into the Appropriation Ordinance, and with the implementation of BDC identified priority development projects/activities. Results showed "fair" to "high" attendance and "high process involvement" in the BDC Inspite of these, influence of the BDC to the Executive and Legislative actions to BDC identified priority development projects/activities is low. There is no significant relationship between the independent variables attendance and process involvement in the BDC and the dependent variables adoption into the Executive Budget or adoption into the Appropriation Ordinance of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities. Interestingly, taking the overall mean result of the influence of the BDC to the implementation of the BDC identified priority development projects/activities is fair. Attendance may not have significant relationship with implementation but process involvement in the BDC has significant relationship with implementation of BDC identified priority development projects/activities. | Thesis (Master of Science-Home Technology) 28 cm..

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Adoption of farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands of Nueva Vizcaya/

By Manantan, Renato P..
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xiv, 75 leaves : , The main objective of this study was to analyze the factors that relate to the degree of adoption of farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands of Nueva Vizcaya. Specifically, it sought to: (1) identify the farming practices in the uplands of Nueva Vizcaya adhered to by the indigenous peoples; (2) ascertain the relationships between degree of adoption of farming practices in the uplands and the indigenous farmers' demographic characteristics, socio-economic variables, perceptions on farming practices, and ecological variables; (3) identify which of these variables were influential in the adoption of farming practices in the uplands. Using the descriptive-analytical method, the study involved 250 indigenous peoples involved in upland farming as respondents, broken down into: 50 from the Ibalois located in Kayapa Central, 50 from the Ifugaos of Malabing Valley, 50 from the Kankanaeys of the northern part of the uplands of Dupax del Norte, 50 from the Ikalahans/Kalanguyas of Imugan, and 50 from the Bugkalots in the southern part of Dupax del Norte and Sur. Data gathering instrument used was a structured questionnaire. Analysis and interpretation of data made use of frequencies, percentages, means, and regression and correlation. Mean age of the respondents was 39.82 years. There were 168 males and 82 females. Almost one-half of the respondents have stayed in their present residence and have been farming for more than 20 years. About one-half of them reached elementary level. The average size of family was six. Majority of the respondents had income below P40,000 per annum which was way below the 1997 poverty threshold of P61,488. The average size of farm was 1.03 hectares, Farm-to-market roads in more than two thirds of the areas were accessible and transportation to bring their produce to market was available. Credit was considered available. In most cases, farming operations were done by up to three household members. Capability of the extension agents was considered by about one-half of the respondents as "low". There were more indigenous people who had positive perception on the advantages and benefits of modern/non-indigenous farming practices than those who had negative perceptions. Two-thirds of the respondents were high to moderately high adopters of modern/non-indigenous technology. There were 8.4% who were found to be very high adopters. The degree of adoption of modern/non-indigenous farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands was significantly related to the demographic variables. The degree of adoption of modern/non-indigenous farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands was significantly related to the socio-economic variables. The degree of adoption of modern/non-indigenous farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands was not significantly related to their perception on the advantages and benefits of modern/non-indigenous farming practices. The degree of adoption of modern/non-indigenous farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands was significantly related to the ecological variables. The degree of adoption modern/non-indigenous farming practices by the indigenous peoples in the uplands was significantly related to the combined independent variables such as demographic characteristics, socio-economic and ecological factors and the respondents' perception of the advantages and benefits of modern/non-indigenous farming practices. | Thesis (Master of Science-Home Technology) 28 cm..

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Performance of broilers fed with enzyme-supplemented diets/

By Torres, Liberty G..
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xix, 87 leaves : , A total of 180 straight-run day-old broiler chicks (Minerva Strain) were used to evaluate the performance of broilers fed with enzyme-supplemented diets. This was aimed to compare the efficacy of four enzyme preparations on broiler performance and carcass yield; and, to evaluate the economy of four enzyme preparations in broiler diets. Six treatments consisting of the following: 1) T1 - positive control, conventional broiler diet; 2) T2 - fibrous diet with Finzyme®; 3) T3 - fibrous diet with Natugrain®; 4) T4 - fibrous diet with Polyzyme Mg®; T5 - fibrous diet with Optizyme P5®; and, T6 - fibrous diet without enzyme, were randomly assigned following a Randomized Complete Block Design. Each treatment was replicated thrice, with each replicate having ten (10) birds. Supplementation of the basal diet with commercial enzyme preparations gave comparable results with that of the control based on the average weekly gain in body weight, total gain in weight, feed consumption, dressing percentage with or without giblets, and weight of abdominal fat, liver and pancreas. Significant findings were seen in the feed conversion ratio and cost of feed per kilogram gain in body weight. Feed conversion ratios were significantly better in broiler diets supplemented with enzymes and in the positive control while the negative control required the higher amount of feeds to convert kilogram of meat. In terms of the average cost of feed per kilogram gain in weight, fibrous diets with enzyme supplementation were cheaper compared with the negative control while only T4 cost a little more than the positive control by P0.06. For the income over feed cost, T2 and T5 gave the highest income followed closely by the positive control (T1}) then by T3 and T4 Again the negative control gave the lowest income. | Thesis (Master of Science - Animal Science) 28 cm..

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Oral and injectable (amoxicillin) antibiotic treatment of neonatal piglet diarrhea with and without electrolytes/

By Genato, Allan Crispino.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xii, 43 leaves : , Ninety-six (96) piglets born to 12 sows were randomly assigned to four modes of treatment for neonatal diarrhea designated as: oral amoxicillin without electrolytes (A2B1) oral amoxicillin with electrolytes (A1B2) injectable amoxicillin without electrolytes (A2B1) and injectable amoxicillin with electrolytes (A2B2) This was a 2 x 2 factorial experiment in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) in three replications conducted with the following objectives: (1) to determine the most effective mode of treatment for neonatal diarrhea, and (2) to recommended the best mode of treatment to small scale swine raisers in terms of cost and case of administration. Data were obtained from two phases of the study, namely, pre-experimental and experimental phases. Data obtained during the pre-experimental phase were on initial weight, morbidity rate and weight of piglets at the onset of diarrhea. No significant differences were noted at the first two parameters. Significant variations, however, were observed on weight of piglets at the onset of diarrhea. Heavier piglets belonged to smaller litters with an average size of 8.5, while lighter ones came from larger litters with an average size of 10.67. No significant variations were noted on the different data collected during the experimental phase of the study. Duration of treatment, mortality rate, recovery rate, weaning weight of piglets affected with diarrhea, and weaning weight of piglets without diarrhea were statistically similar in all treatment groups of piglets Results of the experiment revealed that any of the four modes of treatment for neonatal piglet diarrhea were effective against the disease. However, if cost of treatment was considered, the oral amoxicillin without electrolyte (A₁,B₁) was the cheapest. In terms of ease of administration, the intramuscular route of drug administration was easier than the oral route. | Thesis (Master of Science - Animal Science) 28 cm..

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Development and validation of english reading achievement test for grade six pupils in the public schools of Nueva Vizcaya/

By Gelestino, Joyceline Natividad Sawit.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute Technology, 1999 .
xiv, 100 leaves : , The main focus of this study was the development and validation of an English Reading Achievement Test for Grade Six Pupils of the Public Schools of Nueva Vizcaya. The correlational type of descriptive-normative method of research was used in the study. The respondents for the study composed of randomly selected first year high school students from three high schools selected in the Division of Nueva Vizcaya, namely: NVGCHS, Bayombong: Solano High School, Solano; and Saint Jerome's Academy, Bagabag. The tools that were used to gather data in this study were questionnaires given to the teacher evaluators for the content validation of the test, pupils progress report cards (DECS Form 138), and the constructed Reading Achievement Test Three tryouts of the test were conducted to find the difficulty and discrimination indices of the test items. To establish the validity coefficient of the test, Pearson r was used. Reliability coefficient was determined with the use of Kuder-Richardson Formula 21. The t-test was used to ascertain significant difference in the reading achievement means between central and non-central school pupils. The basic findings are: 1. The complete test item analysis revealed that the difficulty index of the test items ranged from 16% to 86% with a mean of 53% and a standarddeviation of 16%. Three or 5% of the items were easy, 53 or 88% of the items were moderately difficult, and 4 or 7% of the items were difficult. 2. The highest discrimination index was 0.85 and the lowest was 0.20 with a mean of 0.53 and a standard deviation of 0.16. Of the 60 items, 40 or 67% were judged as having high discrimination power and 20 or 33% were classified to be of moderate discrimination index. 3. The validity coefficient of the test when the test result was correlated with the English grades of the students tested was 0.81 judged as high correlation. 4. The reliability coefficient of the test-retest using Pearson r was 0.91 and using the Kuder-Richardson Formula 21, the obtained r was 0.88 both indicating as very high correlation. 5. There was a significant difference in the reading achievement means between central and non-central schools. 6. There was a significant difference in the reading achievement mean per skill area between students of central and non-central schools. 7. Age had no relationship with the reading ability among the sample respondents. 8. There was no significant difference in the means of reading achievement test scores between male and female respondents. 9. A tentative percentile norm was constructed to provide meaning to a score obtained in the Reading Achievement Test. Conclusions In view of the findings, the following conclusions are drawn: 1. The English Reading Achievement Test developed is a valid and reliable instrument 2. The students from non-central school achieved better in the Reading Achievement Test than the students from the central school.Recommendations Based on the results of this study, the following recommendations are offered: 1. For Pupils/Students a) The reading achievement test should be given to grade six pupils as diagnostic test at the beginning of school year and as achievement test at the end of school year to find out their reading performance. b). The test should also be given to entering first year high school students at the beginning of the school year to determine their strengths and weaknesses so that the English teacher would have a valid basis for remedial lessons and for curriculum coverage. 2. For English Reading Teachers a) The English Reading teachers play significant roles in effecting improved performance of pupils along reading education hence they should improve their teaching skills by pursuing graduate studies. b) The procedures followed in the construction of the test could be used to guide teachers in the preparation, development, and improvement of their test. 3. For Administrators a) For a more effective teaching in English, administrators should make guidelines or policies employing seminar-workshops with emphasis on test construction and interpretation of results to improve teaching performance of teachers. 4. For Future Researchers A similar study on development and validation of an achievement test in English Reading should be undertaken by future researchers in other grade levels both in the public and private schools to achieve better reading performance of pupils and students. | Thesis (Master of Education - Language, Reading and Numeracy) 28 cm..

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Farmer field school as strategy in kasakalikasan program of Nueva Vizcaya : an assessment/

By Ballesteros, Adan Saclay.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xviii, 106 leaves : , This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the Farmers Field School as strategy in KASAKALIKASAN program in the province of Nueva Vizcaya. The respondents of the study were the randomly selected 150 Farmer Field School graduates. They provided the information required in the assessment on the implementation of the FFS. On the other hand, 33 Training of Trainors graduates of Integrated Pest Management program were considered in obtaining data on the different activities required in the implementation of the FFS as well as the problems encountered in the implementation and the solutions to these problems. The instrument used for gathering data was in the form of an interview questionnaire. A combination of statistical tools were used in this study. They were descriptive statistics such frequency and percentage distribution, range, means, standard deviations, and ranking. Results revealed that more than one-half of the respondents were 31-50 years old. More than 80% were males and more than 90% were married. About one-half had high school education. More than half had been farming for the last 20 years or less where more than three-fourths were cultivating rice in up to 2.0 ha farma. About 90% of the farmer-respondents planted crops other than rice in 1.0 ha or less area. About three-fourths were landowners and more than half earned annual income in the amount of greater than P20.000. Most of the respondents owned house and lot. The respondents perceived the FFS organization as very effective and the curriculum, strategies, and facilities as effective. Overall, they assessed the programs as effective. Only the FFS facilities were significantly affected by the age of the respondents. The FFS organization. curriculum, and strategies as well as the overall effectiveness of the program were affected by age. Gender significantly affected the effectiveness of the FFS organization as perceived by the facilities as well as the overall effectiveness of the program. The farmers' perceptions on the overall effectiveness of the program as well as the effectiveness of its organization, curriculum, strategies, and facilities did not significantly differ when respondents were grouped according to marital status. The educational attainment of the respondents did not significantly influence their perceptions on the effectiveness of the program in all areas. The farmers' perceptions on the overall effectiveness of the program as well as the effectiveness of its organization, curriculum, strategies, and facilities did not significantly differ when respondents were grouped according to number of years in farming. Rice farm area did not significantly affect the farmers' perceptions of the overall effectiveness of the Farmer Field School (FFS) and its four components, namely organization, curriculum, strategies, and facilities. The assessment of the respondents. on the overall effectiveness of the FFS and its organization, curriculum, and strategies components did not significantly differ when the respondents were grouped according to area planted to other crops. Their perceptions on the effectiveness of the facilities components, however significantly differed. Land tenure did not significantly influence the respondents' perceptions on the overall effectiveness of the FFS as well as the effectiveness of the program's four components. The perceptions of the farmer-respondents on the overall effectiveness of the FFS and its four components were found to differ significantly when grouped according to their annual income. House and lot ownership was found not to introduce significant variations in the farmer-respondents" assessment on the effectiveness of the FFS curriculum. This, however. significantly affect their perceptions effectiveness as regards the overall implementation of FFS, and its three components, namely organization, strategies, and facilities. The overall effectiveness of the FFS in attaining its objectives assessed by the were farmer-respondents as effective. The skills that the program sought its participants were perceived to impart to its participants were perceived by most of the farmer-respondents as effective to very effective. The assessment farmer-respondents on of the effectiveness of the FFS in attaining its objectives were found not to differ significantly when farmer-respondents were grouped according to age, gender, marital status, educational attainment, number of years in farming, rice farm area, farm tenure. The planted to other area farmer-respondents, crops, however. and land differed significantly in their perceptions when grouped according to annual income and house and lot ownership. Coordination with local officials and selection of sites and cooperators were the most common activities performed by the trainors /facilitators in implementing the FFS. conducted farmers trainings and information drive Some to disseminate the benefits that can be obtained from the FFS. A few performed spot mapping to identify needs in the barangay. Poor attendance of FFS participants. slow processing of supplies and materials, negative attitude of farmers to new innovations, lack of facilities, and mobility problems due to lack of transportation were encountered by the trainors / facilitators while implementing the FFS. To solve the problem regarding poor negative attitude towards new innovations. recommended that a constant follow-up and program participants must be carried out and attendance and the trainors dialogue with the conduct of field and home visits before FFS sessions must be undertaken to remind participants of their roles in the FFS. trainor-respondents also recommended the provision. The of motorcycles to program participants to address the problem on mobility. Provision of additional funds for FFS operations was recommended to settle the problems on slow processing of supplies and materials. Some even recommended the shortening of the program's duration. On the basis of the above significant findings. following recommendations are forwarded: There is an obvious contradiction between the respondent’s assessment on the effectiveness of the program and the identified problem of lack of attendance during FFS meetings. Future assessment studies of the FFS or similar development projects should not be focused only on what the recipients are saying but emphasis must be given on the physical impact of the project such as increase in income. better nutrition, and similar indicators. Along this line. a comparison of the clientele's status before and after the FFS implementation must be carried out to assess the impact of the program in tangible terms. Since the FFS scope is regional, an assessment on regional scale must be carried out to identify strengths and weaknesses between and among participating provinces or municipalities which can serve as basis for improving the program. | Thesis (Master of Science - Agricultural Education) 28 cm..

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Active and non-active upland farmers' participation in rainfed resources development projects in Nueva Vizcaya/

By Ballesteros, Fidel Garcia.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xvii, 114 leaves : , This study was conducted to assess the degree of upland farmers participation in upland development projects in selected barangays of Santa Fe, Solano, and Bagabag. Nueva Vizcaya and to ascertain the variables associated with their participation. Specifically, it was carried characteristics of development projects socio-economic, variables; (b) to to (a) upland farmers in terms of to determine participating the in some selected personal, information-related, and motivating determine if there is significant difference between the degree of participation of active and non-active upland farmers in the different phases of project development; (c) to determine if there is significant difference between active and non-active upland farmers in terms of the motivating variables that made them join upland development projects; and (d) significant relationship to determine if there is between personal, economic, information-related, and motivating variables and the degree of upland farmers participation in project development. the various phases of A five-part interview schedule was used to obtain the data requirements of the study. The respondents of the study were the 172 upland farmers randomly drawn in the depressed barangays of the three municipalities. The proportional allocation was used to determine the number of farmer respondents per municipality. The descriptive statistics which include frequency and percentage distributions, deviation were used range. mean, the describe and standard different to characteristics of the respondents, degree of participation in the various phases of upland development projects, and the factors that motivated them join upland development projects. The t-test was used to compare the difference on the degree of participation of the active and non-active upland farmers in upland development projects and the factors that motivated them. The regression and correlation analyses were used to determine the relationship between the respondents degree of participation and their personal, economic, information-related and motivating variables. The age of the respondents ranged from 19-75 years with a of 42.73 years. The great majority of the respondents were males and more than 80% had either elementary or secondary education. On the average, they have resided in their respective localities for 28.92 years. The average number of children of the respondents was three. They had been in the farming business of 17 years and very few have other sources on an average of income aside from farming/gardening. More than 80% have landholdings of 2 ha or less and most owned the land they cultivated. Hired and family labor were the major sources of labor and only a few practiced bayanihan. More than one-half earned P20,000.00 or less annually and took out loans from banks, relatives, agricultural supply dealers, and money lenders. Radio was the most common source of information by the respondents as others also read pamphlets and leaflets. Their contact with change agents was very often In all the phases of upland project development, the active upland farmers had consistently showed significantly higher degree of participation in the various activities than their non-active upland counterparts. The active upland farmers also consistently exhibited significantly higher level of motivation in joining agricultural development projects as compared to the non-active upland farmer-respondents. The degree of participation of the farmers, non-active upland farmers and their combined ranks were significantly socio-economic. with related information-related, variables. This result was motivating true to all the five phases project development as well as on the overall degree of as participation of the respondents. | Thesis (Master of Science - Agricultural Education) 28 cm..

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Extra-curricular activities and teaching of technology and home economics teachers of La Salette school system/

By Ragual, Linda Sacro.
Bayombong: Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology 1999 .
xii, 67 leaves : , This study was undertaken to determine the relationship between the age, gender, marital status, major field of specialization, length of teaching the subject, teaching loads and number of teaching hours of the Technology and Home Economics teachers and their teaching performance, the relationship between the three extra-curricular activities and teaching performance and the degree of participation of the T.H.E. teachers in the three extra-curricular activities such as co-curricular, professional and community activities. A questionnaire was used to collect the necessary information from 32 THE. teachers of the eight La Salette schools under the La Salette School System Two hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and the results were as follows: The age, length of teaching, T.H.E., and the major field of specialization were found to be highly significant (r=0.93190, г=0.42621, г=0.36025) respectively, with teaching performance. Result revealed that the older teachers had better teaching performance than the new teachers. In other words, the longer the teacher has taught the subject the better performance she has and teachers teaching their major fields of specialization were better than those who did not teach their major field Gender, marital status, teaching loads and the number of teaching hours in a week were found to have no significant relationship with the teaching performance. There was a significant relationship that exist between the extra curricular activities and teaching performance of T.H.E. teachers of the La Salette School System On the basis of the findings and conclusions, it is recommended that T.HE. teachers should be given more opportunities to stay longer in teaching T.H.E subject and opportunities to be involved or to participate in different kinds of extra-curricular activities. | Thesis (Master of Science - Agricultural Education) 1999.

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Cryptonomicon /

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New York, N.Y. : Avon Books, 1999 .
xiii, 1152 p. ; 18 cm..
0-06-051280-6 (pbk.)

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José Rizal: Life, Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and National Hero.

By Zaide, Gregorio F..
Manila: All Nation Pub. Co. 1999 .
438 p. (pbk.)

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Extended Finite State Models

By Kornai, Andras, ed..
US: Cambridge University Press 1999 .
284 p. (cb.)

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Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento vol. 1

By Rillo, Fidel.
U.P. Creative Writing Center 1999 .
294 p. (pbk.)

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Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento vol. 2

By Rillo, Fidel.
U.P. Creative Writing Center 1999 .
294 p. (pbk.)

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Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento vol. 3

By Rillo, Fidel.
U.P. Creative Writing Center 1999 .
294 p. (pbk.)

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Labor Relations Raw with Notes and Comments vol. 1

By Poquiz, Salvador A..
Rex Book Store 1999 .
526 p. (pbk.)

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Social Psychology vol. 1

By Myers, David G..
McGraw-Hill Co. Inc. 1999 .
737 p. (pbk.)

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Soicial Psychology vol. 2

By Myers, David G..
McGraw-Hill Co. Inc. 1999 .
737 p. (pbk.)

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Social Psychology vol. 3

By Myers, David G..
McGraw-Hill Co. Inc. 1999 .
737 p. (pbk.)

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Reviewer On Electrical Equipment

By Regacho, Camilo B..
Manila: NBS, 1999 .
72 p. (pbk.)

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Reviewer on direct current machinery

By Regacho, Camilo B..
Manila: NBS, 1999 .
114 p.

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Reviewer on AC-DC transmission and distibution of electrical power

By Regacho, Camilo B..
Manila: NBS, 1999 .
116 p.

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Reviewer on power generation and electrical system design

By Regacho, Camilo B..
Manila: NBS, 1999 .
129 p.

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Public Ad. and Public affairs

By Henry, Nicholas.
NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999 .
500 p.

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Labor relations with law: with notes and comments vol. 2

By Poquiz, Salvador A. .
Manila: Rex Book Store, 1999 .
526 p.

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Nonformal Education

By Cabag, Ramon C. .
Manila Katha Publishing Co., Inc., 1999 .
vii, 234 p. (pbk., glossy)

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Software Engineering: Theory and Practice

By Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence .
Sinagpore: Prentice Hall 1999 .
576 p. (pbk., glossy)

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Electric Machinery Fundamentals

By Chapman, Stephen J. .
New York McGraw‑Hill 1999 .
716 p. (pbk., glossy)

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The First Victim

By Pearson, Ridley .
New York Hyperion 1999 .
417 p. (pbk.)

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The Flower Master

By Massey, Sujata .
New York Harper Collins Publishers 1999 .
390 p. (pbk.)

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A Walk to Remember

By Sparks, Nicholas .
New York Warner Books 1999 .
240 p. (pbk.)

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Personal Inquiries

By Turow, Scott .
New York Warner Books Inc. 1999 .
512 p. (pbk.)

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A Cook in Time

By Pence, Joanne.
New York HarperCollins Publisher 1999 .
340 p. (pbk.)

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All I Desire

By Rogers, Rosemary .
New York: Avon Books, 1999 .
378 p. (pbk.)

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The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness

By Soyinka, Wole.
New York Oxford University Press 1999 .
208 p. (pbk.)

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Conducting Research

By Schloss, Patrick J..
New Jersey Prentice Hall 1999 .
xix, 236 p. (pbk.)

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Singing Schumann: An Interpretive Guide for Performers

By Miller, Richard.
New York Oxford University Press 1999 .
245 p. (cb.)

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Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society

By Levinthal, Charles F..
Boston Ally & Bacon, Inc. 1999 .
390 p. (pbk.)

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Leadership Games: Experiential Learning for Organizational Development

By Kaagan, Stephen S. .
London SAGE Publications, Inc. 1999 .
186 p. (pbk.)

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Principles of Economic Growth

By Gylfason, Thorvaldur .
New york Oxford University Press 1999 .
188 p. (pbk.)

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Temperate and Subtropical Fruit Production

By Jackson, D.I..
UK: CABI Publishing, 1999 .
332 p. (pbk.)

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Staying Legal: A Guide to Issues and Practice for Users and Publishers of Electronic Resources

By Armstrong, C. J..
London: Library Association Publishing, 1999 .
266 p. (cb.)

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Biodiversity in Agroecosystems.

By Collins, Wanda W. .
London: CRC Press 1999 .
334 p. (cb.)

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Employment Practices and Business Strategy

By Cappelli, Peter .
New York: Oxford University Press 1999 .
226 p. (cb.)

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Fair Shares: The Future of Shareholder Power and Responsibility.

By Charkham, Jonathan .
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999 .
275 p. (cb.)

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Filipino Nationalism: Various Meanings, Constant and Changing Goals, Continuing Relevance.

By Abueva, Jose V., ed..
Quezon City: UP Press, 1999 .
956 p. (pbk.)

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Compilation of Administrative Issuances and Pertinent Vital Documents Book 6

By Department of Agrarian Reform.
Quezon City: Public Affairs Staff Office of the Secretary, 1999 .
397 p. (pbk.)

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Filipino Nationalism.

By Abueva, Jose V., ed..
Quezon City: UP Press, 1999 .
956 p. (pbk.)

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