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A Research Proposal
Presented to the
Administration and Faculty of
Calbayog City National High School-
Senior High School Program
Calbayog City
Presented by:
Glee, Lendsay Matutes, Leo
Hermosa, Anderson Mazo, John Rey
Ilustrisimo, Ali Ortiz, Katherine
Mahinay, Marco Rollo, Samson Jr.
Presented to:
Dr. Erwin L. Purcia
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Civil engineers are responsible for looking after the fire control systems and installing
quick fire exit points in the buildings they design. This will help in minimizing the loss of life
during fire accidents. Civil engineering is one of the oldest of the engineering professions. Ancient
feats such as the building of the Egyptian pyramids and Roman road systems are based on civil
engineering principles. In environmental engineering, the civil engineers are concerned with
applications of various methods to purify the contaminated air, water and soil. The polluted system
should be cleaned, the waste extracted and the purified constituent must be sent back to the natural
system. Civil engineers are also responsible for building good quality transportation systems like
North West Samar State University is one of universities holding a bachelor course for
civil engineering. In fact, it had a rate of board examiners reaching the average number of passers
of the course in the Philippines. (“Northwest Samar State University - Calbayog City”, 2016).
Though it may seem that this university would be a reliable place to study on, the learning process
in taking this course still considers various aspects before dwelling in to the actual workloads
An external locus of control state that the students perceive that events, environment or
others dictate the outcome of their learning; an internal locus of control state that the students
perceive that they are in control of their learning outcomes through effort and perseverance,
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innate, fixed and a measurable entity (i.e. entity theorists), or a malleable quantity which can be
changed through work, effort and experience (i.e. incremental theorists). A student’s motivation
arises through a need to gain favorable judgments of their competences. A student is motivated by
situations which provide opportunities for increasing competences. There are much scope that
exists in improving the student experience of higher education through opportunities for
developing favorable attitudes towards the nature of one’s own intellectual ability. Currently, such
attitudinal changes are being evaluated through the implementation of a course entitled Psychology
for Engineers, in which much opportunity is given for the reflection on and reconsideration of
Family-oriented problems, underlying financial problems, would be one of the reasons why
such hindrance in learning is present in a student taking this course. If it takes a deep look, there
would be deeper factors relating to the much personal matter of the student which are far from the
common ones.
Civil engineering students could pass through various factors in their lives in order for them
to be reliable enough in the future to excel further in doing different projects that the people will
depend on. Though some are uncertain enough to proceed in this course because of factors that
would affect in specific aspects of their life. Yet there are still some who manage to deal with those
concerning factors.
In having various concerns about how a civil engineering student live in terms of unalike
features, the researchers will conduct a study about the lived-experience of civil engineering
students. This study will provide various data that will be gathered through a phenomenological
approach. It will focus more on the field of civil engineering for it is the most general course to be
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Theoretical Framework
This study was fortified by the following theories that were taken by the researchers. These
theories are very significant to this study because it focus majorly on cognitive development of
and growth. This theory suggests that all human beings have a natural propensity to learn. This
includes: (1) setting a positive climate for learning, (2) clarifying the purposes of the learner(s),
(3) organizing and making available learning resources, (4) balancing intellectual and emotional
components of learning, and (5) sharing feelings and thoughts with learners but not dominating.
This explains how a learner perceives a particular situation based on his interest. This theory
emphasize that learning is facilitated when: (1) the student participates completely in the learning
process and has control over its nature and direction, (2) it is primarily based upon direct
confrontation with practical, social, personal or research problems, and (3) self-evaluation is the
principal method of assessing progress or success. This theory originates from Roger’s view on
humanistic approach to psychology. It applies mainly on adult learners. This theory also highlights
the importance of learning to learn and an openness to change. This is an accumulation of Roger’s
studies on Freedom to Learn (1969) and Freedom to Learn (3rd Ed.) (1994).
Bruner’s Constructivist Theory has a major theme that includes the learner to construct
new concepts based upon his current/past knowledge. The learner selects and transforms
information, constructs hypotheses, and makes decisions, relying on a cognitive structure to do so.
Cognitive structure (i.e., schema, mental models) provides meaning and organization to
experiences and allows the individual to "go beyond the information given". This theory is based
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upon the study of cognition. The ideas in Bruner (1960) came from a conference focused mainly
on science and mathematics. This theory will explain on why students interact differently from
different environments and on how they counterfeit problems based on their knowledge.
Algo-Heuristic Theory suggests that all cognitive activities can be analyzed into operations
operations and their systems can serve as the basis for instructional strategies and methods. The
theory specifies that students ought to be taught not only knowledge but the algorithms and
heuristics of experts as well. They also have to be taught how to discover algorithms and heuristics
on their own. Special emphasis is placed on teaching students cognitive operations, algorithms and
heuristics which make up general methods of thinking (i.e., intelligence). This theory is illustrated
mainly on the learning of mathematics and foreign language instructions. This will explain on why
students tend to solve complex problems by just teaching them a low-lying principle. This theory
is an accumulation of Landa’s studies which includes; Landamatics ten years later (1993),
Algorithmization in Learning and Instruction (1974) and Instructional Regulation and Control:
Attribution Theory concerns with how individuals interpret events and how this relates to
their thinking and behavior. This theory simply speaks about the relationship of actions and
knowledge. Before Weiner (1980), Heider (1958) was the first to propose a psychological theory
of attribution, but Weiner and colleagues (e.g., Jones et al, 1972; Weiner, 1974, 1986) developed
a theoretical framework that has become a major research paradigm of social psychology.
Attribution theory assumes that people try to determine why people do what they do, i.e., attribute
causes to behavior. This is closely related to the acts of student. A three-stage process underlies an
attribution: (1) the person must perceive or observe the behavior, (2) then the person must believe
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that the behavior was intentionally performed, and (3) then the person must determine if they
believe the other person was forced to perform the behavior (in which case the cause is attributed
to the situation) or not (in which case the cause is attributed to the other person).
Conceptual Framework
Figure 1
experinces of civil
engineering students in
NwSSU
Figure 1 shows the conceptual framework of this study. This includes the input which
contains the data that will be gathered from the subjects. The researchers will need to extract
answers through the statement of the problem. The process that will be used in this study is through
interview and direct observation with a random-purposive sampling. The researchers will be
guided by the theories, related studies and literature to arrive at the desired data. The gathered data
will be transcribed through interpreting data. This will lead to the presentation of the possible
career-seminar workshop that will focus on learning acquisition among civil engineering students
in NwSSU.
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Paglalahad ng suliranin
Ang layunin ng pag-aaral na ito ay upang masuri ang pamumuhay na nararanasan ng civil
Datapwat, ang hangarin nito ay upang malaman ang mga sanhi na nakakaapekto sa mga mag-aaral.
1.1 Kasarian
1.2 Edad; at
2.2 Relasyon;
2.3 Pamilya?
3. Paano nila hinaharap ang mga mahihirap na assignatura kasabay ng mga panlabas na problema batay
sa:
4. Anu ang salik ang nakakaapekto sa pamumuhay na nararanasan ng mga civil engineering na
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4.1 Paaralan;
4.2 Pamilya; at
4.3 Kaibigan?
5. Anu ang mga possibling problema ang nararanasan ng civil engineering na mag-aaral?
Kahalagahan ng pag-aaral
Ang pag aaral na ito ay makapagbibigay benepisyo sa mga mag aaral, sa mga guro, sa mga
kaalaman tungkol sa Civil Engineering. Malalaman nila ang kahirapan na kanilang haharapin sa
ng isang indibidwal at posibling makahanap ng isang paraan para mas mapahusay ang kanilang
Ang mga mananaliksik ay may layung mapabuti ang kanilang pag iisip dahil sa problemang
kanilang nasalubong, at saka, ang kanilang kasanayan sa pananaliksik ay mas lalong gumaling sa
tulong ng pag aaral. Ang mga mananaliksik ay may makukuhang benepisyo sa tulong ng mga mag
aaral at guro.
Sa paaralan, kung saan ang pag aaral ay nakabasi, ay mas mararamdaman ang kakaibang
pagmabuti sa isang pamamaraan na nakaugnay sa kanilang sistema ng pag aaral. Itong mga
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pamamaraan ay maaring maiangkop sa ibang kurso na sa huli ay mapabuti ang siistema at marka
ng institusyon.
Dahil sa pakinabang ng paaralan, kasama na din dito ang paglago ng kumunidad. Ang
makakatulong sa pag gawa ng makabago at tiyak na kumunidad. Mas lalong mapabilis nito ang
pag unlad, kaya na man mas lalaong nabibigyan ang lipunan ng kilalang personalidad.
At ang huli, ang pamilya ng mga propesyonal ay mas makakakuha ng mataas na sahod at
kayamanan, isaalang-alang na ang pamilya ay ang basic na bahagi ng kumunidad, ang kumunidad
Ang pag aaral ay nakadiin sa isang nakatayong unibersidad sa lugar ng Rueda Extention,
Calbayog City. Layun nitong maimbestigahan ang buhay-karanasan ng mga Civil Engineering
Students sa Northwest Samar State University. Ang aspeto na hinahanap ay ang paraan at
stratehiya kung papaano nila hinaharap ang mga suliranin, ang epekto ng akademikong pagganap
ng mga mag aaral sa kanilang karanasan at ang kanilang abilidad at ang mga kadahilanan tungkol
Definition of Terms
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NwSSU (Northwest Samar State University). A public university in the Philippines
situated at Calbayog City, Western Samar with an extension campus in San Jorge, Western
Samar.
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