WATCH AND LEARN: LEARNING

STYLES OF GRADE 11 SENIOR HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS OF MANAOAG

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Researchers:

Mark Kenneth B. Morales

Shela Mae Bao

Ronel V. Mendrano

Angeleka A. Laurente

Rhea Ann A. Mendoza

Tricia Mae V. Juralbal

Section:

11 – HUMSS Descartes Cruz

 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

This chapter includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, significance

of the study, conceptual framework, and research paradigm.

Background of the Study

Learning style refers to the preferential way in which the student absorbs, processes,

comprehends and retains information. Schools generally use linguistic or logical learning styles,

but other styles may be more effective for some learners. When students are not performing as

well as they could be, it is likely they just need to be taught in a different way. It is important to

remember; diversity is not exclusively about qualities, beliefs and faith, it can also determine on

how they best learn new skills.

The idea of individualized learning styles started in the 1970s and since then has greatly

influenced education. This notion of individualized learning styles has gained widespread

recognition in education theory and classroom management strategy. Individual learning styles

depend on cognitive, emotional and environmental factors, as well as one’s prior experience. The

different learning style of students is theorized by Howard Gardner – the seven learning styles.

The seven learning styles of students are Visual (Spatial), Aural (Auditory-Musical), Verbal

(Linguistic), Physical (Kinesthetic), Logical (Mathematical), Social (Interpersonal), Solitary

(Intrapersonal).[ CITATION Hoe09 \l 13321 ]

Visual learners are those that learn best when they have an image to help them process

the information. If visual learners learn best by seeing, auditory learners learn best when they
listen to something. Verbal learners learn best both under verbal auditory instruction and writing.

They typically excels with both. Physical learners learn best by going through the motions of

what they are learning. A Logical learner is someone who understands the bigger picture, along

with the logic, reasoning and systems behind a concept. Social learners learn best when they

associate with others or a group of people. Solitary learners are the opposite of Social learners as

they learn best when they are alone or in a quiet environment. [ CITATION Dia03 \l 13321 ]

Senior High School or SHS refers to the last two years of the K-12 program that has been

implemented by the Department of Education here in the Philippines since 2012 – namely,

Grades 11 and 12. Students are now required to choose their preferred Senior High Strands upon

their entrance and to begin studying the subjects that are going to introduce them to the career

path that they want to take. In the old system in our country, High School education consisted of

the first year up to the fourth year. Today, those four years correspond to Grades 7 to 10,

otherwise known as Junior High School or JHS. It should be noted that currently “Senior High”

no longer just means the very last year of High School but rather the two grade levels after it.

Likewise, “Junior High” also does not just mean the year before the last of High School but

rather the four Grade levels under Senior High. [ CITATION Tua05 \l 13321 ]

Students take Senior High School for college because when they did not graduate in

Senior High School they cannot go to college. Senior High School is required to take by students

because in college they will not let anyone in unless they are graduated as Senior High School.

In our country, there are plenty of strands that a person can choose. It is about for what

they want and what they will take which is particularly related to their course in college. Every

student has a freedom to choose only one from the three tracks which are Academic, Technical-
Vocational-Livelihood and Sports and Arts. There are four different Strands under the Academic

Track namely Accountancy Business and Management (ABM), General Academic Strand

(GAS), Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMMS), and the Science Technology Engineering

Mathematics (STEM) strands. Every strand has its own specializations and set of struggles.

Each student chose their strand, some may be undecided but almost all of them chose a

strand because they think they specialize in that specific strand or they want to be better at

something. Their learning style may be connected to the strand they chose.

Therefore, as researchers, this study is conducted to know the different learning styles of

Grade 11 Senior High School students and to further identify the ways to develop their learning

styles.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High School students

of Manaoag National High School, SY 2019-2020. Specifically, it seeks to answer the following

questions;

1. What are the learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High students of MNHS among the

seven learning styles:

a. Visual (Spatial)

b. Aural (Auditory- Musical)

c. Verbal (Linguistic)

d. Physical (Kinesthetic)
 e. Logical (Mathematical)

f. Social (Interpersonal)

g. Solitary (Intrapersonal)

2. How does the learning style/s help the respondents in their academic performances?

3. What measures should be taken in order to develop the learning styles of the

respondents?

Significance of the Study

The researchers conducted this study to benefit not only the Grade 11 Senior High School

students but also for all grade levels because they will know on how they will interact and

respond to the learning environment and also for teachers who wish to teach their students

effectively. This research’s main purpose is to identify the applied different learning styles of the

Grade 11 Senior High School students of MNHS in their daily encounter in school and to

propose an effective way of learning.

Scope and Limitations

This study focuses on the learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High School students of

MNHS. The data collection will be conducted to 61 Grade 11 Senior High students of Manaoag

National High School, School Year 2019-2020. This study limits its coverage only to Grade 11

Senior High School students of Manaoag National High School. This study would be done
through the utilization of questionnaires to the students as survey to determine the different

learning styles of the students.

Conceptual Framework

Every student is different, each and one of them has their own way of learning, some may

be good at learning through seeing the process and some may be good at learning through

hearing the information. This paper examines the different learning styles of students. A research

to determine the learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High School students of MNHS.
 Research Paradigm

Learning Styles

Input Process Output

I. Introduction about  Conducting of  Proposing

Visual Aural Verbal Physical Logical Social Solitary
the learning styles of surveys through compatible way of
(Spatial) (Auditory- (Linguistic) (Kinesthetic) (Mathemati (Intraperson (Interperson
students and the survey learning for the
Musical) cal) al) al)
problems of the study. questionnaire learning styles of
 Analyzing of the Grade 11 Senior
II. The discussions of
collected data High School
Methodology of
students of MNHS
Learning Styles of
to make their
Grade 11 Senior High
academic
School students of
performance
MNHS. Learning Styles of
better.
Grade 11 Senior High
Students
 CHAPTER II

METHODOLOGY

This part of the study explains and expands the information on the research design of the

study, population and locale of the study, data gathering procedures and data gathering tool.

Research Design

This study used a qualitative design of research to determine the Learning Styles of

Grade 11 Senior High students at Manaoag National High School. Qualitative research is used to

gather non-numerical data by observations of the corresponding learning styles of the students.

Qualitative survey is used to gain in-depth information on the problems and open-ended survey

questionnaires for the analysis and interpretation of the data gathered.

Population and Locale of the Study

The researchers selected 60 Grade 11 Senior High School students of Manaoag National

High School as the respondents and as the sample population.

This study will be conducted at Manaoag National High School-Senior High School

grounds located at Bautista St. Poblacion, Manaoag, Pangasinan.

Data Gathering Procedures

The researchers prepared an interview sheet for data gathering. To conduct the survey the

researchers will hand out the survey questionnaires randomly from Grade 11 Senior High

students of MNHS. The respondents will answer a series of question regarding the learning

styles of Grade 11 Senior High students. The researchers will collect the answered questionnaires

and analyze the data. The gathered data will be interpreted by the researchers to summarize the

output of the survey.

The researchers started on the second semester of the 2019-2020. Survey questionnaire

was developed by the researchers to gather the data needed in the study and was validated by the

research adviser. An approval sheet was signed by the school authority for the conduct of the

study.

Data Gathering Tools

The data gathering tool used by the researchers in the study is a written questionnaire

sheet or open-ended questions for gathering the needed data. The questionnaire was divided into

three parts.

First, to determine the learning styles of students whether it is Visual (Spatial), Aural

(Auditory-Musical), Verbal (Linguistic), Physical (Kinesthetic), Logical (Mathematical), Social

(Interpersonal), or Solitary (Intrapersonal).

 Second, to determine on how the learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High School students

help them in their academic performances.

Lastly, what can be proposed to develop the learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High

School students of MNHS.

 CHAPTER III

Analysis and Discussions

This part of the research shows the data gathered and interpretation of findings. These are

presented in tables following the sequence of research problems regarding the learning style of

Grade 11 Senior High students of Manaoag National High School.

Analysis

Table1. This table shows the different learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High School students

and the number of students that answered in which learning style they are.

Code Category Answers No. Of %

Respondents (Percentage)
V Visual 35 35 58%
A Aural 46 46 76%
V Verbal 27 27 45%
P Physical 15 15 25%
L Logical 21 21 35%
S Social 28 28 46%
S Solitary 13 13 21%

Table2. This table shows the number of ways on how the learning style helps the Grade 11

Senior High School students in their academic performances.

Code Category Answers No. Of %

Respondents (Percentage)
BP Better It makes my 24 40%
Performance studies easier.

I can perform
well.
 TP/F Think I can think 7 11%
Properly/Focus properly during
discussions.

It helps me to
focus on my
studies.

UT Understand the It helps me to 11 18%

Topic understand the
topic during
discussions.

I understand the
discussions even
better

GK Gain Knowledge It helps me to 5 8%

gain more
knowledge
M Memorize Makes 2 3%
memorizing
easier
MTE Makes Task The tasks are 5 8%
Easier easier to do.
IS Improve Skills It helps me to 6 10%
improve my
skills.

Table3. This table shows the measures the respondents have to do to develop their learning

style/s.

Code Category Answers No. Of %

Respondents (Percentage)
ST Study Hard Review the 14 23%
discussions and
analyze it.
RT Related Tasks To develop my 33 55%
learning I need
to practice.
LD Listen to Always listen to 13 21%
Discussion discussions.
Discussions

The gathered data was collected through questionnaires and was analyzed by the

researchers.

In table 1 it presents the different learning styles of Grade 11 Senior High students. The

numbers of respondents are 60, 76% of them chose Aural (A) as their learning style, 58% for

Visual (V), 46% for Social (S), 45% for Verbal(S), 35% for Logical (L), 25% for Physical (P),

and 21% for Solitary (S). According to the data gathered in problem number 1, some Grade 11

Senior High students had only one learning style but the majority of the students have multiple

learning styles.

In table 2 it shows on how the respondents learning styles help them in their academic

performances. From the 60 respondents, 38% of them answered they had a better performance

(BT), 20% understands the topic even better (UTP), 11% can think and focus properly (TP/F),

10% helps them to improve their skills (IS), 8% gains more knowledge (GK), 8% makes the

tasks easier (MTE), and 3% can memorize easier (M), a total of 100%.

In table 3 it presents the measures or the approach that the respondents have to take to

develop their learning style/s. From the 60 respondents 55% of them answered to do related tasks

(RT), 23% answered to study hard (SH), and 17% to listen to the discussions (LD), a total of

100%.
 CHAPTER IV

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

This chapter will show the answers to the problems in chapter 1 and the conclusion of the

study. It also presents recommendations by summarizing the findings.

Summary of Findings

1. What are the learning style/s of Grade 11 Senior High students of MNHS among the

seven learning styles:

a. Visual

b. Aural

c. Verbal

d. Physical

e. Logical

f. Social

g. Solitary

The majority of the Grade 11 Senior High School students are Aural learners or those that

prefers to listen to discussions. Second are Visual learners or those that prefers to see the

information. Third are Social learners or those that prefers to learn with group of people. Fourth

are Verbal learners or those that prefers to use words in both speech and writing. Fifth are

Logical learners or those that prefers to solve analytical problems. Sixth are Physical learners or
those that prefers to learn by doing the task physically. The least learners are Solitary learners or

those that prefers to study in a quiet place.

2. How does the learning style/s help the respondents in their academic performances?

The learning style of most Grade 11 Senior High students had helped them to have a

better performance in their academic performances. It helped them to understand the topic even

better and to focus on their studies. It helped them to improve their skills related to their learning

style. It helped them to gain more knowledge and makes the tasks easier. It also helped them to

memorize the information easily.

3. What measures should be taken in order to develop the learning styles of the

respondents?

The most possible action to develop the students learning styles is to do related tasks that

correspond to their learning styles and will improve their skills in the process. They also have to

study hard and listen to the discussions to develop their learning style.

Conclusion

Based on the following findings, the conclusions are presented:

1. Most of Grade 11 Senior High students are Aural learners.

2. The learning styles of the students had helped them to have a better performance in their

academic performances.

3. The learning styles of students can be develop by doing related tasks about their learning

styles.
Recommendations

STUDENTS should learn more about their learning styles to cope with their study.

Students should try a different approach in their studies if their style of learning isn’t effective

enough.

TEACHERS should consider the students learning style by trying a different approach of

teaching in a way that suits the students learning style. A teacher should understand their

students learning styles, so that they can implement the best strategies into their daily activities,

curriculum and assessments.

FUTURE RESEARCHERS should conduct a study about the factors that are affecting

the learning styles of students. This study will be of great help in the future studies.
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