BSMT-3 CHARLIE

           GROUP 3



COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF

  BSMT AND BSMAR-E STUDENTS

           IN MATH



       JOSE P. BATUIGAS

           ADVISER



   JERRYBELLE G. BUNSAY JR.



    RONE RYAN R. DESIERTO



     RICHARD D. LUMANOG



    MATT RYAN J. AGUIRRE



      CRISTER S. HUERVA



JEROME MARIANITO J. GUILLERMO



   EDUARDO P. JALLORINA JR.



     JOFFER D. OCCIANAS
COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BSMT

          AND BSMAR-E STUDENTS IN MATH



----------------------------------------------------------------------

                        A Research Study

                   Presented to the faculty of

                 VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                      In partial fulfillment

                       Of the requirements

                            In Research



                                Submitted by:



                    Jerrybelle G. Bunsay Jr.

                     Rone Ryan R. Desierto

                      Richard D. Lumanog

                      Matt Ryan J. Aguirre

                        Crister S. Huerva

               Jerome Marianito J. Guillermo

                    Eduardo P. Jallorina Jr.

                        Joffer D. Occianas




                           October 2011
Approval Sheet

       This study entitled: “COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BSMT

  AND BSMAR-E STUDENTS IN MATH” prepared and submitted by BSMT III
  cadets, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for research subjects, has been
                    examined and approved for oral examination.



                                                                     Jose P. Batuigas
                                                                          Adviser


                             PANEL OF EXAMINERS




                         RAUL C. ALVARES, JR., Ed. D.
                                  Chairman

GERARDO T. TAÑADA, Ph. D.                  EDWIN P. BENITEZ, MBA-HRM
         Member                                      Member




Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject of
Research




CHRISTINE P. SALVADOR MAEd                        GERARDO T. TAÑADA, Ph. D.
    Research Instructor                              Dean of Maritime Studies
DEDICATION



This project is dedicated to God and to our Parents who have never failed to give us
  financial and moral support, for giving all our need during the research and for
teaching us that even the largest task can be accomplished if it is than one step at a
      time. And to our teachers who teach us well to accomplish this Research.




                                  Mr. & Mrs.      Bunsay

                                   Mr. & Mrs. Desierto

                                   Mr. & Mrs.     Lumanog

                                   Mr. & Mrs.     Aguirre

                                   Mr. & Mrs.     Huerva

                                   Mr. & Mrs. Guillermo

                                   Mr. & Mrs.     Jallorina

                                   Mr. & Mrs.     Occianas
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:



This study seeks to establish the comparative performance in math between BSMT
and BSMAR-E of the VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE this first Semester of Academic
Year 2011-2012.



Specific Objective:

Specifically the study aims to answer the following question.

       1. What is the profile of the BSMT and BSMAR-E Students in MATH.

          1.a. Course
          1.b. Section
          1.c. Year level

       2. To know the capacity of BSMT and BSMAR-E Students in Math.

           2.a. Fraction and Decimal

           2.b. Volume and Pressure

           2.c. Conversation

       3. Is there significant difference in the performance of BSMT and BSMAR-E
       in Math?
Hypothesis



       The opinions of the correspondents do not differ significantly as regards to
the factors that affect enrolment decline in Marine Engineering compared to
Marine Transportation. The effects on these factors in the overall condition of
maritime education and maritime industry in the country are negligible.
Scope and Limitation


        The research study focuses on the comparative performance between the
BSMT and BSMAR-E Students in Math. There are three years level in the BSMT
and three year level in the BSMAR-E Students but the researcher focus on the
BSMT 3 and BSMAR-E 3. Which the third year of BSMT 3 and BSMAR-E 3 is
divided in sections. There are four sections in BSMT and three sections BSMAR-E
the subjects understudied where the third year level which encounter many Math
problem and navigational calculation which they use on board ship. But the
researcher focus in section Bravo only. The study was conduct on the first semester
of the academic year 2011-2012.

       The researcher select the third year level of BSMT and BSMAR-E Students
of the VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE being the nearest and easiest school to address
the problem, the researchers encounter regarding time constrained, financial
incapability and distance of the locality. These have considerably improve the
speedy conduct and development of the study.



       Selecting VMA GLOBAL COLLGE as the study ground help the
researchers to minimize the expenses in money, time, and effort.
Definition of terms

       The following were defined for the clearer understanding of the study.

Comparative. One that compares with another. (Webster third new international
dictionary).

Performance. The act or process carrying something, the execution of an action
(Webster third new international dictionary).

       In this study, it is refer to the comparative performance of the BSMT3 and
       BSMAR-E3.

Math. The science of expressing and studying the relationship between quantities and
magnitude as represented by numbers and symbols (The new Webster dictionary of the
English language).

       In this study, it refers to the academic performance in math.

Profile. This terms is defined as the biographical sketch of the person(Webster universal
dictionary and thesaurus.

        In this study refers to the biographical sketch of BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3
cadets who are subject respondent of the study. It include there biographical sketch
is there personal profile term of course, year level, and section.

Year Level . It is refers to the level of the students (Webster dictionary).

       In this study, year level refers to the BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3 cadets
       academic performance on the first semester of school year 2011-2012.

Course . It is refers to a prescribe number of lesson, and lecture in educational
curriculum. (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

Fraction and Decimal . It refer to the separation or division of number and to a number
express in the scale of tens (Webster third international dictionary.

Volume and Pressure . It is refer to the dealing with or involving large quantities in the
burden of physical or mental distress (The new Webster dictionary of the English
language).

Conversation . It refers to a converting or being convert

       In the study refer to the method of teaching and how to solve the problem,
       deliver and discuss to compare the performance of BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3
       in Math.
Significance of the study



The finding of the study may provided significance information which may be value to
the:

School – that they had implemented further the basic math, conversation, and the
navigational problem and was providing more undertaking to their students concerning
the great importance in math.

Students – That they were be aware on the importance in math especially those who are
engaged in maritime field and would guide them to the practice in math not only in
school but also in their everyday life and be able to apply that knowledge in their future
profession.

Researchers – That give information where there the BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3 have the
essential knowledge pertaining to the basic math problem and calculation that are seeing
required and were provide them a between understanding and supplement on how they
can solve nautical seamanship and navigational problem. Thought this study it had been
promote in the Maritime and Allied Industry.

Faculty – That give and examine those student and grade their accordingly on their
performance. Which they are rank the students and they well know what is capacity and
the performance of the student on some particular of the subject.

Curriculum – Development that record and gather those information of what students
can reach and they gather these percentage of those students that good in math and need
more practice for their performance. VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE, that helps the student
to build the future and have a successful life someday, that give a better learning and
trained the student and support those shipping companies a well trained student.

Maritime Industry – That accept intelligent and well trained that has capacity to lead
and become an officer on board the vessel.

Parents – That give as everything we need and being supported in everything we do and
be proud of what their son’s know about what they learned.
THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK


       Mathematics relies on both logic and creativity, and it is pursued both for a

variety of practical purposes and for its intrinsic interest. For some people, and not only

professional mathematicians, the essence of mathematics lies in its beauty and its

intellectual challenge. For others, including many scientists and engineers, the chief value

of mathematics is how it applies to their own work. Because mathematics plays such a

central role in modern culture, some basic understanding of the nature of mathematics is

requisite for scientific literacy. To achieve this, students need to perceive mathematics as

part of the scientific endeavor, comprehend the nature of mathematical thinking, and

become familiar with key mathematical ideas and skills.


This chapter focuses on mathematics as part of the scientific endeavor and then on

mathematics as a process, or way of thinking. Recommendations related to mathematical

ideas are presented in Chapter 9, The Mathematical World, and those on mathematical

skills are included in Chapter 12, Habits of Mind.


Mathematics is the science of patterns and relationships. As a theoretical discipline,

mathematics explores the possible relationships among abstractions without concern for

whether those abstractions have counterparts in the real world. The abstractions can be

anything from strings of numbers to geometric figures to sets of equations. In addressing,

say, "Does the interval between prime numbers form a pattern?" as a theoretical question,

mathematicians are interested only in finding a pattern or proving that there is none, but

not in what use such knowledge might have. In deriving, for instance, an expression for
the change in the surface area of any regular solid as its volume approaches zero,

mathematicians have no interest in any correspondence between geometric solids and

physical objects in the real world.


A central line of investigation in theoretical mathematics is identifying in each field of

study a small set of basic ideas and rules from which all other interesting ideas and rules

in that field can be logically deduced. Mathematicians, like other scientists, are

particularly pleased when previously unrelated parts of mathematics are found to be

derivable from one another, or from some more general theory. Part of the sense of

beauty that many people have perceived in mathematics lies not in finding the greatest

elaborateness or complexity but on the contrary, in finding the greatest economy and

simplicity of representation and proof. As mathematics has progressed, more and more

relationships have been found between parts of it that have been developed separately—

for example, between the symbolic representations of algebra and the spatial

representations of geometry. These cross-connections enable insights to be developed

into the various parts; together, they strengthen belief in the correctness and underlying

unity of the whole structure.


Mathematics is also an applied science. Many mathematicians focus their attention on

solving problems that originate in the world of experience. They too search for patterns

and relationships, and in the process they use techniques that are similar to those used in

doing purely theoretical mathematics. The difference is largely one of intent. In contrast

to theoretical mathematicians, applied mathematicians, in the examples given above,

might study the interval pattern of prime numbers to develop a new system for coding
numerical information, rather than as an abstract problem. Or they might tackle the

area/volume problem as a step in producing a model for the study of crystal behavior.


The results of theoretical and applied mathematics often influence each other. The

discoveries of theoretical mathematicians frequently turn out—sometimes decades

later—to have unanticipated practical value. Studies on the mathematical properties of

random events, for example, led to knowledge that later made it possible to improve the

design of experiments in the social and natural sciences. Conversely, in trying to solve

the problem of billing long-distance telephone users fairly, mathematicians made

fundamental discoveries about the mathematics of complex networks. Theoretical

mathematics, unlike the other sciences, is not constrained by the real world, but in the

long run it contributes to a better understanding of that

world.(http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/chap2.htm)

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  • 1. BSMT-3 CHARLIE GROUP 3 COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BSMT AND BSMAR-E STUDENTS IN MATH JOSE P. BATUIGAS ADVISER JERRYBELLE G. BUNSAY JR. RONE RYAN R. DESIERTO RICHARD D. LUMANOG MATT RYAN J. AGUIRRE CRISTER S. HUERVA JEROME MARIANITO J. GUILLERMO EDUARDO P. JALLORINA JR. JOFFER D. OCCIANAS
  • 2. COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BSMT AND BSMAR-E STUDENTS IN MATH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Research Study Presented to the faculty of VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In partial fulfillment Of the requirements In Research Submitted by: Jerrybelle G. Bunsay Jr. Rone Ryan R. Desierto Richard D. Lumanog Matt Ryan J. Aguirre Crister S. Huerva Jerome Marianito J. Guillermo Eduardo P. Jallorina Jr. Joffer D. Occianas October 2011
  • 3. Approval Sheet This study entitled: “COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF BSMT AND BSMAR-E STUDENTS IN MATH” prepared and submitted by BSMT III cadets, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for research subjects, has been examined and approved for oral examination. Jose P. Batuigas Adviser PANEL OF EXAMINERS RAUL C. ALVARES, JR., Ed. D. Chairman GERARDO T. TAÑADA, Ph. D. EDWIN P. BENITEZ, MBA-HRM Member Member Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject of Research CHRISTINE P. SALVADOR MAEd GERARDO T. TAÑADA, Ph. D. Research Instructor Dean of Maritime Studies
  • 4. DEDICATION This project is dedicated to God and to our Parents who have never failed to give us financial and moral support, for giving all our need during the research and for teaching us that even the largest task can be accomplished if it is than one step at a time. And to our teachers who teach us well to accomplish this Research. Mr. & Mrs. Bunsay Mr. & Mrs. Desierto Mr. & Mrs. Lumanog Mr. & Mrs. Aguirre Mr. & Mrs. Huerva Mr. & Mrs. Guillermo Mr. & Mrs. Jallorina Mr. & Mrs. Occianas
  • 5. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to establish the comparative performance in math between BSMT and BSMAR-E of the VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE this first Semester of Academic Year 2011-2012. Specific Objective: Specifically the study aims to answer the following question. 1. What is the profile of the BSMT and BSMAR-E Students in MATH. 1.a. Course 1.b. Section 1.c. Year level 2. To know the capacity of BSMT and BSMAR-E Students in Math. 2.a. Fraction and Decimal 2.b. Volume and Pressure 2.c. Conversation 3. Is there significant difference in the performance of BSMT and BSMAR-E in Math?
  • 6. Hypothesis The opinions of the correspondents do not differ significantly as regards to the factors that affect enrolment decline in Marine Engineering compared to Marine Transportation. The effects on these factors in the overall condition of maritime education and maritime industry in the country are negligible.
  • 7. Scope and Limitation The research study focuses on the comparative performance between the BSMT and BSMAR-E Students in Math. There are three years level in the BSMT and three year level in the BSMAR-E Students but the researcher focus on the BSMT 3 and BSMAR-E 3. Which the third year of BSMT 3 and BSMAR-E 3 is divided in sections. There are four sections in BSMT and three sections BSMAR-E the subjects understudied where the third year level which encounter many Math problem and navigational calculation which they use on board ship. But the researcher focus in section Bravo only. The study was conduct on the first semester of the academic year 2011-2012. The researcher select the third year level of BSMT and BSMAR-E Students of the VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE being the nearest and easiest school to address the problem, the researchers encounter regarding time constrained, financial incapability and distance of the locality. These have considerably improve the speedy conduct and development of the study. Selecting VMA GLOBAL COLLGE as the study ground help the researchers to minimize the expenses in money, time, and effort.
  • 8. Definition of terms The following were defined for the clearer understanding of the study. Comparative. One that compares with another. (Webster third new international dictionary). Performance. The act or process carrying something, the execution of an action (Webster third new international dictionary). In this study, it is refer to the comparative performance of the BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3. Math. The science of expressing and studying the relationship between quantities and magnitude as represented by numbers and symbols (The new Webster dictionary of the English language). In this study, it refers to the academic performance in math. Profile. This terms is defined as the biographical sketch of the person(Webster universal dictionary and thesaurus. In this study refers to the biographical sketch of BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3 cadets who are subject respondent of the study. It include there biographical sketch is there personal profile term of course, year level, and section. Year Level . It is refers to the level of the students (Webster dictionary). In this study, year level refers to the BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3 cadets academic performance on the first semester of school year 2011-2012. Course . It is refers to a prescribe number of lesson, and lecture in educational curriculum. (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). Fraction and Decimal . It refer to the separation or division of number and to a number express in the scale of tens (Webster third international dictionary. Volume and Pressure . It is refer to the dealing with or involving large quantities in the burden of physical or mental distress (The new Webster dictionary of the English language). Conversation . It refers to a converting or being convert In the study refer to the method of teaching and how to solve the problem, deliver and discuss to compare the performance of BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3 in Math.
  • 9. Significance of the study The finding of the study may provided significance information which may be value to the: School – that they had implemented further the basic math, conversation, and the navigational problem and was providing more undertaking to their students concerning the great importance in math. Students – That they were be aware on the importance in math especially those who are engaged in maritime field and would guide them to the practice in math not only in school but also in their everyday life and be able to apply that knowledge in their future profession. Researchers – That give information where there the BSMT3 and BSMAR-E3 have the essential knowledge pertaining to the basic math problem and calculation that are seeing required and were provide them a between understanding and supplement on how they can solve nautical seamanship and navigational problem. Thought this study it had been promote in the Maritime and Allied Industry. Faculty – That give and examine those student and grade their accordingly on their performance. Which they are rank the students and they well know what is capacity and the performance of the student on some particular of the subject. Curriculum – Development that record and gather those information of what students can reach and they gather these percentage of those students that good in math and need more practice for their performance. VMA GLOBAL COLLEGE, that helps the student to build the future and have a successful life someday, that give a better learning and trained the student and support those shipping companies a well trained student. Maritime Industry – That accept intelligent and well trained that has capacity to lead and become an officer on board the vessel. Parents – That give as everything we need and being supported in everything we do and be proud of what their son’s know about what they learned.
  • 10. THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK Mathematics relies on both logic and creativity, and it is pursued both for a variety of practical purposes and for its intrinsic interest. For some people, and not only professional mathematicians, the essence of mathematics lies in its beauty and its intellectual challenge. For others, including many scientists and engineers, the chief value of mathematics is how it applies to their own work. Because mathematics plays such a central role in modern culture, some basic understanding of the nature of mathematics is requisite for scientific literacy. To achieve this, students need to perceive mathematics as part of the scientific endeavor, comprehend the nature of mathematical thinking, and become familiar with key mathematical ideas and skills. This chapter focuses on mathematics as part of the scientific endeavor and then on mathematics as a process, or way of thinking. Recommendations related to mathematical ideas are presented in Chapter 9, The Mathematical World, and those on mathematical skills are included in Chapter 12, Habits of Mind. Mathematics is the science of patterns and relationships. As a theoretical discipline, mathematics explores the possible relationships among abstractions without concern for whether those abstractions have counterparts in the real world. The abstractions can be anything from strings of numbers to geometric figures to sets of equations. In addressing, say, "Does the interval between prime numbers form a pattern?" as a theoretical question, mathematicians are interested only in finding a pattern or proving that there is none, but not in what use such knowledge might have. In deriving, for instance, an expression for
  • 11. the change in the surface area of any regular solid as its volume approaches zero, mathematicians have no interest in any correspondence between geometric solids and physical objects in the real world. A central line of investigation in theoretical mathematics is identifying in each field of study a small set of basic ideas and rules from which all other interesting ideas and rules in that field can be logically deduced. Mathematicians, like other scientists, are particularly pleased when previously unrelated parts of mathematics are found to be derivable from one another, or from some more general theory. Part of the sense of beauty that many people have perceived in mathematics lies not in finding the greatest elaborateness or complexity but on the contrary, in finding the greatest economy and simplicity of representation and proof. As mathematics has progressed, more and more relationships have been found between parts of it that have been developed separately— for example, between the symbolic representations of algebra and the spatial representations of geometry. These cross-connections enable insights to be developed into the various parts; together, they strengthen belief in the correctness and underlying unity of the whole structure. Mathematics is also an applied science. Many mathematicians focus their attention on solving problems that originate in the world of experience. They too search for patterns and relationships, and in the process they use techniques that are similar to those used in doing purely theoretical mathematics. The difference is largely one of intent. In contrast to theoretical mathematicians, applied mathematicians, in the examples given above, might study the interval pattern of prime numbers to develop a new system for coding
  • 12. numerical information, rather than as an abstract problem. Or they might tackle the area/volume problem as a step in producing a model for the study of crystal behavior. The results of theoretical and applied mathematics often influence each other. The discoveries of theoretical mathematicians frequently turn out—sometimes decades later—to have unanticipated practical value. Studies on the mathematical properties of random events, for example, led to knowledge that later made it possible to improve the design of experiments in the social and natural sciences. Conversely, in trying to solve the problem of billing long-distance telephone users fairly, mathematicians made fundamental discoveries about the mathematics of complex networks. Theoretical mathematics, unlike the other sciences, is not constrained by the real world, but in the long run it contributes to a better understanding of that world.(http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/chap2.htm)