WORLD RESEARCH FESTIVAL 2012

Marco Polo Hotel

Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013

Marvin S. Daguplo
Southern Leyte State University-Tomas Oppus
daguplosdv@yahoo.com

World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
 Provincial and Institutional
Highlights…
The Science Building

The Library

The Administration Building

The Ginsaugon Tragedy

The First Mass World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
Cognitive Interference as Predictors of
Problem Solving Performance

Marvin S. Daguplo
daguplosdv@yahoo.com
Southern Leyte State University-Tomas Oppus
Planning Officer/Faculty Member

World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
Why conduct the Study?

 It is a fact that poor problem solving

performance of Filipino students continued to
escalate in all levels of the Philippine education.

 Poor performance, however, does not

necessarily mean low intellective potential.

 Cognitive Interference, in this study, refers to

cognitive, affective, and physiological aspects of
students which possibly influence learning
performance.

World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
The objectives, therefore, are to…
 measure the degree by which students, while
solving word problems, experience various
types of thoughts, feelings, and physical
interference;

 establish relationship between cognitive,

affective, and physiological responses and
performance in problem solving; and

 identify predictor/s of problem solving

performance.
World Research Festival
Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
Framework of the Study..
The Excessive cognitive
interference diminish the
attention capacity and
make the performance
level down making him/her
to feel unhappy, tense
and anxious

Cognitive
Intervention
Theory of Sarason, Performance
et. al.

World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
How and where was the study conducted?
 A predictive cross-sectional study conducted at the
end of the 2nd semester of AY 2012-13;

 Respondents were randomly selected 122 1st year

and 2nd year education students of SLSU – Tomas
Oppus;

 The instrument used was the adapted

Internationally Standardized Cognitive Interference
Questionnaire (Sarason, et. al., 1986)

 Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were

used in the analysis of data.
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May 1 – 3, 2013
The Findings…
 First Year and Second Year
education students of SLSU –
Tomas Oppus performed at
“below average” in mathematical
problem solving with a mean score
of 20 and a standard deviation of 4.

Sample Problem # 3:
In a 3-digit number, the hundreds digit is 4 more than the units digit and
the tens digit is twice the hundreds digit. If the sum of the digits is 12, what
is the hundred digit?

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May 1 – 3, 2013
The Findings, con’t…
The degree by which students experiences cognitive, affective, & Physiological
interference
Measured by
Cognitive the degree of Overall
Interference experiencing… Sample Indicator Mean, (sd) Description
During the test, I worry
Worry 4.12, (.54) Frequent
whether I will pass it.
Cognitive
Test-Irrelevant I have fantasies a few times
4.29, (.57) Always
Thinking during the test.

I feel distressed and uneasy

Affective Tension 4.16, (.57) Frequent
during the test.
Bodily My stomach gets upset
Physiological 4.02, (.76) Frequent
Symptoms during test.
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May 1 – 3, 2013
The Findings, con’t…
Performance and Performance Interference Inter-correlation Matrix &
alpha coefficients

Variables Performance Tension Worry Irrelevant Bodily

Performance -- 0.110** 0.091** 0.183** 0.052**
Tension -- .849** .595** .564**
Worry -- .718** .748**
Irrelevant -- .480**
Bodily --
** p < .01

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May 1 – 3, 2013
The Findings, con’t…
Predictors of Problem Solving Performance
Cognitive  Std. Error t p
Interference
Worry -1.172 .122 -9.640 .000
Test-Irrelevant
Thinking 1.312 .061 21.352 .000

Tension 0.702 .082 8.577 .000

Bodily
Symptoms 0.060 .049 1.221 .222

R 2  .41
R 2  .40

World Research Festival

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May 1 – 3, 2013
What can be concluded?

Tension, worry, test-irrelevant

thinking, and bodily symptoms are
significantly related to students’
performance in problem solving.
However, only test-irrelevant
thinking, worry, and tension were
identified as its significant predictors.

World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
Recommendations…
 Instructional Planning must include the creation
of a friendly learning environment especially for
mathematics subjects;

 Introduce creative mathematics which will

enhance students appreciation of mathematics
as a creative art and fun; and

 Create instructional programs that will help

students manage well tensions, worries, and to
avoid irrelevant thinking before, during, and
even after the test
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Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013
Maraming Salamat.

World Research Festival

Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City, Philippines
May 1 – 3, 2013