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International Teacher Education Conference 2014
From the open-ended responses of both UPLB Students and NSTP Faculty Members content analysis was
undertaken. Common responses were grouped into frequency distribution where descriptive analysis was done.
From the responses of the two groups, contingency tables were generated for non-parametric quantitative
analysis using the Chi-square Test of Independence.
Results
The frequency distribution by total number of UPLB Students’ Suggested Activities/Projects per Element
(Ecological Balance, Cultural Cohesiveness, Moral-Spiritual Consensus) and “Others” indicated that modally,
(33%) UPLB Students had more suggested activities for Ecological Balance than the other elements of Cultural
Cohesiveness, Moral-Spiritual Consensus and “Others” suggested activities, which shared around 1/5 each of all
responses (Table 1).
Table 1. Frequency Distribution by Total Number of UPLB Students’ Suggested Activities/Projects per Element (Ecological Balance,
Cultural Cohesiveness,
Moral-Spiritual Consensus) and “Others”
Elements Frequency Percent Distribution (%)
I. Ecological Balance 221 33
II. Cultural Cohesiveness 161 24
III. Moral-Spiritual Consensus 137 21
IV. Other Suggested Activities/Projects 142 22
TOTAL 661 100
On the other hand, the frequency distribution by total number of NSTP Faculty Members’ Suggested
Activities/Projects per Element (Ecological Balance, Cultural Cohesiveness, Moral-Spiritual Consensus and
“Others”) also indicated that they have more suggestions on Ecological Balance (46%) as compared to the other
elements of Cultural Cohesiveness (24%), Moral-Spiritual Consensus (23%) and 7% for “Others” (Table 2).
Table 2. Frequency Distribution by Total Number of NSTP Faculty Members’ Suggested Activities/Projects per Element (Ecological
Balance, Cultural Cohesiveness, Moral-Spiritual Consensus) and “Others”
Elements Frequency Percent Distribution (%)
I. Ecological Balance 134 46
II. Cultural Cohesiveness 71 24
III. Moral-Spiritual Consensus 68 23
IV. Other Suggested Activities/Projects 20 7
TOTAL 293 100
The Chi-square (x 2 ) test was used to evaluate the statistical significance of independence of the suggested
activities/projects among the selected groups (UPLB Students and NSTP Faculty Members). In testing for
independence of suggested activities/projects by specific respondent group, the analysis used the basic x 2 test of
significance.
The responses of the four elements taken together as suggested by the UPLB students and NSTP Faculty
Members indicated that the x 2 test was very highly significant at 1% alpha. The calculated x 2 c was high at 34.52,
while the tabular x 2 was 11.35 at alpha 1%. These results provide that the responses/suggested activities/projects
by the two groups of respondents are statistically significant (Table 3).
Table 3. Observed and Expected Frequencies of UPLB Students and
NSTP Faculty Members from 13 Regions on the Four Elements (Ecological Balance, Cultural Cohesiveness,
Moral-Spiritual Consensus) and “Others”
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