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Urdaneta City University

Further, based on the findings and conclusions of the study, the researcher arrived
at the following recommendations: 1) since majority of the teacher respondents have just
earned their masteral units, all concerned teachers should be encouraged to enhance their
professional growth by pursuing their graduate and post graduate studies to enhance further
their capabilities in utilizing the different innovative approaches in Mathematics 2) concerned
teachers must upgrade their teaching performance in Mathematics using the different innovative
approaches by attending relevant trainings in the regional and national levels 3) Mathematics
teachers should sustain the very extensive utilization of the innovative approaches in teaching
Mathematics to further enhance an excellent performance of pupils in Mathematics 4) other
studies should be conducted to look into other aspects of extent of utilization of the innovative
approaches in teaching mathematics in a wider perspective.

STATUS OF BULLYING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
RAUL G. MAGSANOC

This research determined the status of bullying in public secondary schools. The
respondents’ personal profile in terms of age, sex, birth order, religious affiliation, grade/year
level, socio economic background in terms of parents’ occupation and monthly family income.
Also, this study inquired the effects of school bullying ,the types of bullying prevalent in school
, the factors predispose and precipitate bullying in terms of social, emotional psychological and
academic performance and the coping mechanisms the bullied student can adopt or employ. The
primary data gathering instrument used in the study is the questionnaire checklist devised by
the researcher and validated by experts in the field of psychology and guidance and counseling.
Problem Number 1 determined the subjects’ personal information such as age, sex, birth order,
number of children, and occupation of parents, monthly family income, religion, and grade/
year level. Problem Number 2 determined the items to elicit the types of bullying committed,
and factors predisposing it. Likewise, the questionnaire for the victims of bullying contains the
personal information of the subjects similar to the bullies, factors predisposing the incidences of
bullying, and their coping mechanisms.
The following findings were obtained from the study: 1) no definite and particular
age bracket that commits bullying. Most of the bullies were eldest, and in fourth year, and a
Roman Catholic. Majority of the respondents parents were plain house wife and their father
were self employed and government employee. The respondents’ family income shows that
students from above average family income seldom commit bullying; 2) majority of the victims
were 16 years old, youngest, and in fourth year, and were Roman Catholic. Mother were plain
housewife, father were self employed with 6,000-10,000 monthly family income; 3) The types of
bullying prevalent in school were verbal bullying, “sometimes”, physical bullying, “seldom”, and
respondents’ “always” do psychological bullying; 4) Factors that predispose bullying, rich/ poor
family, sometimes, lack parental guidance/ my parents do not care for me, “sometimes”, family

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