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derived: Aside from the curricular offerings which involve Speech subjects, Grammar and
Literature, the students should have more speech laboratory training. The social media- Face
book, blogs and tweet as communication mediums should be maximized to encourage students to
use English. Drama presentations and collaborative English Language should be used to enhance
and enrich language activities of the students. Chatting in the internet using the English should
be encouraged. Teachers of English should include in their course requirements the submission
of book reports, magazine article reviews and news reviews to enhance the English Proficiency.
Further, other strategies in the use of the English language should be conducted.

LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN SCIENCE IV (PHYSICS)
FLOR JASMIN M. DOMANTAY

This study determined the levels of learning difficulty of 80 fourth year high school
students in Physics. Specifically, problem No. 1 dealt with the profile variables, namely: a) sex, b)
GPA in the second grading period, c) monthly family income, d) highest educational attainment
of fathers, e) highest educational attainment of mothers, f) occupation of parents, g) learning
practices (note taking, doing assignment, participation during class discussion, h) teachers’
influence (personality, teaching methodology, evaluation/feedback), i)school learning facilities
(classroom, laboratory, library. Problem No. 2 determined the levels of test performance of the
respondent-students in Science IV (Physics). Problem No. 3 determined the levels of learning
difficulty of the respondents in the different cognitive areas, namely: knowledge, comprehension,
application, evaluation, analysis, and synthesis. Problem No. 4 determined whether or not there
significant differences in the levels of difficulty of the respondents in Science IV (Physics).
Finally, Problem No. 5 determined whether or not there are significant relationships between
the levels of learning difficulty of the respondents in Science IV (Physics).
The following are the salient findings of this study: There are more male than females among
the respondent-students, majority had GPA with the 75-79 brackets, belong to families whose
monthly family income is 5,000 Php and below, whose fathers and mothers are high school
graduates, and employed in menial jobs. Most of the students have moderately positive attitude
towards learning, generally, the respondent-students test performance in Science IV (Physics)
is only average. The levels of difficulty of the respondent-students in Science IV (Physics) in the
in Knowledge are 0.4083 (difficult), Comprehension is 0.3768 (difficult), Application is 0.4125
(moderately difficult), Evaluation is 0.6938 (not difficult), Analysis is 0.2625 (very difficult) and
Synthesis is 0.2094 (very difficult). There are no significant differences in the levels of learning
difficulty of the respondent-students across the profile variables.
The following are the conclusions drawn in this study: The respondent-students are typical high
school students in a national high school, situated in a semi-rural area; they vary a bit across
the variable categories, but tended to concentrate around the categories with lower values.
The differences of the performance of the respondent-student in this study are extreme. Thus,

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