ISSN: 2360-7866

 International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 7(3), pp. 28-33. May, 2019.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2019.020

Full Length Research

Personality and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing the Choice of Academic Track among Senior High Schoolers

OSCAR T. VALLEJO, PhD

Professor, Wesleyan University – Philippines, Aurora Campus, Maria Aurora, Aurora, Professor, Graduate Studies, Aurora Sate College of Technology, Baler, Aurora, Consultant, Aurora Polytechnic College, Baler, Aurora, Philippines.

E-mail: oxtv2000@yahoo.com

Accepted 2 April 2019

The study deals with the personality and socio-economic factors influencing the academic track/strand among Senior High Schoolers. It answered the following questions: What is the chosen academic track among Senior High Schoolers?; How may the personality and socio-economic factors among Senior High Schoolers be described; Is there significant relationship between personality and socio-economic factors and chosen academic track among Senior High Schoolers?; and To what extend do personality and socio-economic factors predict the chosen academic track? Descriptive method of research was used with 225 Senior High Schoolers from Wesleyan University – Philippines, Aurora Campus located at Maria Aurora, Aurora, Philippines during the School Year 2018-2019.  Questionnaire with the aid of interview were used as data gathering instruments and subjected to frequency distribution, percentage, weighted mean, test of correlation and regression. Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) strand is the first choice among the respondents. Personality factors obtained a weighted mean of 3.51 described as agree, considering that strand which were important and vital in deciding and choosing future career, giving them the challenge to bring out their best, and further development with their values as a person lead the factors.  Likewise, supporting the needs of their family and valuing in the future” ruled the socio-economic factors in choosing strand. Students chose General Academic Strand (GAS) strand still on the process of deciding what degree they will be going to enrol in college which manifested on the finding that high significant correlations were observed to all personality and socio-economic factors in choosing the academic strand. Fourteen per cent of personality factor; “students’ intellectual capacity to finish their studies can predict academic strand while socio-economic factor; “choosing strand that they value in the future” can predict 13.1%.

Keywords: socio-economic factors, Senior High Schoolers, personality, correlation and regression

Cite This Article As: VALLEJO, O.T (2019). Personality and Socio-Economic Factors Influencing the Choice of Academic Track among Senior High Schoolers. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 7(3): 28-33