Lake Apo, an 18-hectare lake situated in Guinoyoran, Valencia City, Philippines is a tourist destination. It was once an ordinary pond, but with the initiatives of the community and some visionary private individuals, it has become a promising tourism site.… More

Lake Apo, an 18-hectare lake situated in Guinoyoran, Valencia City, Philippines is a tourist destination. It was once an ordinary pond, but with the initiatives of the community and some visionary private individuals, it has become a promising tourism site. Hence, the study was conducted to assess the initiatives of conservation undertaken by the stakeholders of Lake Apo, analyze the issues confronting the lake, and describe the tourists’ assessment on the lake. The study is descriptive employing quantitative and qualitative approaches. Survey, Focus Group Discussion, and Key Informant Interview were the tools used in data gathering. The residents claimed to be highly dependent on the lake. It gives them livelihood since it was opened to tourism, a source of leisure, and a source of protein. As a tourist spot, the lake receives positive assessment from tourists. Its beauty and serenity appear captivating. Tourism is the lake’s most viable utility. The stakeholders are desirous to transform the lake into a vibrant and sustainable ecotourism site. However, young as it is now, tourism in Lake Apo is hounded with controversy on conflicting claim of ownership, and issues on poor resource management, unregulated anthropogenic activities, and poor waste management. Less

In this study, the researchers explored the effectiveness of Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) in teaching circuits to Senior High Students (SHS), particularly Academic track, STEM strand of K to 12 curriculum. Learning activities in electric circuits were developed as WBT… More

In this study, the researchers explored the effectiveness of Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) in teaching circuits to Senior High Students (SHS), particularly Academic track, STEM strand of K to 12 curriculum. Learning activities in electric circuits were developed as WBT strategy and administered in a pretest-posttest design. To further analyze the effectiveness of WBT, learning gains of respondents were compared to students exposed to the traditional method of teaching of electric circuit. The result showed that SHS students attained 19.3% learning gain which is considerably small. However, comparative statistical results gave a significant difference (t = 2.62, p = 0.007) in favor to WBT approach. Further, a survey instrument was developed, validated, and administered to assess if using varied teaching strategies could be linked to positive student perceptions of the teaching intervention. Further, regression analysis was conducted to determine if such approaches were predictive to learning gains. Results showed that perceptions of the student have no significant effect on their learning and no quadrant of the brain can be considered predictive on the learning gains. Therefore, the result of the study may support the significance of catering the four brain quadrants in teaching for conceptual understanding. Less