Socio-Psychological Attributes, Instructional Materials, Learning Modalities and Academic Performance of Agriculture Students in Mindanao, Philippines

Abstract

The study explored the best fit model on socio-psychological attributes, instructional materials and learning modalities on academic performance of senior agriculture students in Mindanao SUCs. Data were gathered from 416 senior students enrolled during the Second Semester, SY 2022-2023 in three (3) State Universities. The study aimed to describe the socio-psychological attributes, find out the learning modalities used, determine the extent of use of IMs and assess the academic performance of senior agriculture students. It also correlated the students’ socio-psychological attributes, learning modalities, instructional materials and their academic performance; and identified variables singly or in combination that best predict academic performance.

The senior agriculture students in Mindanao SUCs were regular students, non-delinquent, with literate parents and big families earning low income. They have favorable attitudes toward their studies, determined and adaptive to stressful situations. Online learning was sometimes used during the COVID-19 pandemic in teaching-learning basic agriculture board courses with syllabus, audio-video presentations and illustrative pictures. PowerPoint presentation was always used by the students who also preferred handouts, audio/video presentation, power point and infographics. They mostly utilized IMs due to its relevance and usefulness, availability and learner preferences. The students had very high academic performance and was significantly associated with their mother’s educational attainment, gross monthly income, availability of IMs and learning modalities with face-to-face learning modality and availability of IMs particularly audio-video presentations that best predict academic performance of senior agriculture students in agriculture board courses.