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This chapter presents the research method used, the description
of respondent,research instrument, and data gathering
procedure.
Research Method Used
The descriptive research method is used to determine and analyze
the problemsencountered by student teachers.
According to Manuel and Mendel (1998 , it involves the
description, recording,analysis and interpretation of the present
nature, composition of processes ofphenomena. The term descriptive
research refers to the type of research !uestion,design, and data
analysis that "ill be applied to a given topic. #escriptive
statistics tell"hat is, "hile inferential statistics try to
determine cause and effect. The type of!uestion as$ed by the
researcher "ill ultimately determine the type of approachnecessary
to complete an accurate assessment of the topic at hand.
The main goal of this type of research is to describe the data
and characteristicsabout "hat is being studied. The idea behind
this type of research is to study fre!uency,averages, and other
statistical calculations.
Sampling Scheme
%onvenience sampling "as used in this study& this type of
sampling is used ine'ploratory research "here the researcher is
interested in getting an ine'pensiveappro'imation of the truth. As
the name implies, the sample is selected because theyare
convenient. This non probability method is often used during
preliminary research
efforts to get a gross estimate of the results, "ithout
incurring the cost or time re!uiredto select a random sample. n
this study, the respondents are the student teachers "hoare readily
available to ans"er the survey !uestionnaire.
Research Instrument
The researcher ) made instrument "as utilized to determine the
problemsencountered by the third year of *T+ %-#. t contained t"o
main t"o parts /art "asused to elicit the respondent0 profile such
as name, se', gender, and age and /art contains the five categories
of problems namely esson /lanning, nstructionalMaterials, art of
2uestioning, %ooperating Teacher, and 3tudents.
Description of the Respondent
A total of 444 of student of %-# in all ma5ors "ere the
respondent of the study.They are described according to their
demographic profile such as se' (male andfemale , and ma5or
(%omputer -ducation, 3ocial 3tudies, 6ilipino, Math, -nglish
and/hysical 3cience .
