Garcia, Grace Altuna

College/Position: CAS
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Area: Education, Social Science

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  • ► Social Competence and Academic Self-Efficacy of CAS Students: The Role of Leadership Involvement as a Basis for an Intervention Program (2025)

    Abstract:The future societal functioning of every individual makes fostered social competence crucial, defining and emotionally determining success in social and society-related activities. Building self-efficacy in learning fosters confidence, flexibility, and leadership qualities, empowering every individual to succeed in academics and the real world. This descriptive correlational research examined the social self-efficacy and competence of 313 students in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at the University of Northern Philippines. They were selected through stratified proportionate random sampling, and the sample size was determined using the formula by Lynch et al. (1972). The findings show that overall, the respondents have a high level of social competence and an average level of academic self-efficacy. Students with leadership involvement have a significantly higher level of academic self-efficacy and social competence than non-leaders. Also, it was revealed that there is a significant positive relationship among leadership involvement, social competence, and academic self-efficacy. This implies that increased leadership involvement is associated with students’ social competence. Consequently, Project L.E.A.D.: Leveraging Exposure for Advancement and Development among CAS Students, an intervention program derived from the findings and designed to increase student engagement in leadership-related activities and improve levels of self-efficacy and social competence, is proposed.

    Keywords:Social Competence, Academic Self-efficacy, Leadership, Intervention Program

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  • ► Development of Worktext in Physics (2025)

    Abstract:This study was conducted to develop a worktext in Biophysics for college students. Specifically, it aimed to determine the availability and adequacy of instructional materials in Biophysics; describe the worktext;evaluate the worktext in terms of objectives, format, content, organization, language, and usability; and determine the readability of the worktext. The study used the research and development (R&D) design and the descriptive method of research. The survey respondents were nine Physics faculty members and a university librarian. Six experts in Physics and Biology served as evaluators of the worktext. A survey checklist and the evaluation questionnaire, adopted from Salavaria (2014) were utilized. The development of the worktext was guided by the first three stages (Analysis, Design, and Development) of the ADDIE Model of Instructional Design. The data were analyzed using the mean. Results of the study revealed that 1) there is a need to develop worktextsand other instructional materials in Biophysics, 2) the worktext was described as substantial, clear, simple to understand, stimulating, and loaded with activities, 3) worktext was evaluated as excellent overall and in all criteria; 4) in terms of its readability, the worktext is suitable for college students; and 5) the worktext is highly valid as an instructional material in Biophysics. The worktext is recommended for utilization in the university. The effect of using it on the achievement of students may be measured. Similar studies may be conducted to develop worktexts in other courses using the ADDIE Model.

    Keywords:Philippines, Biophysics, worktext, ADDIE Model, tertiary students

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  • ► Development and Validation of a Worktext in Electromagnetism (2021)
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  • ► Domestic Violence Against Women: A Global Perspective (2023)

    Abstract:Women's physical, reproductive, and emotional health are all significantly impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV), which is now recognized as a serious public health issue. According to the feminist paradigm, intimate partner violence is a complex issue that involves both socio-cultural and psychological elements interacting. To realize an accurate cluster of countries and develop a statistical model to explain the prevalence of domestic violence against women, a data mining model of global domestic violence against women's incidence was constructed. The research results show three clusters among the countries from the different regions of the world, characterized by the variables considered. Moreover, the results reveal that the poverty gap, literacy rate, alcohol consumption of men, the share of the population with alcohol or drug use disorders, prevalence of anxiety disorders in women, and prevalence of depressive disorders in both men and women came out as significant predictors.

    Keywords:global domestic violence, feminist theory of violence, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis.

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    • On-going
    • Tracer Study on the Graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences (E-22-23-c37)
    • Job Stress and Coping Strategies: A Model on Faculty Adjustment Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic (SS-22-23-c16)
    • Potential for Community-Based Aqua Tourism Destination: Basis for Tourism Development Plan (SS-23-18)
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    Presentation
    • Analyzing the Influence of Job Stress and Coping Strategies on Faculty Adjustment during Crisis Situations (2025)
    • Potential of Community-Based Aqua Tourism Destination: Basis in Development Plan (2025)
    • Potential of Community-based Aqua Tourism Destination: Basis for a Development Plan (2025)
    • Analyzing the Influence of Job Stress and Coping Strategies on Faculty Adjustment during the Covid-19 Pandemic (2025)
    • Development of a Worktext in Biophysics (2024)
    • Being a Woman in the Ilocano Fishing Industry: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology (2024)
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