Date of Completion
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy
Keywords
Flexible Learning, Academic Grades, Students
Abstract
The study explores the relationship between conduciveness of Flexible Learning Environment (FLE) and academic grades of students enrolled in the Physical Therapy program. The study employed a descriptive correlational design and conducted an online survey of ninety-six first to third year students from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences. The study utilized a researcher-made instrument to gather responses regarding the conduciveness of FLE and self-reported grades in the professional courses taken by the participants in the first semester of AY2021-2022. The type of data collected in the survey was ordinal data and used descriptive statistics to analyze results. Each domain of FLE, physical, psychosocial, resources, and technology, were found to be conducive to learning. Overall, the combined online and hybrid FLE were determined to be conducive for students, and the grades for both online and hybrid were found to be above average. On the other hand, the statistical treatment used to determine the association between two ordinal data was Spearman’s rho. The Relationship between the level of conduciveness in the different domains, subdomains, and academic grades were tested. It was found that only the conduciveness of Ergonomic subdomain in the combined online and hybrid FLE has a significant relationship to the student’s academic grades. This implies that proper ergonomics as one engages in remote learning affected the overall comfort of students which could influence their engagement in learning. In terms of the different domains of both types of FLE and academic grades, results showed that their relationship is not significant. This result could be brought about by several factors such as small sample size, categorical arrangement of grades, and other unexplored confounding variables. Nonetheless, the results of the study may still serve valuable recommendations on how to further enhance the conduciveness of the FLE to learning and contribute to students’ academic achievement.
First Advisor
Natalizia Pagtakhan
APA Citation
Bansale, R. C., Bautista, C. P., Cadua, S. V., Domingo, M. R., Marteja, P. S., Pin, J. R., Plaza, D. M., Rivera, J. R., & Villanueva, T. S. (2022). Conduciveness of flexible learning environment and its relationship with academic grades in professional courses of physical therapy students from AY 2021-2022. [Bachelor's thesis, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/bspt/861