Papers by Celina P Sarmiento
NRCP Research Journal , 2022
The COVID-19 worldwide outbreak drove all educational institutions to enforce school closures and... more The COVID-19 worldwide outbreak drove all educational institutions to enforce school closures and sought alternative ways to sustain education. In response, the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) initiated social distancing measures, transitioned the curriculum to the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) , and equipped the department for Emergency Remort Teaching (ERT).
Philippine Normal University, 2019
Fundamental to STEAM education is quality assessment in that it promotes student learning and con... more Fundamental to STEAM education is quality assessment in that it promotes student learning and confirms students’ conceptual understanding, learning progress, and achievement throughout the teaching-learning discourse. It is a dynamic and cyclical process wherein teachers learn about their students, as they also learn with their students, that may provide greater positive impact on students’ learning. This chapter presents the details and features of the Philippine STEAM Assessment model developed through an exploration study, observing a three-tiered analysis of interview transcriptions, observation notes, and existing documents from sampled HEIs (SUC levels 1 and 2, LUCs and non-autonomous private schools) all over the country.
Philippine Journal of Science, 2020
This study determined the self-professed proficiency of Philippine higher education (PHE) teacher... more This study determined the self-professed proficiency of Philippine higher education (PHE) teachers of science, technology, engineering, agri/fisheries, and mathematics (STEAM) disciplines. Through the lens of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework and the standards of teaching the disciplines in STEAM in advance and higher learning as spelled out in the indicators of proficiency used in this research, the study informed the status of teacher quality in the different disciplines of STEAM. Sampled (Tier 1: stratified random sampling for 156 schools; Tier 2: complete enumeration) 1940 teachers (representing the different STEAM disciplines) took the online survey in January-December 2018. Selected teachers from the set provided interviews and classroom observations for data triangulation. Data analysis (i.e. programmed scoring framework, descriptive statistics, percentile rank, and t-test) determined that self-rated proficiency defined their competence. In terms of the aforementioned framework and standard, they perceived themselves as "Highly Proficient to Distinguished" teachers. The qualitative data worked with these findings, but some coupled with student achievement (through licensure performance) revealed that teachers may have overrated themselves. Males and females do not register significant differences in their perception of proficiency. School type (private and government-owned) do not index significant differences as well, except in Community Linkages and TPACK as a whole. These findings may inform policy creation to build a stronger Philippine Workforce 4.0. In fact, the tool (proficiency instrument) may be envisioned to initiate a highly structured micro-credentialing system of STEAM education in the country.
The Normal Lights, 2019
This article presents a potential solution to one of the prevailing issues of paper-and-pencil ho... more This article presents a potential solution to one of the prevailing issues of paper-and-pencil homework in mathematics-copying. We investigated the reasons why students copy homework and determined how they usually do it. Then, we used the information gathered to design an online homework using the features of MyOpenMath, an open source learning management system that can possibly address the limitations of traditional homework. A set of online homework that administers algorithmically generated parallel homework questions to each student, provides immediate feedback, and offers students unlimited attempts to get the problem right was developed as a result. After which, we explored how students approached the online homework and studied if it was able to prevent copying of homework among students. A class with 32 participants was observed for this endeavor. Interviews, outputs, and reflection papers from the class were analyzed to reach our aims. Two student cases were presented to demonstrate how homework copying is usually done and to further examine and comprehend the impact of online homework. Student A narrated how online homework at MyOpenMath prevented him from copying and forced him to engage in answering homework. Student B's experience described why some students allow others to copy their homework and how the online homework led her to tutor her classmates. By and large, the MyOpenMath online homework was able to prevent copying among students and was able to generate remarkable improvement to students' homework answering practices.
Advanced Science Letters, 2018
In this paper, effect on the homework and exam performance of a set of online homework developed ... more In this paper, effect on the homework and exam performance of a set of online homework developed for use of Mathematics of Accounting and Finance students was explored. The homework sets, administered through an open access learning management system, MyOpenMath, have advanced features made and aimed to improve the limitations of traditional paper-and-pencil homework. We employed a two-group counterbalanced experimental design with two phases to gather information for this study. Each group had the opportunity to be the control and experimental group during the experiment, and participants received summative tests at the end of each phase, which served as their exam performance. While homework scores of the students served as the measure of their homework performance. Qualitative data were also collected to further explain the result of the experiment. In both phases, the online homework group obtained a significantly higher homework marks and better mean scores on the tests. It was also revealed that students appreciated the modern features of online homework and these motivated and challenged them to perform well.
Advanced Science Lettters, 2017
Online homework, as an alternative to the traditional paper-pencil type, opens up many possibilit... more Online homework, as an alternative to the traditional paper-pencil type, opens up many possibilities that can help students learn even when outside the school. It is an innovative system that offers many advantages, both for teachers and students. Thus, exploring its potentials and impact in different educational regime is in order. Accordingly, this paper presents the results of a study that investigated the use of online homework given through a free access system, MyOpenMath, which is optimized for mathematics subjects. A set of homework, structured to emulate immediate attempt-feedback-reattempt process, were developed and administered to Mathematics of Accounting and Finance students through the above-mentioned platform. A survey on 142 students determined their perceptions on the use of MyOpenMath, and an interview with selected respondents explained the outcome of the survey. Results indicated that regardless of gender, type of high school, mathematical performance, and computer attitude, students had a greatly positive perception towards online homework given through MyOpenMath. It appears that students appreciated the features of the said system, which motivated them and increased their confidence in answering homework. Students reported that taking online homework was a pleasant experience and that it helped them prepare for examinations.
Books by Celina P Sarmiento
TPACK in Philippine STEAM Education, 2019
Aimed at creating the Philippine Workforce 4.0, ideally skilled to flourish in the Fourth Revolut... more Aimed at creating the Philippine Workforce 4.0, ideally skilled to flourish in the Fourth Revolution era (FIRe), we gear our efforts to revolutionize the country’s STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Agri/Fisheries, Mathematics) Education. The country’s firm stand on improving the human capital, and its science, technology and innovation (Philippine Development Plan [PDP], 2017) is our way towards concretizing Education 4.0, to help bridge us to the FIRe phenomenon (featuring technological revolution to converge and fuse human and the cyber world [Van Duuren 2017] through analytics, artificial intelligence, cognitive technologies and the internet of things [IoT] Renjen 2018]to design interconnected digital enterprises capable of more informed decision making tasks [Mars et al., 2014]). We also confirm that a strong STEAM (professionals, and education) will contribute to the knowledge society and economy of the country (Government Office of the Slovak Republic 2018; Morales, 2017), as well as improve its economic competence and competitiveness (English, 2016).
The Philippine context STEAM (where “A” refers to Agri/fisheries) in higher and advanced learning focuses on several aspects of teaching and learning, and on the merging of the disciplines to teach a particular STEAM content (Morales et al., 2019), thus, we explore the possibility of generating the Philippine STEAM Education model as our blueprint for STEAM higher and advanced learning and our way towards realizing the country’s development plan themed as AmbisyonNatin 2040 (PDP, 2017). We theorize that weaving all concepts and principles drawn from the nation’s policies, standards, and guidelines defined by its Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the individual STEAM programs, tempered by the principles of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers, and looking at these extracted principles, ideas and concepts from the lens of TPACK may help define a contextualized model for the Philippines, which the current study, “TPACK in Philippine STEAM Education,” shares.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Agri/Fisheries, Mathematics (STEAM) Education dominates the fac... more Science, Technology, Engineering, Agri/Fisheries, Mathematics (STEAM) Education dominates the factors contributory to national growth and development. This study developed the Philippine STEAM Education (PSE) Model to visualize the Philippine Higher STEAM Education and to check how far are we from the global standards. Grounded on theories (Commission on Higher Education Policies, Standards, and Guidelines [PSG’s], Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers [PPST], and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge [TPACK]), the study sourced its data from online survey (extracted from 1900 STEAM educator respondents [national survey]), classroom observations and interviews of 106 participants determined through stratified and random sampling of state universities and privately-managed colleges and universities. Coding (manual and software aided) directed the model (Pedagogical, Assessment, Technological Integration) generation. These models guided the decoding of all indicators of STEAM proficiency attributes and traits to the different TPACK dimensions (T, P, C, PC, TC, TP, TPC) from where the dimensions of the emerging TPACK framework for Philippine Higher STEAM Education surfaced. Analysis of the generated individual domain models (Pedagogical, Assessment, Technological Integration) unified and developed the PSE Model. This unifying model underwent two-tier validation by experts in the different STEAM disciplines and country-wide identified STEAM educators. Results of the development and validation processes generated the final validated PSE Model that presents a visual of the current Philippine STEAM Education. However, the model development and design process identified several constructs foreseen to forecast the ideal Philippine STEAM Education, which the country hopes for, thus, led to crafting the emerging PSE Model as envisioned to represent the Philippine STEAM Education in the 21 century. From these crafted models, the higher education agency of the country may initiate carving policies for STEAM education in the country. R and D (Research and Development) may consider extending this initial endeavor to spawn tools (in assessment), and process (in pedagogy and technology integration) to capitalize on the benefits of the generated models of Philippine STEAM Education.
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Papers by Celina P Sarmiento
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The Philippine context STEAM (where “A” refers to Agri/fisheries) in higher and advanced learning focuses on several aspects of teaching and learning, and on the merging of the disciplines to teach a particular STEAM content (Morales et al., 2019), thus, we explore the possibility of generating the Philippine STEAM Education model as our blueprint for STEAM higher and advanced learning and our way towards realizing the country’s development plan themed as AmbisyonNatin 2040 (PDP, 2017). We theorize that weaving all concepts and principles drawn from the nation’s policies, standards, and guidelines defined by its Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the individual STEAM programs, tempered by the principles of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers, and looking at these extracted principles, ideas and concepts from the lens of TPACK may help define a contextualized model for the Philippines, which the current study, “TPACK in Philippine STEAM Education,” shares.
The Philippine context STEAM (where “A” refers to Agri/fisheries) in higher and advanced learning focuses on several aspects of teaching and learning, and on the merging of the disciplines to teach a particular STEAM content (Morales et al., 2019), thus, we explore the possibility of generating the Philippine STEAM Education model as our blueprint for STEAM higher and advanced learning and our way towards realizing the country’s development plan themed as AmbisyonNatin 2040 (PDP, 2017). We theorize that weaving all concepts and principles drawn from the nation’s policies, standards, and guidelines defined by its Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the individual STEAM programs, tempered by the principles of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers, and looking at these extracted principles, ideas and concepts from the lens of TPACK may help define a contextualized model for the Philippines, which the current study, “TPACK in Philippine STEAM Education,” shares.