Interest And Performance of Grade 10 Students in Science Modular Learning

This study aimed to investigate the students’ performance in science caused by their interest in science and their demographic profile indicated by sex, parents’ highest educational attainment, family income, and availability of gadget in a modular learning setting. An interest survey questionnaire which was developed and validated by the researcher and a demographic profile survey were administered to 122 grade 10 students of RPMD National Science High School, Marawi City, Philippines in the first month of the school year 2021-2022. The students were exposed to offline modular learning throughout the school year. The average final grade of the students at the end of the school year served as their performance in science. To support the quantitative data, in-depth interviews were conducted after the final grades became available. The quantitative data were treated and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, Chi-square test, and Gamma test while the qualitative data were analyzed thematically. The findings of the study revealed that the interest in science was significantly related to performance in science (r=.522, p