Effects of Reading Skills on Students' Performance in Science and Mathematics in Public and Private Secondary Schools

In the Philippine education system, reading, mathematics, and science formed part of the core areas of basic education curriculum. For the last decade, the quality of Philippine education was put into a big question due to poor performance of students in mathematics and science tests both local and abroad. The initial result of current efforts of the government by adopting K-12 curriculum didn't do much to change the status quo. The purpose of this study is to determine the reading predictors of students' performance in Mathematics and Science and identify its effects to such performance. A total of 660 freshmen students from public and private high schools in Cotabato City, Philippines were taken as sample. A validated and reliable 150-item test in reading comprehension skills, mathematics and science was used to get primary data to perform correlation and regression analysis. Findings showed that only making inference and getting main idea were predictors of mathematics performance of students in public school and private schools, respectively. Data analysis also revealed that two reading skills such as noting details and making inference had an influence on science performance of students in public school while skills in getting main idea and drawing conclusion influenced science performance of students in private schools. However, there was only one skill such as vocabulary in context which was predictor of overall science performance of all students. Moreover, separate effects of making inference, identifying main idea explained only 1.8 percent and 1.3 percent of students' math performance while their combined effects provided only .1 percent or nearly zero percent. Furthermore, the study found out that separate effects of noting details contributed 3.3 percent and its combined effects with making inference explained 4.2 percent of science performance of students in public schools. In terms of effects of reading to science performance in private schools, making inference provided 1.2 percent of separate effect; making inference and drawing conclusion influenced 2.8 percent of combined effect; understanding vocabulary in context has overall one percent of separate effect

Effects of Reading Skills on Students' Performance in Science and Mathematics in Public and Private Secondary Schools

In the Philippine education system, reading, mathematics, and science formed part of the core areas of basic education curriculum. For the last decade, the quality of Philippine education was put into a big question due to poor performance of students in mathematics and science tests both local and abroad. The initial result of current efforts of the government by adopting K-12 curriculum didn't do much to change the status quo. The purpose of this study is to determine the reading predictors of students' performance in Mathematics and Science and identify its effects to such performance. A total of 660 freshmen students from public and private high schools in Cotabato City, Philippines were taken as sample. A validated and reliable 150-item test in reading comprehension skills, mathematics and science was used to get primary data to perform correlation and regression analysis. Findings showed that only making inference and getting main idea were predictors of mathematics performance of students in public school and private schools, respectively. Data analysis also revealed that two reading skills such as noting details and making inference had an influence on science performance of students in public school while skills in getting main idea and drawing conclusion influenced science performance of students in private schools. However, there was only one skill such as vocabulary in context which was predictor of overall science performance of all students. Moreover, separate effects of making inference, identifying main idea explained only 1.8 percent and 1.3 percent of students' math performance while their combined effects provided only .1 percent or nearly zero percent. Furthermore, the study found out that separate effects of noting details contributed 3.3 percent and its combined effects with making inference explained 4.2 percent of science performance of students in public schools. In terms of effects of reading to science performance in private schools, making inference provided 1.2 percent of separate effect; making inference and drawing conclusion influenced 2.8 percent of combined effect; understanding vocabulary in context has overall one percent of separate effect

Radamisto, An opera by G.F. Handel, January 28, 2007

This is the concert program of the Radamisto performance on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 6:30 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The work performed was Radamisto by G.F. Handel. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Faculty recital by Chloe Owen, soprano, October 13, 1964

This is the concert program of the Faculty Recital by Chloe Owen, soprano on Tuesday, October 13, 1964 at 8:30 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were Recit and Aria, "Che Sento, Oh Dio!" and "Se pieta di me non senti" and Aria, "Da tempesta il legno infranto" by George Frideric Handel, Nacht by Alban Berg, Shilflied by A. Berg, Traumgekrönt by A. Berg, Im Zimmer by A. Berg, Die Nachtigall by A. Berg, Quand j'etais chez mon pere arranged Benjamin Britten, Fêtes Galantes by Francis Poulenc, "In quelle trine morbide," "L'ora, o tirsi," and "Sola perduta, abbandonata" from Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini, The Silver Swan by Ned Rorem, The Echo's Song by N. Rorem, Cycle of Holy Songs by N. Rorem, "Milkmaids" by John Edmunds, Loalba separa della luce l'ombra by p. Tosti, and Let My Song Fill Your Heart by E. Charles. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Evening of Song Recital, February 4, 1997

This is the concert program of the Evening of Song Recital on Tuesday, February 4, 1997 at 6:00 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were The Sally Gardens by Benjamin Britten, Mandoline, from "Cinq mélodies de Venise," Op. 58 by Gabriel Fauré, Les Roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 No. 4 by G. Fauré, Seligkeit by Franz Schubert, Auf dem Wasser zi Singen, Op. 72 by F. Schubert, Die Männer and Méchant by F. Schubert, Vieni Vieni by Antonio Vivaldi, Verdi Prati, from "Alcina" by George Frideric Handel, As When the Dove, from "Acis and Galatea" by G. F. Handel, Ombra Mai Fu, from "Xerxes" by G. F. Handel, Stille Amare, from "Tolomeo" by G. F. Handel, Bel Piacere, from "Agrippina" by G. F. Handel, Die Bekehrte by Hugo Wolf, Die Spröde by H. Wolf, Agnes by H. Wolf, "Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht," "Gieng heut' Morgen über's Feld," and "Die zwei blauen Augen" from "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" by Gustav Mahler, Romance by Claude Debussy, An die Musik, Op. 88 No. 4 by F. Schubert, Verborgenheit by H. Wolf, Recit. Oh, worse than death indeed! and Aria. Angels, ever bright from "Theodora" by G. F. Handel, Chandon d'avril by Georges Bizet, Amorisi miei giorni by Stefano Donaudy, Sérénade Florentine by Henri Duparc, Le Manoir de Rosemond by H. Duparc, Phidylé by H. Duparc, and I Hate Music! (A Cycle of 5 Kid Songs for Piano) by Leonard Bernstein. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Il sistema bancario ombra: una riflessione alla luce della teoria monetaria della produzione

Il dibattito sull’emersione, accanto al sistema bancario tradizionale, di un sistema bancario ombra, rilevante per le dimensioni e il ruolo giocato, ha rappresentato un’importante occasione per una riflessione sul carattere monetario dell’economia capitalistica. L’entrata in scena di un insieme non regolamentato di strumenti e di soggetti operanti nell’ambito ell’intermediazione finanziaria ha evidenziato i limiti dell’approccio radizionale alla moneta e al credito, confermando il carattere endogeno dell’offerta di moneta. Se, da parte di diversi studiosi e istituzioni, si è registrata una presa d’atto di tale carattere, ciò non ha però implicato che venisse colta la peculiarità dell’evoluzione del sistema degli intermediari creditizi e che venissero individuati adeguati interventi. L’affermarsi del sistema bancario ombra è stato infatti per lo più interpretato come il risultato di una carenza regolamentare che impone semplicemente l’introduzione di un più efficace sistema dei controlli. Alla luce di alcuni sviluppi teorici eterodossi, che hanno proposto un modo nuovo di intendere il carattere monetario dell’economia capitalistica, è invece possibile pervenire a una lettura alternativa, ricca d’interessanti implicazioni. È stata, in particolar modo, la teoria monetaria della produzione di A. Graziani a porre in rilievo come, grazie al passaggio dal modello di un’economia di scambio monetizzata a quello di un’economia monetaria di produzione, si possano superare i limiti delle analisi del mainstream teorico. La disamina delle forme di finanziamento che egli ha proposto costituisce un importante contributo per la comprensione del carattere monetario dell’economia capitalistica e delle funzioni in essa svolte dal sistema bancario. Alla luce della teoria monetaria della produzione appare come, più che raffigurare un’anomalia, l’emersione del sistema bancario ombra si riveli coerente con le esigenze di finanziamento delle imprese e con i loro progetti di accumulazione