SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION: A CLASSROOM-BASED ASSESSMENT

Industrial technology students not only preparing for the opportunity to be grabbed by the outside world through development of their technical skills but also must integrate science literacy and processing skills. As they progress through years of learning in tertiary education, the skills they obtain from area of specialization and science process skills will be improve and integrate over time. The study aims to determine the level of science process skills of industrial technology students in terms of year level and major or area of specialization and both of its significant differences. the site of the conducted research was made on one of the classrooms of College of Engineering and Technology in Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University and the respondent are the researcher’s students. The method of gathering data and instrument used was TIPS II and statistically treated using Descriptive Statistics and Inferential statistics specifically One way ANOVA. The statistical result shows that there was a significant difference between the year level of students and their science process skill specifically both second year and fourth year students of industrial technology course. Meanwhile the Major or Area of Specialization of the students in relation with their science process skill yields no significant difference. this concludes that the factor contributing to the improvement of science process skills of the student when they progress through year level.