Chap 1

CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction Grades in the realm of education are standardized measurement of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades are the measurement of student’s capabilities and to determine their strengths and weaknesses. This also serves as a tool which purpose is to determine the students’ strengths and weaknesses. It is important to use a grading system which helps teachers and school to determine the capabilities of students in each area. A system is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole or a set of element which are different from relationships of the set or its elements to other elements or sets. The new grading system which is the KPUT system divided into four components knowledge, process or skills, understanding and transfer. Knowledge is the component where you are questioned about the facts and definitions you’ve learned, which can be the basis of your stock knowledge about the basic definitions and facts about the lessons you’ve tackled. Process is where you will apply all your techniques and skills you’ve learned about the lessons in a given question or problem. Understanding is a component that will test your deep understanding about the lesson and it will also use your cleverness and knowledge to determine if you really understood the lesson. Transfer where students apply and relate their understandings and learning in real life situation. This new grading system has an advantages and disadvantages to the students but this system can easily determine the strengths and weaknesses of students because of the components in the system. This can be their basis in their studies. The study aims to identify the effects of the KPUT grading system to the students. And also to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the KPUT grading system.

Statement of the Problem This study aims to answer and identify if the KPUT