NORTHERN PHILIPPINES COLLEGE FOR MARITIME, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMPUTATION OF GRADES

USING COMPUTERIZED GRADING SYSTEM

(Paul Joseph Amando, Romeo Balcita, and Rommel Balcita)

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CHAPTER I

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Introduction

Computer world is now at our hands, this give improvement and development

of all programs in the different agencies, in offices and in schools. Paper work become

easy, computation is faster, record keeping and bringing out is fast. In schools, all works

became easily fast to look at record, easily to reproduce student record. Since,

computation of grades is one burden of the teachers, computerization made the answer in

solving, in recording and computing students performances and achievement. The same is

through in keeping records and forms incorporated in their work aside from guidance and

advice.

Computation of grades in school became easy for modern teacher but for traditional

one they found difficult but now no burden in recording, transmitting, giving the equivalent

and the final grades for teachers who are computer literate, where time, effort and energy

is minimized.

This is the point of this study, to device a program in order to ease the computation

of grades and ranking the students basing their subject’s performances. This is now the

scenario and dilemma of Northern Philippines College for Maritime, Science and Technology

(NPCMST).

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Now, with the system which is to be developed, it will enable them to do more with

less effort. The program will continuously find way to improve and expedite the calculation

of grades.

The use of computer nowadays is necessary to replace the manual system that

affects efficiency and effectiveness, accuracy and reliability.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to build a computerized grading system for NPCMST.

Specifically, this study aims to answer the following questions.

1. What are the problems encountered in the current manual process of computation

of grades?

2. What features of the proposed system will be included?

3. What system structure will be designed in the proposed system?

4. What is the level of acceptability of the system?

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Definition of Terms

To better understand this study, listed below are terms, which are used by the

Researchers in pursuing this study:

 Analysis – the process of examining a problem and its element using a define

procedure.

 Computer – an electronic device capable of accepting data, performing arithmetic

and logical procedure.

 Computerized – refers to that system that carries control or its conducted by

means or computer.

 Data - collection of facts in the forms of figure, members and symbols, letters,

name, etc.

 Database – an organized have related information for future references.

 Documentation – the collecting, abstracting, and coding have of information for

future references.

 Fields – single item of information about a person, place, or thing such s name,

address, etc.

 Form – a class referring to an object as the controls in graphical interface.

 Information – pertains to the data and knowledge obtained from investigation,

study or instruction.

 Information System – combination of all communication method in organization.

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 Input – the data entered by the user, which is being transformed into meaningful

operation.

 Manual System – the process of doing or operating a certain thing involving the

hands or physical force utilizing more efforts in performing.

 Reports – printed output as user generated.

 System Analysis – the analysis, design, development, and implementation of

computer based information system.

 System – it is a collection of machines, methods organized to accomplish a set of

specific function.

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CHAPTER II

METHODOLOGY

The upgrading of the current manual system will facilitate the teachers in preparing

grades; the preparation of grading sheets will take lesser time. Effort is lessened due to

immediate inputting of data to each student in their records prepared earlier in enrollment,

thus gives automatic computation of the equivalence, summing up and multiplied to its

percentage for the final grade.

This system is for all teachers to record all the required data needed for the

component on the grading system. Quizzes, projects, recitation and other components are

recorded and final grade are compute. This system is truly organized because all the

required data is pre-programmed and settled and as a result, computation is facilitated and

made easier and aside from this all records, data can be save and keep.

For the student, in order to understand easily the grading system, the teacher

explains the operation in the computation of their grades.

Methodology of the Study

In this study, descriptive method is use; to do this the researchers issued

questionnaires regarding grading system of the different programs of NPCMST. It includes

observation of the work environment and interview.

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Interview

It is a kind of collecting information or data from an individual face to face. The

researchers interview the teachers and academic personnel of the school as to the system

of grading used by the school.

Observation

The researchers observe the teachers in manually recording computing and

transmitting the grades obtain by the students in the class record to the grading sheet for

checking at the office.

Data Gathering

In order to arrive a good output, the researchers gathered data by the descriptive

Method of Research. In this method, researchers used descriptive survey through the

questionnaires floated to respondents, the school teachers and students, so that

researchers can gather important data and information regarding the study that cannot ask

verbally.

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GANTT Chart of the Project

Activities December January February March

Week Number 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Data Gathering
Problem
Definition

Project Planning

System Analysis

System Design
Prototype
Encoding

Documentation

System Testing

Implementation
System
Evaluation

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