Positive Behavior Support: An Exploratory Study of Its Integration as Basis for a Modified Behavior Management – High School Level Marian B. Alaba Mindanao University of Science and Technology Philippines 3:31 – 3:30August 20 – Kamagong Hall This study has provided a modified behavior management system in the framework of Positive Behavior Supports for the high school department. Research questions were answered in the current behavior management system status, case referral status, the necessary corrections and modifications, and the modified behavior management design. The conceptual framework was anchored on the multiplicity principle of mixed research method. Eight survey instruments, interviews, and observations were employed to four administrators, twenty-six staff, twenty parents, and one hundred seventy five students. Data were limited to the high school department only. Results revealed that the existing Behavior Management System put more weight on the PBS goal of decreasing problem behavior in its current system and missed two equally important goals of a proactive system: prevention of problem behaviors and increase of positive social behaviors. However, it fared well having established a system that kept problem behaviors manageable but not without lapses. Support systems to establish the two other goals and refine the existing one to align with the PBS standards were designed while integrating the unique nuance of spirituality in all the three goals. Direction of further research was suggested.
Initial Assessment of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Composition in Ballast Water Tanks of an Inter-island Passenger-Cargo Vessel in the Philippines Melchor M. Magramo John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University-Arevalo Philippines 3:51 – 4:10 August 20 – Kamagong Hall Numerous studies have been conducted on ballast water species composition and diversity in other countries but not in the Philippines. Thus, the present study aimed to provide baseline information on the species composition of ballast water in the inter-island passenger-cargo vessel in the Philippines. Specifically, this study aimed to determine the presence of phytoplankton and zooplankton composition in ballast water tanks; compute the Shannon-Weaver diversity index and Shannon’s evenness and lastly, to determine the species richness and species density of the phytoplankton and zooplankton species measured in cells/ml using the haemacytometer technique. Composite sampling was employed having one liter of ballast water was used per ballast tanks. A total of 15 genera of phytoplankton and one genus of zooplankton were observed. Chroococcus sp., Nannochloris sp. and Protococcussp. had the highest cells/ml while Ankistrodesmus sp., Micromonas sp. and Synedra sp. had the lowest cells/ml. The common phytoplankton observed in ballast tanks were Nannochloris sp. and Protococcus sp. Copepods are almost seen in all ballast tanks. The phytoplankton and zooplankton composition was found to be non-invasive in nature showing their ubiquity in the marine environment. This study provides an initial assessment or preliminary list of phytoplankton and zooplankton composition in the passenger-cargo vessel in the Philippines.
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