Attitudes Toward Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) and the Prosocial Behavior of Grade 3 Learners at Mangagoy South Elementary School, Bislig City Division: A Descriptive-Correlational Approach
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Good Manners and Right Conduct, prosocial behavior, Grade 3 learners, values education, descriptive-correlational research, elementary educationAbstract
This study determined the relationship between Grade 3 learners' attitudes toward Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) and their prosocial behavior in school at Mangagoy South Elementary School, Bislig City Division, during School Year 2025-2026. A quantitative descriptive-correlational design was used. Through total enumeration, the study involved 26 Grade 3 learners. Data were gathered using a researcher-made learner questionnaire and a teacher-rated checklist. Weighted mean was used to describe the learners' attitudes toward GMRC and their prosocial behavior, while Pearson product-moment correlation was used to test the relationship between the variables. The learners demonstrated a highly favorable attitude toward GMRC, with an overall mean of 3.56, interpreted as Strongly Agree. Interest in GMRC obtained the highest mean of 3.73, followed by application of GMRC learning with 3.59 and perceived importance of GMRC with 3.38. Their prosocial behavior obtained an overall mean of 3.22, interpreted as Often. Courtesy and respect registered the highest mean of 3.52, followed by cooperation and inclusion with 3.12 and helping and sharing with 3.03. A significant moderate positive relationship was found between attitudes toward GMRC and prosocial behavior (r = 0.482, p = 0.013). The findings indicate that favorable attitudes toward GMRC are associated with more desirable social behavior in school and support the continued use of meaningful, applied, and age-appropriate GMRC learning experiences.
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