Abstract

The researchers used a cross-sectional descriptive study design This study attempted to establish the correlation that exists among the general weighted averages mental ability test scores and the battery test scores of all the first year teacher education students at the Bulacan State University Bustos Campus The researchers relied heavily on questionnaire as the major instruments in gathering information from the respondents In order to gauge the mental ability of the respondents the MD5 Mental Ability Test which is a quick and easy test of mental ability which involves finding missing letters numbers or words was used Furthermore the faculty of instruction of the College of Education of the Bulacan State University Bustos Campus A Y 2015-2016 came up with a 100-item questionnaire that consists of questions ranging from general education subjects and this was utilized as the battery test The general weighted average scores were collated from the Certificate of Grades that was issued by the university registrar to each bona fide teacher education student in the university It was established in this study that the general weighted averages and the battery test scores are negatively correlated p value -0 6002 This means that if the scores in the battery test go high the scores in the mental ability test will go low or vise-versa Likewise the general weighted averages of the respondents and their scores in the mental test are negatively correlated p value -0 3967 This means that if the scores in the general weighted average go up the scores in the mental ability test will be poor or vise-versa This means further that if the academic performance of the teacher education student is remarkable his score in the mental ability test will not be as such It was also established that there is a low positive correlation that exists between the battery test scores and the mental ability test scores of the respondents p value 0 3977 This means