Benguet State University
RESEARCH JOURNAL
CHED Accredited Level B CMO No. 23 S. 2014
ISSN 0117-5297 Vol. 73 January-June 2015

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THE EDITOR
BSU Research Journal
Benguet State Univeristy
La Trinidad, Benguet 2601, Philippines
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This multidisciplinary scientific journal publishes selected
papers but not limited to those presented during the
annual Benguet State University Agency In-House Review
(Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources, Social and
Education Sectors).

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Benguet State University
RESEARCH JOURNAL
CHED Accredited Level B CMO No. 23 S. 2014
ISSN 0117-5297 No. 73 January-June 2015
TABLE O
C F CONTENT
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SPECIES PROFILE AND ASSOCIATED INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE OF TREES AND SHRUBS
USED AS TEA IN BENGUET...............................................................................................
1-18
1-18
J. G. Tacloy
ARTIFACTS SPEAK: DIVERSIONS OF BENGUET
MATERIAL CULTURE........................................................................................................
19-30
19-30
S. F. Anongos Jr.
TIME USE ANALYSIS: WOMEN AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS
AS SITES FOR EVERYDAY NEGOTIATIONS
AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY LIFE........................................................................
31-46
31-46
R. S. Batani, G. G. Banes and K.O Labon
THE MATHEMATICS OF MAXIMIZING A PARALLELEPIPED
BOX WITH SPHERICAL OBJECTS..................................................................................
47-61
47-61
S. L. Oryan
QUELLMALZ HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS
AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
IN PHYSICS........................................................................................................................
62-69
62-69
B.B. Dolipas, J. S. Ramos and B.V. Villamor

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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Bernard S. Tad-awan, PhD
College of Agriculture
Technical Editors
Ruth S. Batani, Institute of Social Research and Development
Julie A. Buasen, College of Arts and Sciences
Anne Heather B. Kiwang, College of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth A. Laruan, College of Forestry
Carlito P. Laurean , Climate Smart Agriculture Center
Janet Lyn S. Montemayor, College of Teacher Education
Belinda A. Tad-awan, Higher Education Regional Research Center
Marilyn B. Toledo, College of Arts and Sciences
Referees
Joel M. Addawe, Mariano Marcos State University
Ian Jasper A. Agulo, Mariano Marcos State University
Camilo B. Alumit, Benguet Governor’s Office
Virginia L. Anceno, NEDA-CAR
Jerico B. Bacani, UP Baguio
Mary Lourdes C. Carlos
Diosdado Estigoy, DENR-CAR
Jimmy B. Fong, UP Baguio
Helen A. Maddumba, DENR-CAR
Delfin L. Tolentino, UP Baguio
Editorial Consultants
Luciana M. Villanueva, PhD
Vice President for Research and Extension
Ben D. Ladilad, PhD, CESO III
University President
Editorial Staff
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OVPRE- Publication Office
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This is a refereed Journal

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Benguet State University Research Journal (BRJ) January-June 2015, 73: 1-18
Copyright 2015, Benguet State University
SPECIES PROFILE AND ASSOCIATED INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE OF TREES AND SHRUBS
USED AS TEA IN BENGUET

John G. Tacloy
College of Forestry
Benguet State University
ABSTRACT
To conserve indigenous shrubs and trees used as tea for environmental and socio-
economic development, profiling of these species was conducted. The research focused
in identifying and in obtaining initial information as to the nature of the habitat, flowering/
fruiting periods, and respondents’ indigenous knowledge of the shrubs and trees used as
tea.
Data were gathered through interviews with community folks using structured
questionnaire, augmented by field observations. There were 79 respondents who
contributed information; almost all are farmers and the great majority are elders and
women.
Eighteen indigenous trees/shrubs were identified by the respondents being used as
tea. The most popular being known to more than one third of the respondents is ‘Beltik’
(Syzygium sub-caudatum), followed by ‘Dael’ (Cipadessa baccifera), and ‘Amututin’
(Drimys/Tasmannia piperata).
Among these species, only ‘Beltik’, ‘Talugtug’ (Gaultheria leucocarpa), and ‘Tsa-ang
gubat’ (Carmona retusa) are used as tea; the rest are chiefly used as medicinal plants but
being prepared as tea.
Mostly used are the leaves, followed by the bark, rarely both the leaves and the bark
or the fruits/seeds. These parts are used fresh, air-dried, or sun-dried, and prepared
mainly by boiling. All species were reported to provide health benefits. As cited by the
respondents, propagation of the species is mainly through the use of wildlings, seeds,
cuttings, and flowering/fruiting usually varies with locations.
The species are found in mossy forest, except ‘Bangkoro’ (Morinda citrifolia L.),
‘Dita’ (Alstonia scholaris), ‘Tuai’ (Bischofia javanica), ‘Narra’ (Pterocarpus indicus)
and ‘Tsa-ang gubat’ which are found in lower elevations.
Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge, Tree Species, Profiling, Tea

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Benguet State University Research Journal (BRJ) January-June 2015, 73: 19-30
Copyright 2015, Benguet State University
ARTIFACTS SPEAK: DIVERSIONS OF BENGUET MATERIAL CULTURE
Stanley F. Anongos Jr.
College of Arts and Sciences
Benguet State University
ABSTRACT

The paper is part of the bigger endeavor to validate appellations, meanings, and
histories of artifacts displayed at the Benguet State University museum. There were 70
distinct artifacts “brought back” in digital form to four communities in Benguet; Kabayan,
Atok, Kibungan, and Bakun. This paper reflects on the current state of Benguet material
culture from a perspective of social history of things, borrowing ArjunAppadurai’s
concept of divergence and to a certain extent, Igor Kopytoff’s commoditization.

Diversions in the value of Benguet’s material culture were preceded by the
transformed meaning of the materials brought about by a combination of trade,
commercial vegetable farming, and other forces of modernity such as education and
transportation developments. The alteration in the value and meaning of things has also
changed the manner in which Benguet people themselves use these materials. Aside
from non-use, some of these implements are now being displayed in private homes or
used in other ways. Diversions of things, therefore, are not always manifested outside
and only by other people but also within and from the people themselves.

Antique collection is a most common medium of artifact diversion in Benguet.
It is in this practice that many of the Benguet implements were commodified, that is,
developing a different value from its original value. As a commodified object, these
implements extend their history from actual tools in the place of origin to an object of
art and exoticism in another culture and country.

A more recent trend in the commoditization of these material cultures is in the
context of cultural tourism and its accompanying craving for souvenirs. This shift
demanded cultural symbols as souvenirs for tourists, which induced business minded
persons to produce replica of traditional implements for souvenir seeking tourists.

Museums have also defined diversion in the history of things. It is another context
where the value and meaning of things also change because they are transformed simply
as displays for people to view. This way, their decontextualization alters the value of the
tools into artifacts. The transfer of objects from origin to the museum translates the tool/
implement/instrument into artifacts, the latter use being closely associated to objects of
display, antiquity, and the museum.
Key words: Benguet material culture, diversion, artifacts, museum, antique, tourism

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Benguet State University Research Journal (BRJ) January-June 2015, 73: 31-46
Copyright 2015, Benguet State University
TIME USE ANALYSIS: WOMEN AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS
AS SITES FOR EVERYDAY NEGOTIATIONS
AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY LIFE
Ruth S. Batani, Gigy G. Banes and Kacy O. Labon
Institute of Social Research and Development
Benguet State University
ABSTRACT

Time use studies puts values to work that are outside the cash nexus and are not counted in national
accounts. This exploratory research conducted between August to December 2012, aimed to provide a
comprehensive presentation of work along paid and unpaid dimension across gender. It also explored
the use of qualitative methodology as an adjunct to quantitative measurements in capturing time use data in
agricultural farming communities. Using time use survey, individual interviews, and focus group discussion,
time use specifically on paid and unpaid work were drawn from two municipalities in the province of Benguet.
Results show that women’s multiple roles remain undervalued and unrecognized. There is a large disparity of
time utilization across genders especially on unpaid work. Both genders spend their day in farm work but findings
show that it is the women who perform paid and unpaid work simultaneously. While men spend more in ’paid
work,’ women spent three times more than men in performing unpaid work while spending a time in ‘paid work.’
Time poverty has been expressed as true more for women than men. Care for teenagers is the dominant care role
undertaken by both parents where fathers usually provide for financial support while the mothers provide not only
financial but also emotional, psychological, and social support.
Time use in qualitative terms defines the context as well as the meanings people give to this kind of work.
Meanings therefore strongly influence what is seen and how situations are responded to. Care work for
instance, has been traditionally associated with women, and is continuously being performed by the same women
in the households who also maintain farming activities. In the absence of institutions of care , these are the areas
that these women take on a negotiating attitude in relation to work: by simultaneously doing things together and
many times by ‘naturalizing’ work traditionally associated to women.
With the competitive and market orientation of these communities, both men and women perform paid farm
work, but women have to juggle time for housework and farm work, hence simultaneous work and increasing
intensity of work are shouldered. Qualitative data reveal that these male-female divide with men focused on paid
work and women negotiating paid and unpaid work, has been naturalized and essentialized. Yet when probed
deeper, women expressed the desire to ‘share’ the work with other members of the household which can have
implications to their well-being both in material and emotional-spiritual terms.
Once again, findings show that behind the seemingly accepted and stable paid and unpaid work performance
in farming communities, time use framework is revealing in that what has been naturalized is actually more
dramatic in terms of women performing gender-related household tasks. On the other hand there is expressed
desire of sharing unpaid work with other members of the household.
Keywords: time use, paid work, unpaid work, negotiations

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Benguet State University Research Journal (BRJ) January-June 2015, 73: 47-61
Copyright 2015, Benguet State University
THE MATHEMATICS OF MAXIMIZING A PARALLELEPIPED BOX
WITH SPHERICAL OBJECTS
Serano L. Oryan
College of Arts and Sciences
Benguet State University
ABSTRACT
This study investigated a special case of packing problems involving identical
and fixed sized spherical objects and rectangular parallelepiped box. It determined
the possible patterns of piling spherical objects into a parallelepiped box so that
the box attains its maximum content. The study explored on the different ways of
piling and identified those that yield content greater than that in ordinary piling.
The effects of the dimensions of a box on whether or not it is possible to obtain
a new pile that tends to increase the population density of the box is determined.
The results show that there are smooth and behaved piling patterns that tend to
increase the population density of the box from its default piling pattern. It is found
that if the box can contain at least 5 spheres along its length, at least 3 spheres
along its width and at least 4 spheres along its height, then it is possible to modify
the default pile pattern so that additional spheres can be fitted into the box. The
mathematics of maximizing the content of the box, or by increasing its population
density, is given in theorems and corollaries. Also, the proofs of the theorems are
supplied to establish their mathematical viability. The results also show that it is
possible to generate mathematical models that establish deterministic algorithms
of maximizing content, or increasing population density of the parallelepiped box.
The mathematical models developed are recommended for use in calculating the
maximal content of a given parallelepiped container. Finally, it is recommended
that further investigations on the same topic be conducted as the present study is
in no way exhaustive.
Key words: Parallelepiped box, maximizing space, spherical objects, and
mathematical piling models.

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Benguet State University Research Journal (BRJ) January-June 2015, 73: 62-69
Copyright 2015, Benguet State University
QUELLMALZ HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS AND STUDENTS’
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICS
Bretel B. Dolipas, Jennifer Lyn S. Ramos and Brenda V. Villamor
College of Arts and Sciences
Benguet State University
ABSTRACT
The study intended to determine the level of Quellmalz higher order thinking
skills (HOTS) in physics of college students and its relationship with their
academic performance in physics.
Results show that most students have average level physics performance.
However, BS Forestry (BSF) and BS Nutrition and Dietetics (BSND) students
have below average performance while BS Agricultural Engineering (BSAE), BS
Nursing (BSN) and BS Applied Statistics (BSAS) students have above average
performance.
Overall, BS Forestry (BSF) and BS Nutrition and Dietetics (BSND) students
have below average level of HOTS while BS Agricultural Engineering (BSAE),
BS Nursing (BSN) and BS Applied Statistics (BSAS) students have above average
level of HOTS. The rest of the students from the other degree programs have
average level of HOTS.
The level of HOTS on evaluation has the greatest influence in the physics
performance of students followed by comparison, inference and lastly analysis.
Keywords: Quellmalz Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), Physics
Performance, Mathematics Performance

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BSU Research Journal
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