FRESHMEN STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN NAVAL STATE UNIVERSITY

This generally aimed to find out freshman students' attitudes towards Physical Education in Naval State University. The study used the descriptive method of research using the standardized questionnaire as the basic instrument in gathering the data. As to age, most of students who take up Physical Education subject are belonged to the lowest age group. The students had very positive attitudes towards physical which indicates that the students had a positive response towards physical education activities. Both males and females have a positive response towards Physical Education in terms of Perception on Physical Education Activities. On the academic performance of freshmen students' in physical education for the first and second semester, the respondents got the outstanding academic performance rating of 1.0- 1.5. There is no significant relationship between the profile of the freshman students and their academic performance. There is a significant relationship between the attitudes towards Physical Education and academic performance of the students. The perception on physical education activities and academic performance of the freshmen students are significantly related, the hypotheses were rejected and therefore significant. It is highly recommended to conduct the same nature of study to other school since this is only limited to Naval State University.