This study explored the learning space needs of library customers at Carlos Hilado Memorial State College-Alijis (CHMSC-A) as basis for a proposed customer-centered library spaces. Researcher-made questionnaire was used to determine the learning space needs of the library customer based on the Learning Space Attributes of Cunningham and Tabur. Percentage was used to determine the respondents profile in terms of number of hours spend in the library per week, department they belong, status and reasons for using the library. Weighted mean was also used to determine the importance of learning space attributes which determine the respondents learning space needs. Chi-square was also used to determine the significant relationship between the respondents profile and learning space needs. The result of this study indicated that library customers regarded comfort and image, uses and activities, and  access and linkages as the most important learning space attributes. Library customers value the library as a place, which can offer an academic ambiance for their work, a forum for engagement with others, and a flexible space that meets their various learning space needs.

Keywords: Academic Library Spaces; Customer-centered Library; Learning Space Attributes; Library Floor Plan; Library Spaces.

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Mission statements play a vital role in any university system, more especially in the strategic planning of the universities. Conducting this study through content analysis allowed the researchers to deconstruct the mission statements of selected five state universities in the CALABRAZON Region of the Philippines.

Findings reveal major themes which emerged from the analysis. These themes were construed by the researchers as vital elements in crafting university mission statements:  description, role, objectives, strategies, and graduate outcomes of the universities. Three universities declared their commitment to do their mission. Major roles of the universities are to serve as producers, providers and nurturers. Universities vary in their objectives but are mostly similar in strategizing for the areas of instruction, research, extension, and production activities to meet specific objectives.

Overall, mission statements still differ from one another even if their thrusts might be similar in ways to respond to their clientele and mandate of their university charter. These objectives and strategies were deemed aligned and fundamental in conceptualizing the strategic educational management plans of the universities.

Keywords: University Mission, Content Analysis, Mission Statements, Strategic Educational Management, Writing Mission Statements.

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The descriptive-correlational research examined the relationship between the level of anxiety and performance in mathematics among 234 pupils enrolled at one of the elementary school in the Division of Bacolod City during the school year 2016-2017. The Meece’s Math Anxiety Questionnaire and 5-point. The last three-quarter grades were used to measure the level of performance in mathematics. Result revealed that the participants’ level of anxiety by sex and section were moderate and their level of performance in mathematics as a whole was satisfactory. Also, there was a significant relationship between the level of mathematics anxiety and mathematics of the grade four pupils.The level of anxiety of the pupils also affects their performance in mathematics. The poor performances are associated with high anxiety indeed mathematics anxiety is a proxy for poor mathematics performance. The result of the study was the basis for treatment to improve students’ performance in mathematics.

Keywords: Anxiety, Mathematics Performance, Grades, Math Anxiety Questionnaire (MAQ).

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