PRIORITIES, STUDYING HABITS OF

THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF MANILA

AND ITS EFFECT ON THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Angelica M. Caliwag
BSA 1-3

September 2014

I. INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Study habits have been defined as the attitude of one person towards their
academic year in life. And according to the dictionary, the definition of study habits are
the behaviors used when preparing for tests or learning academic material. It has been
also studied by many researchers.
According to Micaller (1987), students nowadays tend to disregard their studies
due to the lack of patience and commitment towards the lessons that teachers taught
them. In simpler terms, this study implies that students are in favor of wasting their time
and effort copying word-for-word in each and every assigns given to them. The real
problem behind the situation is that students, especially in this generation with a world
full of technology, finish their homework without understanding the concepts as taught by
their mentors or teachers. The solution to this problem therefore, was to enhance the
ability and skills of the students to be able to fully understand the lessons that they read
or wrote in their notes.
A support study from Smith (1991) expressed that the ideal system of education
would not happen if students do not develop their study habits, and methods in learning
new skills and lessons provided. This explains why home works were given high
emphasis in improving a students study habits.

According to psychologist John M. Grohol, the study habit of students is affected

by its environment. Due to that, he suggests that student should study in smarter way.
And so he gives ten effective study habits to assist the students with their schoolwork.
These ten effective study habits are the following:
1. Improve your study mindset by thinking positively towards study, avoiding catastrophic
and absolute thinking such as self-pitying, and lastly, avoid comparing yourself with
others.
2. Environment matters in studying so it would be better if you find your ideal place that
suits your studying approach.
3. Bring everything you need, nothing you dont. Through this study habit, you will be
able to focus more on your schoolwork and you will avoid such destruction.
4. Outline and review your notes.
5. Use memory games or mnemonic devices in memorizing pieces of information
regarding your studies.
6. Practice by on your own or with friends since practice makes perfect. It can also assist
you to remember your lesson easily.
7. Make a schedule you can stick to and being committed to it hinder you from
cramming.
8. Take breaks and rewards. These breaks will facilitate you to do your schoolwork more
efficiently and effectively. Meanwhile, the rewards could be use as your motivation in
studying.

9. Keep healthy and balance. Though it is difficult to live a balanced life while in school,
you must consider that the more balanced you seek out in your life, the easier for you to
overcome every components in your life. Being healthy also, gives you more energy to
do your tasks.
10. Know what are the expectations are for the class to abet you understand the course
requirements and the professors expectations.
These ten effective study habits will highly improve not only your approach
towards studying but also your mind-set to have a satisfying grade. Success in studying
is wished by everybody, but to be successful, one must work for it through hard work and
diligence. However, at the end of the day, we must not forget that studying doesnt end
with passing the exam. Nevertheless we must always remember Sir Thomas Edison said
in his quotation, A single sheet of paper cant decide my future, we must not always rely
with test weve take during our school years but with the values we obtain from it.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What do college students do/prioritizes when they arrive home?

When & where do they do their assignments?
What do they do when theres a quiz/exam?
How good are they in their quizzes/exams?
Do they enjoy studying?

HYPOTHESIS
1. College students in the University of the City of manila enjoy studying. They
prioritize school works when they got home and do their assignments, and review
in advance at home when they have a future exam or quizzes.
2. College students in the University of the City of manila dont enjoy studying. They
prioritize other things at home and do their assignments, and review in at school
when they have a future exam or quizzes.
3. There is a significant relationship between academic achievement and how and
when the student studies.
4. There is no significant relationship bet between academic achievement and how
and when the student studies.

II. METHODOLOGY
There were 100 college students from Pamantasang Lungsod ng Maynila,
regardless of their age, gender, courses and current year, they were asked to answer the
questionnaire provided. The questionnaire consisted of 5 questions where they will
answer appropriately. Survey/Group Method is used in this research so that datas can be
gathered.
After the datas are gathered, percentage is taken so that summary and conclusion
can be inferred based on their answers.

III. PRESENTATION/SUMMARY OF GATHERED DATA

Question no. 1 What do you prioritize after you arrive home?

Anwers:
Rest

Percentage
48

Leisure

17

Doing home works

11

Reviewing/reading

10

Household chores

Family Bonding

Others:

8
TOTAL

100

Answers in the question number one revealed that students prioritize to get some
rest (48%) when they arrive home. The next thing they prioritize is their leisure (such as
social networking, gaming, sports,etc.) which got 17% of the answers, we can infer from
here that the students prioritize more their personal pleasure at home than their school
works. Doing their home works got only 11% and reviewing/reading got 10% of the
answers. Next to that is the others (8%) which according to them are activities such as
eating, council stuffs, reading anime/wattpad, praying, reading the bible, etc. Then the
last goes to family bonding (4%) and household chores (2%).

Question no. 2 When/Where do you do your assignments?

Anwers:
At home

Percentage
50

At school (early in the morning before class)

25

At school (immediately after class)

During vacant time

16

Others: (during class, late at night)

TOTAL

100

From the answers here in question number two, we can say that most of students
do their assignments at home after their class (50%), but next to that revealed that 25%
do their home works at school early in the morning and 16% do it during their vacant
time.
Question no. 3 When you have a future quiz or exam, what do you do?

Anwers:
Review in advance at home

Percentage
55

Review in advance at school

11

Review right before the quiz/exam

20

Rely on stock knowledge

11

Does not review at all

3
TOTAL

100

Here we can see that most of students still review in advance at home (55%) and
others review right before the quiz/exam (20%). The answers that students review in
advance at school and that they rely on stock knowledge both got 11%.
Question no. 4 What are the often average scores/grades of your exams/quizzes?
Anwers:
Perfect (100)

Percentage
4

High (90-99)

13

Average (80-89)

72

Passed (75-89)

Low/failed

3
TOTAL

100

4% of the respondents often got perfect scores in their quizzes/exams, 8% are

those who often pass, and 3% often fails. If we connect the answers from the preceding
questions we can see that although students review in advance at home, review in
advance at school, rely on stock knowledge or even review right before the quiz/ exam,
still, most of them get scores, grades or rating that ranges from 80-89 which is classified
as average (72% of answers).

Question no. 5 - Do you enjoy studying?

Yes

35%
53%
12%

No
Sometimes

From the 100 respondents, 12% says that they do not enjoy studying, 53%
says they do enjoy and 35% says sometimes, which is according to them, they answered
sometimes because it depends on the professor, on the topic, and depends on their
mood.

IV. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

CONCLUSION
Students of the University of the City of Manila, prioritizes rest and leisure then
next is their school works such as assignments, reviewing and reading lessons. They
also do their assignments at home. Students review in advance at home for future
quizzes/exams. PLMayers also says that they enjoy studying.
We can conclude that there is a significant relationship between academic
achievement and how and when the student studies because of the result of the survey
that 72% of the 100 respondents often got average rating or scores (which ranges from
80-89) for studying in advance at home and studying right before the quiz.

RECOMMENDATION
If another research will be made, it is recommended that questions should be
more specific and descriptive to determine more information about the students studying
habits. Also, equal number of questionnaires should be given to different blocks of
different courses to justify that the researchs respondents are generally the students of
the University of the City of Manila, and for the results to be more accurate.

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APPENDICES
Name
Gender

Age
Course/year/block

1.What do you do/prioritize after you got home? Rank the ff:
_Rest
_Leisure (social networking,gaming,sports,etc.)
_Doing homeworks
_reviewing/reading
_Household chores
_Family Bonding
_Others______________________
2. When/where do you do your assignments? Please put a check.
_at home (after class)
_at school (early in the morning before class)
_at school (immediately after class)
_during vacant time
_Others______________________
3. When you have a future quiz or exam, what do you do?
_Review in advance at home
_Review in advance at school
_Review right before the quiz or exam
_Rely on stock knowledge
_Does not review at all
4. What are the often average of your exams/quizzes?
_perfect (100)
_high (90-99)
_Average (80-89)
_Passed (75-79)
_low/failed
5. Do you enjoy studying?
_yes
_Sometimes
_No