CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM

Introduction

A good habit practiced today will reflect a better tomorrow. Studying passionately can bring us to

a better life as well as it also brings us a better grade. Relationship between study habits and general

average of the learners, most specifically, HUMSS 1 Rizal student will prepare for ideas which each

students exactly needed. In this study, general average of a student with a competent study habits will be

tackled explicitly to give better practices that will be beneficial to more individual. Furthermore, general

average of a student with a bad study habits will be also tackled why it is harder to improve in academic

performance. Thus, this study focuses on providing the effective results to people, especially, students

who are lacking on giving attention to their studies but wants to improve their academic performance and

general average.

Focusing on studies and enhancing appropriate manners towards gaining knowledge are indeed

a way to improve the skills and performance of an individual. It says that “Ability improves and sharpens

through master of principles ang by means of training exercises, and constancy of application” (Ortinero,

2000, p.56) which support the step on achieving a goal in terms of academic performance comes from

how a students acts depending on what goal he wanted to reach. According to Nagaraju 2004 “Study

habits means habit that an individual might have formed with respect to his learning activities.” An

individual can learn acquire a good study habits, specifically, students who are most likely to achieve high

grade remarks are disciplined enough to handle their studies well through maintaining their obtained

habit. Learning and stock knowledge comes from a sincere act of studying in different ways that would

also be a kind of help to survive a daily life of a normal student.

Statement of the Problem

 This study focuses on identifying the relationship of study habits and general average of grade

12 HUMSS 1 Rizal Students during the academic year 2020-2021. Specifically, the researcher seeks to

discover the answer of the following questions:

1. What study habits are practiced by the respondents in terms of having a:

a. High general average

b. Low general average

2. What is the relationship between study habits to the general average of the respondents.

Hypothesis (if applicable)

Ho1. There’s no significant relationship between study habits and general average of HUMMS 1

students.

Ho2. There’s a significant relationship between study habits and general average of HUMSS 1

students

Scope and Delimitation

This study will mainly focus on how study habits is related to general average of the students.

The personal information gathered from the respondents will cover their names (optional), age, and sex;

general average, and their study habits.

The researchers limit the respondents of the study to Grade 12 Humanities of Social Sciences

(HUMSS) Section Rizal students enrolled in Judge Feliciano Belmonte Sr. High School during Academic

Year 2020-2021. Every respondent will be provided a link of a google form that will serve as a likert scale

questionnaire for them to answer.

Significance of the Study

 In 2000, Bolling asserts that good study habit through planning helps students prepare for what is

ahead, and accomplish their academic goals. Thus, lack of study habits clearly puts students at a

disadvantage. Therefore, the findings of this study would be beneficial for the following:

Students. The main beneficiary would be the students. For this study will help them on understanding the

relationship of their study habits towards their general average. In addition, students will have an idea on

how their study habits may or may not affect their general average.

Judge Feliciano Belmonte Sr. High School. The school would be the sub beneficiary of this study. For

the school (JFBSHS) can have the data gathered by the researchers (students) that will give them

additional knowledge why their students are getting such grades.

Parents. This study help the parents to attain some knowledge on the study habits would affect the

academic performance, specifically, the general average of their children.

Teachers. This research study will improve the current knowledge of the general public when it comes to

the relationship between study habits and general average of the students. It will also help the

teachers/professors of the school to gain understanding about the importance of practicing the good study

habits that would help the students excel on their studies, and later on pass this understanding on his/her

students.

Future Researchers. The study will help future researchers whose study is related to the topic. The

study is about the relationship between study habits and general average, so it may help them to collect

information about it.

CHAPTER II
 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

This chapter presents the reviewed literature and studies which are deemed significant in the

conduct of this research. The reviewed materials have provided the researchers the necessary

springboard in the conduct of the study.

Related Literature

Foreign Related Literature

There are a lot of factors that may affect a student’s academic performance. One of those many

factors may be one’s study habits. According to Nonis and Hudson (2010), where study time and study

habits are investigated to be factors in the academic performance of college students shows that there is

no significant relationship between the study time and academic performance. On the other hand, results

show that study habits has a significant relationship with a college students’ performance. Therefore, the

study provides a support to the relationship of study habits and students’ performance particularly in

general average which has something to do with our research.

Another study conducted by Kaur and Pathania (2015) says that significant relations were found

between academic achievements of adolescents to their study habits. High achieving adolescents were to

comprehend better, more task-oriented and perform better in recording. There are also factors affecting

study habits like age, family income and education.

Furthermore, Chilca (2017) studied on the study habits and academic performance among

universities’ students in Peru concluded that study habits do influence academic performance. There is a

high relationship between academic performance and study habits as indicated with correlation index of

0.695 according to Anwar (2013). This means that the relationship between the mentioned variables is

high and strong where in having a better study habits leads to a better academic performance in school.

In addition, there is an effect of the practiced study habits in terms of having either good or bad

performance achievements of individual. It is also shows that bad habits have a significant negative

relationship with the students’ academic performance. (J.P. Fouche, 2017).

Local Related Literature

According to Abillon, Jr. Et al. (2017), it is believed that a grade is a primary indicator of such

learning. If a learner earns high grades it is concluded that they may also have learned a lot while low

grades indicate lesser learning. This means earning a high grades depends on you and it is related to the

relationship between study habits and general average of a student depending on what an individual is

practicing.

It is important to have a study habits because you will receive an excellent Academic

Performance that will help you to have a good general average for overall. Base on Alva (2017), study

habits play a major role in the improvement of a student’s academic performance . In fact developing

study habit will improve our academic performance and also it will be great to us to have a high general

average that will lead to us in our next challenges and The study of the correlation between self-esteem

and study of study habits with the students' academic performance showed that self-esteem does not

significantly impact academic performance. Still, study habits do. Improving your study habit make your

self-confidence better and also it will guide you to perform well because you are not depending to the

others. It is true that a lot of student achieve a high performance even If they not study a lot still getting a

excellent because they have study habits. Acido (n.d.), said that Research done on the topic of learning in

general points to the important role major contextual influences play in either the enhancement or

retardation learning. A lot of student struggle in terms of learning because they are lack of study habits

that is why study habit is very important in students to have a better grades.

According to Alico et al. (2019) To accomplish these things student need a habit - a study habit

that will help us to take this responsibility, help built skill that reinforce hardwork. Preparation and practice

be the successful one. In other words a lot of students achieve a high marks on their class because they

manage their study habits and also they use study habits to get a high grades.

Based on Maxwell Many of the students complained of lack of time and conducive environment

for study, others who try to study complained of lack of understanding. It means that some of students are

struggling on their study because they are lack of study habits that gives them a poor grades.
 Related Studies

Foreign Related Study

Study habits define a student’s personality and functionality academically. Students’ character

towards his academic performance is defined by his study habits. It has a very important role in a

student’s life. Success or failure of students depends on his study habits which means, when he practices

a good study habits then he can achieve more and vice versa. Their success definitely depends on their

ability, intelligence and their effort in studying. (Nuthanap, 2007)

An empirical research findings of Bashir and Mattoo (20120, the study claims that habits affects

academic performance. When students practice poor and inappropriate study habits, their academic

performance is expected to be poor as well. Thus, this study determines that there’s significant

relationship between the variables. Also, in the “Study habits of Senior Secondary School Students and

Academic Performance in Rivers State” Eremie (2017), showed that effective study habits includes

demonstrating high motivation, avoiding distraction, right learning style with concentration, interest, ability

to remember facts studied and time management. Basically, study habits demonstrate the extent to which

the learner engages in routine acts of studying effectively in achieving high performances in examination

scores. Which explicitly point out the appropriate characters of practicing the effective study habits that

can be done to improve the students’ performance in terms of academic achievement, particularly, in their

general average.

Another study entitled as, “Relationship between study habits and academic achievement in

students of medical sciences in Kermanshah-Iran” by Jafari H, Aghaei A, Khatony A. (2019), comcluded

that academic performance is greatly affected by one’s study habits, hence, the study of Moghadam and

Cheraghian concludes that if students study habits used to be moderate then that means that their study

method is not of good quality. Considering the importance of study habits in improving the student’s

academic achievement and performance can be effective. A study habit is termed as the behavior of

students in pursuing their studies.

Local Related Study

 Based on the research by Tus (2020), Students who developed good study habits are likely to

have better academic performance in the school and enhance their academic success. In fact having a

good study habits can make your general average higher.

Study habits are at the core of academic success. It is an action such as reading, taking notes,

conducting study groups that students perform frequently, and regularly accomplishing the learning goals.

(Tus, et.al. 2020). Study habits have a huge role in all students and also study habits help the student to

achieve their goal to get an excellent average. According to Relucio (2019), students who have poor

study habits receive low grades in school, thus, a good study habit is a prerequisite for good academic

performance and the students’ performance can be measured in the test results or in the general average

every quarter or semester. Therefore, the study habits and general average of the students are very

important because it will help them to maintain their achievement in their own way and also maintaining

the good study habit.

Magulod jr. (2018) stated that one of the important steps to undertake to ensure quality and

optimal learning experience among university students is to consider their different learning styles and

preferences. Learning styles refers to how students learn and process information in their own ways. In

other words, learning style and study habits have the same goal which is to achieve a high grades.

According to Abastillas et.al (2018), students should observe and form a good and proper study

habits in order for them to achieve academic performance. However, it has been observe by teachers and

other school personnel that students nowadays do not even bother to study the books they have

received. This makes them less attentive and interested in learning and negatively impacts on their

performance.

Theory

Social Cognitive Theory by Albert Bandura in the 1960s is emphasizing one’s cognition. Cognition

is defined by Cambridge as “the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding

through thought, experience, and the senses”. Social Cognitive Theory suggests that activities like
construction of one’s reality selectively, encoding information, performing behaviors based on values and

expectations is greatly affected by one’s mind, it is considered as an active force in performing the above

mentioned activities. Understanding, predicting and changing human’s behavior is through understanding

the process involved in one’s construction of reality. In this theory, student’s academic performance and

achievement is achieved through the combination of the student’s personality and study behavior or study

habits based on what he wants to achieve as the outcome of his performance.

Synthesis of the Study

Study time and study habits are investigated to be factors in the academic performance of college

students. Study provides a support to the relationship of study habits and students' performance. Having

a better study habits leads to a better academic performance in school. Bad habits have a significant

negative relationship with the students' academic performance. J.P. Fouche, 2017: There is an effect of

practiced study habits in terms of having either good or bad performance achievements.

Study habits define a student's personality and functionality academically. Success or failure of

students depends on his study habits. When students practice poor and inappropriate study habits, their

academic performance is expected to be poor as well. A study habit is termed as the behavior of students

in pursuing their studies. The importance of study habits in improving the student's academic

achievement and performance can be effective.

Study Habits are at the core of academic success. Having a good study habits can make your

general average higher. Students who have poor study habits receive low grades in school. Students

should observe and form a good and proper study habits in order them to achieve excellent academic

performance. It is true that a lot of students do not manage their study habits well but in many ways they

improve their habits to have an excellent general average.

CHAPTER III

METHODOLOGY
 This is about the specific procedures or techniques used to identify, select, process, and analyze

information about a topic. In a research paper, the methodology section allows the reader to critically

evaluate a study overall validity and reliability.

Research Design

This research will utilize quantitative correlational research design that involves observing two

variables in order to establish a statistically corresponding relationship between them and to identify

variables that have some sort of relationship do the extent that a change in one creates some change in

the other.

Sources of Data

The primary source of data will be the respondents who will answer the survey questionnaire.

Secondary sources will include articles, related research studies, journals and others references that the

researcher consulted and cited in the review of related literature.

Data Gathering Procedure

The researchers will take the first step to make a letter asking for permission from the Senior High

School Coordinator to conduct a study. Upon the approval, in coordination included the research

consultant and class advisers in order to set a schedule for the researchers to ask the respondents to

answer the Google form that will serve as survey questionnaire. The data that we will be gathering will be

organized, tallied, and subjective to statistical analysis.

Instrumentation

In collecting data the researcher will use a Likert scale in to easily access the answer of

respondents. The instrument that researchers are going to use will be divided into two parts: Scale 1 will

cover the socio-demographic profile of the respondents and Scale 2 will cover the practiced study habits

in relation to the general average and the relationship between study habits to the general average of the

respondents.

Statistical Treatment
 The Statistical Treatment of Data is a procedure of performing various statistical methods to a

data set to transform it from a group of meaningless numbers into meaningful output. The following

statistical tools were employed to compute the gathered data.

The information gathered using likert scale questionnaire were tallied, tabulated and processed

manually and with the aid of computer to determine the precise interpretation of the results. The data

were analyze through T-test analysis.

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