Emilio Aguinaldo College -Manila

1113-1117 San Marcelino St.

Ermita, Manila

The Correlation between Senior High School Humanities and Social Sciences Student’s

Study Habits and their quarterly examination scores along San Marcelino St. Ermita,

Manila

Faith Anne U. Rapas

Jimwelle Nunag

Jerico Villanueva

12-HUMSS 3

School Year 2019- 2020

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APPROVAL SHEET

In partial fulfilment of the requirements for Research in Daily Life 2, this research study

title The Correlation between Senior High School Humanities and Social Sciences Student’s

Study Habits and their quarterly examination scores along San Marcelino St. Ermita,

Manila

prepared and submitted by Faith Anne U. Rapas, Jimwelle Nunag, and Jerico Villanueva

from Grade 12 HUMSS 3 is hereby approved and accepted.

Kenneth Michael Navarez

Instructor – Research in Daily Life 2

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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

We hereby declare that the research study titled The Correlation between Senior High

School Humanities and Social Sciences Student’s Study Habits and their quarterly

examination scores along San Marcelino St. Ermita, Manila

is our own work and that to the best of our knowledge and belief, does not contain materials

previously published or written by another person nor material to which a substantial extent has

been accepted for award of any degree, accept where due acknowledgment is made in the text.

We also that the intellectual content of this thesis is the product of our work, even though

we may have received some assistance from others on style, presentation and language of

expression.

Faith Anne U. Rapas

Jimwelle Nunag

Jerico Villanueva

Researchers

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Table of Contents

Approval Sheet…………………………………………………………………Page Number

Certificate of Originality
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Abstract
I. Introduction
A. Background of the Study
B. Statement of the Problem
C. Scope and Delimitation of the Study
D. Significance of the Study
E. Review of Related Literature and Related Studies
F. Conceptual Framework
G. Hypothesis of the Study
H. Definition of Terms
II. Methodology
A. Research Design
B. Sample and Sampling Techniques
C. Instrumentation
D. Statistical Treatment of Data
E. Data Gathering Procedure
III. Results
IV. Discussions
A. Summary of Findings
B. Conclusions
C. Recommendations

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Introduction

1.1.Background of the Study

Study habits are the behaviours used when preparing for tests or learning academic material.

Academic exam scores has been the basis on a student’s grades and also their knowledge

capability academically. The statistics that is acquired in a student’s exam scores are and have

been one of the the determiner in a person’s performance in school.

According to Akinboye, et al. (1974), There is a positive significant relationships between study

habits and academic performance. However, according to Danskin et al. (1952), reported a

negative relationship between academic performance and study habits.

According to an experiment between the study habits and achievement motivation made by

(Jegede, et al.) 1997, It shows that the mean score of the study habits group was higher than

those of the control group and the achievement motivation group.

This means that study habits have a correlation in the senior highschool student’s quarterly exam

scores. Also, according to Uwusu-Acheaw et al.(2014), The study revealed that majority of the

respondents had the view that reading habits have effect on academic performance and that there

is a direct relationship between reading habits and academic performance.

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1.2.Statement of the Problem

This study ought to know the correlation between study habits and quarterly examination

scores of Senior High School students:

1. Is there a significant correlation between the student’s study habits and their test scores?

2. How do study habits affect the student’s test scores?

3. How do study habits affect a student’s exam scores negatively?

1.3.Scope and Delimitation

The study about The Correlation between Senior High School Humanities and Social

Sciences Student’s Study Habits and their quarterly examination scores, will be conducted

mainly at San Marcelino St. Ermita, Manila. The given time to gather datas about the study

will take Five(5) months. The chosen respondents are grade 11 and 12 HUMSS student in a

private school. Using a survey questionnaire will accurately stands as a proper instrument for

the study.

1.4. Significance of the Study

Students- it can help them develop their mind and be aware that they should not only focus

on their study habits they should also focus and be prepare for their quarterly examinations. It

can also help them realize the that study habits has negative and positive effects.

Teachers- with the result of the study it can help them to identify and assess their self if they

are really an effective teachers. The teacher also gain a significance in this study for they will be

able to assess the needs of the student and compare and contrast the student about the study.

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Future Researchers- the future researchers will benefit from the study because they can use

it in their thesis if it is related to their study, and also it can share to the future researchers to open

up new ideas and can give them initial knowledge.

1.5.Review of Related Literature and Related Studies

1.5.1. Local Literature

According to Jestine Crisostomo, et al. (ND) Study Habit of every student is one of the most

important factors that affect his or her understanding regarding a certain subject. It means, if a

student possesses poor study habits, she has a greater chance of getting failing grades, if compare

to a students who has a good study habit. But “habit” as it was defined from the Introduction to

Psychology, means “a learned, or fixed way of behaving to satisfy a given motive”. By this

definition alone, we can say that the person involves is the one making or forming his own habit.

Maybe, habits can be affected by outside interference like his environment, his attitude toward

his comparisons, his teachers and the books and reading materials around him, even the place

where he study and other factors which influence the concentration of a students to effectively

understand his lessons, and to pass his mind to discipline himself and form to himself the proper

study habits which he knows he really needed.Study habit is the regular tendency or practice in

studying. It is the one that is somehow hard to give up.

1.5.2. Foreign Literature

According to Anton Lucanus(2018) With the advent of new technologies and social media,

students at college are finding it increasingly difficult to focus and study effectively. Top

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ranked colleges across the United States are becoming so competitive that in order to stay

afloat and thrive in their chosen field of study, students must consistently outperform peers –

and the key to doing so is maintaining a high level of academic performance. Poor study

habits are the downfall of many a student, and with so many varying approaches to effective

study, how on earth are you supposed to know which is the best? He gave some negative

study habits that will without doubt impact your academic performance in the long run, so we

recommend you address them as quickly as possible.

- Not taking care of your eyes

- Multitasking
- Poor posture
- Cramming

1.5.3. Local Studies

According to Magulod (2019), In order to better prepare university students as proficient,

versatile and productive information and industrial technologists in the 21st century, the

need to implement instructional strategies and activities naturally align with their

predispositions will make them better learners. This study examined the learning style

preferences, study habits and level of academic achievement of students enrolled in

applied science courses of one campus of a public higher education institution in the

Philippines. The study employed descriptive correlational research design to a total of

seventy-five respondents who were purposively sampled. Two sets of standardized

instruments were utilized by the researcher. Results of the study revealed that the students

of applied sciences courses preferred visual, group and kinesthetic as major learning

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styles while they manifest a moderate level of study habits. They also have a good level

of academic achievement. Test of difference revealed that academic performance, father's

occupation and type of high school graduated from spelled significant differences in their

perceptual learning styles. They also spelled differences in their study habits when

grouped according to academic standing in high school, writing skills, mothers'

education, and test anxiety. Finally, there were significant relationships between learning

styles, study habits and academic performance of students in applied science courses. The

implications of the study can guide instructors to plan and deliver suitable instructional

interventions.

1.5.4. Foreign Studies

The study sought to assess the reading habits among students and their effects on their

academic performance. The study was conducted in Koforidua Polytechnic situated in the

Eastern Region of Ghana. A questionnaire was used for the data collection. The data collected

were analyzed quantitatively with the use of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS).

Figures and tables were used to present the results of findings. From the total of 1052 copies of

questionnaire distributed, 1000 copies, representing 95.0% were filled and returned. The findings

showed that majority of the respondents acknowledge the importance of reading, 81.9% of the

respondents neither read novel nor fiction within the last two semesters while 62.0% of the

respondents only read for the purpose of passing examination. The study confirmed that reading

habit has influence on academic performance and there is a relationship between reading habit

and academic performance. The study recommended among others that lecturers should be

advised to stop providing handouts to students but rather encourage them to use the library for

research and also, the current system of assessing students should be given a second thought with

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respect to the formulae of assessment. According to Kutay (2014), reading improves the thinking

ability by giving new concepts and ideas and enhances vocabulary and language which is

essential in verbal communication. Meanwhile, reading and academic achievement are essential

for research workers and educationists to know that every child whether he or she is gifted,

average, normal or backward etc, should be educated in his or her own way but if he or she

possesses good study habits, he or she can perform well in academics and in every situation (

Owusu-Acheaw & Larson, 2014). To fulfil numerous types of knowledge process, it is crucial to

start reading at an early age to seek knowledge more effectually. ...

Reading habits are what it needs to create a literate society. Owusu-Acheaw & Larson

(2014) study found that reading habits determine the academic achievements of students to a

great extent. Both reading and academic achievements are interrelated and dependent on each

other. ...

Based on a research done by Owusu-Acheaw (2014), the reading habits of students of

Koforidua Polytechnic in Nebraska, 62% out of 1000 students choose to read lecture notes when

they visit the library. Unlike the 62% of the students, 25% of them prefer to read textbooks in the

library. ...

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1.6. Conceptual Framework

This study ought to know the correlation between study habits and quarterly examination scores

of Senior High School students:

1. Is there a significant correlation between the student’s study habits and their test scores?

2. How do study habits affect the student’s test scores?

3. How do study habits affect a student’s exam scores negatively?

The demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:

a) age

b)sex

c)grade level

Quarterly
Student’s Study examination
habit scores

The conceptual framework shows that researchers aims to know how student’s study habits

negatively or positively affects the results of HUMSS student’s quarterly examination scores.

Inside the upper box consist of demographic profile of respondents in terms of a)age, b) sex, c)

grade level of participants.

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1.7. Hypothesis

H0: The researchers hypothesized that there is a correlation between senior highschool

student’s study habits and their quarterly exam scores

H1: The researchers hypothesized that there is no correlation between senior highschool

student’s study habits and their quarterly exam scores

1.8. Definition of Terms

Correlation -a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

Study Habits-the behaviors used when preparing for tests or learning academic material.

Relationship-a connection between two people or things.

Test score- is a piece of information, usually a number, that conveys the performance of an

examinee on a test. One formal definition is that it is "a summary of the evidence contained in an

examinee's responses to the items of a test that are related to the construct or constructs being

measured."

Academic performance -or "academic achievement" is the extent to which a student, teacher or

institution has attained their short or long-term educational goals. Completion of educational

benchmarks such as secondary school diplomas and bachelor's degrees represent academic

achievement.

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Interaction- is a kind of action that occur as two or more objects have an effect upon one

another. The idea of a two-way effect is essential in the concept of interaction, as opposed to a

one-way causal effect.

Attitude- a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is

reflected in a person's behavior.

Behavior- the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.

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List of Reference

Magulod, Gilbert C., Jr.(2019) Learning Styles, Study Habits and Academic Performance of

Filipino University Students in Applied Science Courses: Implications for Instruction,

https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Study%20habits%20and%20test%20performance&id=EJ1210888&fbclid

=IwAR2NmvGQd1fAfF4l5JKMKklzDiVV3GjH29uWa_JwzBrOjhC7Gffmhqdjqbg

Owusu-Acheaw, Micheal, Larson, A.G.- (2014) , Reading Habits Among Students and its Effect

on Academic Performance: A Study of Students of Koforidua Polytechnic,

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292086471_Reading_Habits_Among_Students_and_its

_Effect_on_Academic_Performance_A_Study_of_Students_of_Koforidua_Polytechnic

Anton Lucanus(2018), Poor Study Habits Negatively Impact Grades,

https://collegepuzzle.stanford.edu/poor-study-habits-negatively-impact-grades/

Jestine Crisostomo, et al. (ND), Different study habits of freshmen students in

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, https://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Study-

Habits/146386

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