Factors Affecting the Study Habits of Grade Eleven Students in One National High School in Pangasinan, Philippines

Abstract

Due to the increasing nature of the below-average academic performance of the Grade 11 students of Senior High School in the first and second quarter, the School Head gathered all the teachers in the SHS Department and conducted a brainstorming regarding the performance of the students. This study sought to determine the factors affecting the study habits of the 11th Grade of the Senior High in Maticmatic National High School, S.Y 2017-2018. In this study, a mixed-method approach was concurrently embedded. The included participants in this study were the Grade 11 students of Senior High School. Females are the most respondents of this research most of the respondents have low monthly family income. For the study habits of the students in Grade 11, most of the respondents sometimes do a reading, and the majority of them never take down notes. Over-all, the respondents have poor study habits which led them to have poor academic performance. Also, the majority of the respondents do not do home works at home and do not read their notes during school hours. Lastly, the Majority of the respondents strongly agreed that home environment, peer pressure and social media addiction, work and financial instability and family stress are the most factors that affect the study habits of the grade 11 students. The researcher recommends parents to improve the level of control and care of their children, show more interest and concern in the academic work of their wards by way of providing a conducive atmosphere for studies, proving materials for studies and helping students in their studies.