NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
In educational institutions, success is measured by academic performance, or how well a student meets standards set out by local government and the institution itself. As career competition grows even fiercer in the working world, the importance of students doing well in school has caught the attention of parents, legislators and government education departments alike.
Measuring of academic performance of students is challenging since student performance is product of socio-economic, psychological and environmental factors. Therefore, this study is conducted to determine the different factors that affect the academic performance of the students of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The study is conducted to determine the different factors that affect the academic performance of the students of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This paper is a study of the factors affecting the academic performance, the ability to study and remember facts, of the student of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba. Specifically, it aims to discuss the following points:
- What are the factors that affect the academic/school performance of the students of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba?
- Do social factors affect the students’ of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba academic performance?
- Do psychological and environmental factors also affect the students of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba’s academic performance?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM
The author believes that this study will contribute to the following persons: Students. This can serve as a guide on better understanding on how to improve their school/academic performance. Author. For the knowledge, ideas and information from conducting the study. Future Researchers. This study can serve as a reference and can give additional information for future researchers that will conduct the same study.
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This study is limited only to the students of Colegeio de San Juan de Letran- Calamba. The researcher’s data gathering method will be through a survey of 60 students from the campus. This survey will help determine the factors that are affecting the students’ school/academic performance.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter presents various research findings, literatures and studies from different books, internet sources and principles formulated by experts to have a clear understanding of the study.
As stated by Syed Tahir Hijazi and Raza Naqvi (2006) in their study “Factors Affecting Students’ Performance”, student performance is associated with students’ profile consisting of his attitude towards attendance in classes, time allocation for studies, parents’ level of income, mother’s age and mother’s education. Lane and Porch (2002) studied the factors affecting students’ performance on an introductory undergraduate financial accounting course and found that age and students attitude toward accounting have significant effect on students’ performance.
Karemera (2003) found that students’ performance is significantly correlated with satisfaction with academic environment and service received. He also found that the existence of professional development programs and internship opportunities are associated with better academic performance. With regard to background variables, he found a positive effect of high school performance and school achievement while there was no statistical evidence of significant association between family income level and academic performance.
El-Shaarawi et.al (2006), found out that hard work, previous schooling, parents’ education, family income and self motivation as factors that have a significant effect on the students’ academic performance. They also concluded that cultural differences play an important role in shaping the factors that affects the student’s performance.
