Call Prefix : PR-T

Call Suffix : 1990

Call Cutter : T - GeEd 1

Location : SEARCA Library

Format : TD

Publisher : Central Luzon State University,

Publication Date : December 1990

Publication Place : Munoz, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines :

Summary : The study aimed to: 1) determine the study habits and attitudes of the high performing groups of high school freshmen students, 2) compare their study habits and attitudes, and 3) determine the relationship between their study habits and attitudes to their academic achievement. The grade point average for the whole school year of 370 freshmen high school student was computed. The upper 10 percent, composed of 37 students, formed the high performing group and the lower ten per cent composed of another 37 students formed the low performing group. The instruments used were the Secondary Students Permanent Records (Form 137-A) and the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) by Brown-Holtzman, 1966 edition. The number of respondents who responded "rarely", "sometimes", "frequently", "generally," and "almost always" to each item in the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) was tabulated. The frequencies were converted to percentage to determine the study habits and attitudes of the high and low performing groups. The t value for the whole test and the four sub-tests and the Chi-square for the differences in the categories of response of the two groups were computed to determine if there are significant differences in the study habits and attitudes of the high performing group. To determine if there is positive correlation between the study habits and attitudes and their academic achievement, the point biserial correlation was computed. Results indicated that the high performing group had better study habits and more positive study attitudes than the low performing group. The high performing group differed significantly from the low performing group in delay avoidance, work methods, teacher approval, and education acceptance. The obtained T value of 4.77 for the whole test was significant beyond the one percent level. Thus the null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between the SSHA mean score of the high performing group and the low performing group was rejected at one percent level.