1.

Issue: SHS Study Habits and its effect on the academic performance
2. Research Title:
Study Habits: its effect on the Academic Performance of the Senior High School
 As a researcher, with the advent of the new technologies, I want to know how it
affects the academic performances of the students.
 Also, I want to know how the students manage their time in their studies.
 Lastly, I want to know where the students spend most of their time to improve
their academic performances.
3. Statement of the Problem:
General Objectives: The study intended to find out the factors affecting the study habits
of the Senior High School Students of Aparri East National High School and how these
factors influence the academic performance of the said students.

Specific Questions:
1. What is the profile of the respondents according to:
1.1 Age;
1.2 Sex;
1.3 Track/strand; and
1.4 Section?
2. What are the factors affecting the academic performance of the Senior High School
students of Aparri East National High School?
3. Is there a significant difference on the academic performance of the respondents with
regard their profile?
4. Is there a direct relationship between the study habits and the academic performance
of the respondents?
Hypotheses:
 There is no significant difference on the academic performance of the respondents
with regard their profile.
 There is no direct relationship between the study habits and the academic
performance of the respondents.

4. Theory: Gestalt’s Field Theory

A. Gestalt’s Field theory. The word “Gestalt” means “pattern”, it expresses the idea of
perceptual whole, or a total pattern. The Gestalt Theory of Learning was first
formulated in Germany about 1912. Prominent names associated with Gestalt
psychology include; Werthemeimer Koffka and Kohler. Gestalt learning principles
include the following, among others:
 Teachers should try to develop into children an integrated approach to learning
and the solution of problems. Learning will be more meaningful if children
can establish a relationship among different aspects of knowledge.
 Children should be encouraged in order to facilitate their interaction with the
environment.
 The learner should be encouraged to set their own goals for learning.
 Divergent as well as convergent thinking should be present among children.
 The learner should be presented with the figure ground relations so that we
can see the inter-relatedness among phenomena.
 B. Educational relevance of Gestalt theory indicates the need for considering the whole
but also the details with the environment. This implies that in understanding the
academic performance of students, the environment which stimulates certain study
skills, study techniques, use of instructional materials and teaching method should be
considered to know the perception and understanding of a lesson by student. Hence,
appropriate teaching method, good questioning technique, practical teaching and
relevant instructional material are necessary for development of study techniques and
improved performance. Gestalt theory takes into account factors such as motivation,
maturation level of student experience, background of the learners, the learners
intelligent and interest. The above factors explain the degree in which students can be
influenced to form study techniques and improve in academic performance.
C. Conceptual Theory

INDEPENDENT VARIABLES   DEPENDENT VARIABLE
TimeD. Management, Study Habits
StudyE.Environment,
  Use
of Social Media

Figure 1. (Independent Variables and Dependent variables)

The independent variables of the study, including time management, study environment,
and use of social media, influences the dependent variable which is the study habits. Gestalt
psychology mentions the Law of Proximity which he tends to form groups according to the way
they are spaced, with the nearer once being grouped together. When applied to learning, regular
and instantaneous study periods tend to result in a better performance than inconsistent study
periods do. Thorndikes Law of Exercise further supports this kind of principle stating that, other
things being equal, the more frequent a modifiable connection between a situation and response
is used, the stronger is the connection.
When a connection between a situation and a response is not being used for a period of
time, the connection weakens. As to learning, a student who stimulates regular study periods
tends to develop certain methods in studying to enhance academic performance. This study
focuses on the factors affecting study habits and how it affects the academic performance of the
Senior High School students of Aparri East national High School. In this view, the researchers
want to study the factors which affect the study habits.

5. Research Methodology
Research Design
This study will use the descriptive-correlational design in its attempt to determine,
describe, and analyze relationships between time management, study environment, and use of
social media to the independent variable which is the study habits.

A. Respondents of the Study

The study will have Senior High School students who are enrolled during the recent
school year at Aparri East National High School. The 20 percent of the total population will be
the sample size of the study. The sample population is 92 taken the total from the 462 Senior
High School students of Aparri East National High School. All of the participants will
be selected through simple stratified random sampling. This sampling method is conducted
where each member of
a population has an equal opportunity to become part of the sample. In order to conduct this
sampling strategy, the researcher will divide first the population into different strata- students
who belong to their respective tracks: Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM),
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Humanities and Social Sciences
(HUMSS) and the General Academic Strand (GAS).
Explanation: These respondents are chosen because they are very important variable in
this study. Also, they are the source of the data.

B. Instrumentation
For this study, the researchers design a self-administered questionnaire for the data
gathering process to achieve the main objective of the study. The primary aim of the
questionnaire is to determine the respondents’ profile according to: (1) Time Management (2)
Study Environment (3) Usage of Social Media. This research will use a mixture of closed
questions and open comments in the questionnaire. A closed question is one that has pre-coded
answers. The simplest is the dichotomous question to which the respondent must answer yes or
no. Through closed questions, the researcher will be able to limit responses that are within the
scope of this study.

C. Data Analysis is also very important in the research because this is to describe and illustrate,
condense and recap, and evaluate data. Moreover, it ensures data integrity and an accurate and
appropriate analysis of research findings.

6. Research Data

A. Specific Questions:
1. What is the profile of the respondents according to:
1.1 Age;
1.2 Sex;
1.3 Track/strand; and
1.4 Section?
2. What are the factors affecting the academic performance of the Senior High
School students of Aparri East National High School?
3. Is there a significant difference on the academic performance of the respondents
with regard their profile?
4. Is there a direct relationship between the study habits and the academic
performance of the respondents?
B. Statistical Tool
1. Frequency and Percentage. This will be utilized to identify the profile of the
respondents.
2. Weighted Mean. This will be employed in order to describe the study habits and
academic performance of the respondents.
 3. ANOVA. This will be used to identify the significant difference of the study
habits and the profile of the respondents.
4. Pearson Product Moment Correlation. This will be used to evaluate the
relationship between the study habits and academic performance of the
respondents.
C. Level of Significance
 This research wants to measure the level of significance at 0.05 which is related to
the 95% confidence level.