“READING COMPREHENSION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS ”

Background of the Study

Pretorious (2002) states that reading plays a significant role in the learning process
or learners as it does not only gives them an autonomous access to various information but
also it is an effective tool in learning which allows them to create interpretation on a
particular written material, a way of obtaining new knowledge. In addition, according to
Chege (2012) having a poor reading ability will lead students unable to grasp the exact idea
conveyed by a certain text which defers learning since teaching-learning process widely
involved the use of textbooks, academic materials and other essential information express
through writing.

According to some studies, reading comprehension plays a big role in excelling

academic performance; however there are also studies which argued that the two are not
correlated. Study findings from the ILO-ILO State College of Fisheries states that reading
comprehension and academic performance does not have a logical connection statistically.
From the study it was found out that reading comprehension does not affect the academic
performance and same as academic performance also does not affect reading
comprehension (M. Abiera, et.al 2018).

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study wants to answer the following questions:

1. What is the reading comprehension level of business education student in terms of:
1.1 literal meaning
1.2 Inferential meaning
1.3 Evaluation meaning
2. What is the academic performance of business education students?
3. Is there a significant difference in the reading comprehension of business education
student when grouped according to sex and year level?
4. Is there a significant difference in the academic performance of business education
students when grouped according to sex and year level?
5. Is there a significant relationship between reading comprehension and academic
performance of business education students when grouped according to sex and
year level?
6. What intervention program can be put in place as an enhancement program?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
STUDENTS - It will help the student realize the importance of reading comprehension in
relation to their academic performance which will motivates them to invest their time and
effort in reading to improve performance.
TEACHERS- It is beneficial for the teachers in assessing the capacity of their students
when it comes to matters concerning academic performance and initiate creative measures
that will further ignites their appetite to engage in matters can improve reading
comprehension level as it plays an imperative role in their academic performance.
RESEARCHERS - It will gives researcher profound ideas which they can utilize to
support their study making it more substantial and accurate.
PARENTS – Upon reading this study, they will undestand the importance of reading to the
academic performance of their children giving them an idea that they should spend time
motivating them to engage in activities that improves reading comprehension.
SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Scope:
The study focuses on reading comprehension and academic performance of
business education students of both Accountancy and Business Administration major in
Financial Management, Marketing, and Human Resource Management. This will includes
learners from 2nd year to 4th year in which academic performance will be based on their
midterm grades.
Limitations
The study is limited only to business professional subjects. Other subjects take up
by the respondents which does not considered as proffesional subjects although business
related are excluded in this study

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  Reading
comprehension
 Literal meaning
 Inferential
meaning
 Evaluative
meaning
Chapter II
(REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES )

 Sex
 Year level

Conceptual Framework

 Academic  Enhancement
performance Program

Hypothesis or Assumptions
Ho1 There is no significant relationship between reading comprehension and academic
performance of both accountancy and business administration students when grouped
according to sex and year level.
Ho2 There is a significant relationship between reading comprehension and academic
performance of both accountancy and business administration students when grouped
according to sex and year level.
Definition of Terms and Variables
Reading comprehension- Level of understanding of a text/ message. Understanding from
the interaction between the words that are written and how they trigger knowledge outside
the text/ message.
Academic Performance – is the measurement of student achievement across various
academic subjects.
Literal meaning- it is simply what the text says. It is what actually happens in the story.
Inferential meaning- involves determining what the text means. Start with the stated
information. It often referred as “between the lines’ or think and search comprehension.
Evaluative meaning- goes beyond text to consider what they think and believe in relation
to the message in the text.
Chapter III
Research methodology
The research study is designed to determine the significant relationship between
reading comprehension and academic performance of business education students in
professional subjects. The focus of this research study is to evaluate the reading
comprehension of the respondents using different levels of comprehension such as literal
meaning, inferential meaning and evaluative meaning and its relationship to the academic
performance of the students in professional subjects.
Research design

The researchers used the descriptive correlational of study with quantitative

approach that has been gathered from the respondents an evaluation tool used to determine
the significant relationship between reading comprehension and academic performance of
business education students in professional subjects.

Research instrument

The research instrument was adapted from the related study; it is to determine the
correlation between reading comprehension and academic performance it is administered
at Jose Maria College specifically to the College of business education students both
accountancy and business administration

Research respondents
 The respondents are students of Jose Maria College specifically from College of
Business education students which is composed of accountancy and business
administration majors in: financial management, marketing, and human resource
management.

Data collections

The researchers sent a letter to the Dean of the college of business in conducting a
survey with regards to the study reading comprehension and academic performance of
business education students in professional subjects.

The data were collected using adapted survey questionnaires. The survey
questionnaires were created solemnly with practical questions. The survey questionnaires
composed of questions from different levels that re very suitable and related to the study.
The researchers assured privately and honestly the survey sheets. The participants were
given enough time to return the questionnaires for them to think properly.

The Dean of college of business approved the request letter of the researchers. As
soon as the letter got approved from the dean, the researchers advanced to where the study
and survey should be conducted. The researchers successfully collected the survey sheets
from the respondents. The researchers gathered the data all in all to validate the study.

Data analysis

Data gathered and treated confidentially from the questionnaires, the significance of
data, respondents and other responses were collected and tallied, analyzed and interpreted
to derive with an accurate interpretation of the results.
 JOSE MARIA COLLEGE
Philippine- Japan Friendship Highway, Catitipan, Davao City

READING COMPREHENSION AND ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN
PFOFESSIONAL SUBJECTS

BY:
LANDAO, JHON KENNETH
PACABIS, CHRISTIAN