Research Title: A Quantitative Research of the Effects of

Academic Pressure on Online Classes Compared to Face-to-

Face Classes on Grade 12 Senior Highschool Students of STI
College of San Jose del Monte

Introduction 

Background of the Study

Academic Pressure is defined as an experience in which a student is burdened by demands of

time and energy to achieve specific academic goals. It is common among students who struggle with time

management and procrastinate. Students continue to deal with Academic Pressure as they carry on to

achieve the standard in the education system. According to Durrette, the stress of academic pressure can

come from various potential sources and have endless emotional and academic impacts on students

(Durrette, 2020). 

According to Ellisa Hatoum (2021) a Youth Advisory Board member of the Youth Leadership

Academy of Australia, the school system places a lot of pressure on young people to meet or exceed

academic standards to make a positive impact on pupils and help them achieve high academic outcomes.

Ironically, though, this unwittingly harms students' academic performance because it may strain their

well-being, which could lead to poor academic performance and even academic stress. Academic pressure

is the stress caused by a heavy workload, extended study sessions, and high-grade expectations. 

Academic pressure increases the likelihood that students will develop problems like anxiety,

depression, sleep deprivation, and insomnia as well as negatively affecting their social, physical,

cognitive, and physiological health. Worldwide, 47% of students report feeling stressed out about their

studies. Academic stress is the tension brought on by difficulties in the classroom and contributes to

students’ lack of academic motivation. The likelihood of students quitting school has increased as a result.

Student academic stress has been on the rise, which has helped to increase the suicide rate among young
people. Most students have accepted heavy academic pressure as normal, which has lessened its impact

and forced kids to deal with it all through school. Young people do not identify it as a problem that has to

be treated since it has become so commonplace. Students may experience academic burnout when they

experience emotional and physical tiredness if academic stress is not appropriately controlled. There must

be a variety of solutions available to young people so they can manage and overcome academic stress and

anxiety because it limits young people's educational potential.

Young people's well-being and health, as well as their academic performance, are severely

impacted by academic pressure and stress brought on by a demanding workload, extensive study time,

and high expectations. For young people in education, the stress and strain of academics have only made

things more challenging. To guarantee that young people are able to achieve their best academically and

socially in the educational system, it is essential to limit and regulate the amount of academic pressure

and stress. The society that we live in has high regard for academic excellence which adds more pressure

on the students to do better and achieve the standard. Those students who are said to fail to meet up the

expectations often face harsh criticism which builds self-doubts regarding their capabilities and

intelligence. 

This research will cover ways for reducing the academic pressure and stress that young people

experience as well as the harmful impacts of academic pressure and stress on young people. By

comparing the student's learning experience in online classes compared to face-to-face learning, the

researchers would be able to determine what is more convenient for their participants where they are less

academically pressured. This research aims to recognize the Effects of Academic Pressure on Online

Classes Compared compared to Face-to-Face Classes on Grade 12 Senior Highschool Students of STI

San Jose del Monte College. 

Statement of the Problem
The main objective of this study will assess the students who are feeling the academic pressure of

online classes compared to face-to-face classes on senior high school students of STI College San Jose

Del Monte. A lot of STI students completed their grade 11 class conducting online learning. Now since

the STI College San Jose Del Monte is conducting face-to-face classes, this research focuses on the

academic pressure of STI students online compared to face-to-face classes. Our objectives aim to identify

the concerns of our co-students in terms of academic pressure. According to Pacific Teen Treatment, at a

very young age, children are encouraged to continuously think ahead and academically prepare

themselves for subsequent academic milestones. This cyclical pattern of continuously anticipating the

next step in academics can be quite damaging. Academic pressure is defined as an “experience in which a

student is burdened by the demands of time and energy to achieve specific academic goals.

The effects of the new system of learning have caused massive changes in those students' daily

lives. Online classes have added a sense of challenge, thrill and novelty to education among children.

With it, there is also a sense of restriction, anxiety, depression, helplessness, poor connection and

financial crisis that lead to poor education compared to Face-to-Face classes.

It turns out that the pressure and stress of online learning can be serious for many distinctive

reasons. And for teens at risk, that can lead to bad bearings.

Specifically, this will opt to answer the following question:

Dependent Variable

1. What is the profile of the senior high school students in terms of:

1.2. Name

1.3 Grade and Section

1.4. Strand

1.5. Age
 1.6. Sex

2. What is the level of academic performance of the senior high school student?

(School Form Learners Progress Assessment)

3. Is there a significant relationship between the profile of senior high school students and their level

of academic performance?

Independent Variable

Academic Performance

Academic Pressure

Data Collection

The researchers gave out the survey questionnaire to about 100 grade 12 students from STI

SJDM, but before doing that, the researchers asked the students if they would take part in the survey and

answer the questions honestly so that the researchers would gain valid results. Students who declined to

take part in the poll would not be included or compelled to do so. The survey would continue to be formal

and professional, and all the students' responses would stay confidential. Demographic profiles, including

names, ages, grade levels, genders, and strands, would be gathered from the stored survey data.

Methodology
This chapter includes the research design, the sample, instruments, data collection and

data analysis procedure used in the study.

Research Design
This study was designed with a descriptive research design. Wherein, the researcher used

statistical tools to describe the variables used in this study that aimed to identify the sociological
perspective of the senior high school students of STI San Jose Del Monte Bulacan about their academic

pressure on online classes compared to face-to-face classes

Research Sample
This study used probability sampling and employed systematic sampling to be specific. The

setting of this research is STI College of San Jose del Monte. This study included Grade 12 Senior High

students from STI College of San Jose del Monte.

The Instrument 

The researchers' research tool is to be used as a set of survey questionnaires for data gathering of

the Grade 12 students-respondents. The researchers will survey in the form of a questionnaire to get

precise answers from our dear Grade 12 respondents. The researchers made use of surveys into

paperwork as a platform for our instrument to be used. With the guidance of our supporting research

adviser, the researchers selected Grade 12 learners as respondents for their study. The factual information

was required in the survey for the convenience of each student. The participants were asked to give

appropriate and honest answers to the research questions the researchers were providing.

Data Collection

The researchers gave out the survey questionnaire to about 100 grade 12 students from STI

SJDM, but before doing that, the researchers asked the students if they would take part in the survey and

answer the questions honestly so that the researchers would gain valid results. Students who declined to

take part in the poll would not be included or compelled to do so. The survey would continue to be formal

and professional, and all the students' responses would stay confidential. Demographic profiles, including

names, ages, grade levels, genders, and strands, would be gathered from the stored survey data.

Sample Size