THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES AND ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 11 HUMANITIES AND SOSCIAL SCIENCE HONOR

STUDENTS IN STI COLLEGE STA.MARIA BULACAN

by

Jayson G. Geronimo

CHAPTER I
 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically altered the

Philippines' higher education system, with a distinct shift in online instruction in an effort to

limit further virus transmission. COVID-19 has become a global health emergency. To prevent

the spread of COVID-19, the government has decided to use quarantine protocols and

temporarily close some schools and other educational institutions. As a result, millions of

students in our country have been adversely affected. That is why online classes were

implemented to allow students to continue learning even if they were only at home. To meet the

needs of students, the country has implemented proactive policies to ensure the continuation of

education. Modified forms of online learning activities are included in these policies. Online

learning can take the form of synchronous and time-based outcomes assessments, as well as

asynchronous, delayed time activities such as pre-recorded video lectures and time-independent

assessments (Oztok et al.,2013). As in-person classes remain suspended owing to the threat of

COVID-19, the Department of Education (DepEd) is implementing a variety of distance

education modalities this year, including online and modular learning.

Academic performance in school appears to be determined by a student's learning styles or

modes of learning. Felder and Brent (2005) discovered in a global setting that their student

respondents' poor test performance is influenced by their learning styles, which are unfortunately
 incompatible with their teachers' modes of teaching. This is compounded by their dropping out

of school or changing courses.

Nowadays, a significant number of students use a different learning style to help themselves

improve the way they learn and enabling students excel in their classes, which generally results them

being honor students. It is assumed that honor students have potentials to excel in their professional

lives in the future. Of course, each student has a different approach to learning, according to

research, a single technique or approach was unable to create optimal learning circumstances for

everybody. Identifying students' learning styles gives information about their individual preferences.

Understanding learning styles can aid in the creation, modification, and development of more

efficient curriculum and educational programs (Nursen İlçin, 2018). As a result, this study will be

great help to students who are struggling with learning as well as students who want to excel using

their own methods.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This study aims to determine what honor students most used learning method to the new

normal education system and how these methods affect the academic performance of grade 11
honor students in STI College Sta. Maria. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following

research questions:

1. What is the most used learning style that honor students do? This will be the following

learning styles:

1.1 Collaborative

1.2 Avoidant

1.3 Participant

1.4 Dependent

1.5 Independent

2. How does do honor students' learning styles influence their academic performance?

3. What is the most effective learning style based on the study's findings?

4. How does honor students manage their academic achievement when their learning styles

are difficult to influence?

5. How do students engage, participate, and learn effectively in online learning?

6. Is there a relationship between honor students' learning styles and their academic

performance?

Research Hypotheses

In this study, the following hypotheses were formulated to determined which hypotheses

should be accepted and which should be rejected:

 HO: There is no significant relationship between grade 11 honor students' learning styles and

academic performance in STI College Sta. Maria over the past course of the semester.

HA: There is a significant relationship between grade 11 honor students' learning styles and

academic performance in STI College Sta. Maria over the past course of the semester.

Sampling Method

The researcher's probability will use simple random sampling. The most basic sampling

technique is simple random sampling, which involves selecting a group of participants (a sample)

for research from a larger group (a population). A method of selecting a sample in which all

members of the population have an equal chance of being chosen as respondents. Each individual

is chosen entirely by chance and each member of the population has an equal chance of being

included in the sample (Easton, 2020). This method is the simplest of all the probability sampling

methods because it only takes a single random selection and little prior knowledge about the

population. A basic random sample is intended to accurately represent a group in an unbiased

manner.