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What Are The Common Excuses That A College Student Make When They Are Absent From Class?
What Are The Common Excuses That A College Student Make When They Are Absent From Class?
What are the common excuses that a college student make when they are absent from class?
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By
Patrick Lacerna
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This research would not be possible without the assistance of many people. We would
Prof. Maria Corazon M. Delos Reyes, our adviser, for sharing her knowledge in this
research;
Some of one of the researcher’s friends in Centro Escolar University, Bulacan State of
But above all to our ALMIGHTY FATHER for His guidance, blessings, wisdom,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title …………………………………………………………………………………...
Acknowledgement …………………………………………………………………....1
Chapters
Introduction …………………………………………………………...4
a. Major Problem
b. Specific Problem
II. Body
a. Summary of Findings
b. Conclusions
c. Recommendations
III. Appendices
Timetable ……………………………………………………………...18
Bibliography …………………………………………………………..19
V. Curriculum Vitae
academic progress. It is the first step to learn and acquire more knowledge of the subject. A
prerequisite to success in any endeavor is "showing up", and classes are no exception. If a
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student does not show up to class, their forfeiting every opportunity provided to them in the
classroom.
Going to class does far more than simply giving you credit for attendance. Class
attendance facilitates learning in a variety of ways, one is the student has an opportunity to ask
the lecturer questions if they do not understand the ideas and concepts presented or covered in
the reading; second is students will be given learning exercises or practice tests to do in class,
also professors will emphasize the important concepts and giving you a better idea of what is
important and to what you should focus on and lastly some professors may give hints on the
exam content.
It is absolutely vital that a student attend class regularly. Missing a class should be a rare
occurrence; something that happens at most once or twice a semester. If a student misses class
more than this, it will interfere with their learning and have a negative effect on their
performance and their grade. But still there are some students who tend to attend class but do not
participate in any activities. They do not give importance in their studying and maybe that’s why
they have an option to be absent from class. Though not every student has these thinking, some
students are just forced because of their friends or they have emotional problem and it’s affecting
their studies.
That’s why the researchers would like to investigate the most common excuses of a
This research attempted to determine what excuses of the college students make when
The Significance of The Study is to find out the reasons why students are absent in school.
Because knowing the reasons could help the University professors, parents, or even school
Students attendance affect their progress in school, if they are absent they usually miss a lot.
Like the following; 1. Missing important topics discussed by the professors; 2. Missing quizzes
or examinations that gauges their level of knowledge; 3. Missing activities that can help them in
improving themselves as a person and as a student; and 4. Exposing themselves in bad habits or
problems like drinking alcohol or playing games during school hours. These outcomes can lead
to low grades, not able to advance to next school year or even graduate.
The attendance rate is very important because students are more likely to succeed when they
attend school consistently. Its' hard for the professor and the class to build their skills and
This part of research describes the methods and sources of data that was used. It
contained a detailed description of the excuses that a student makes, the reasons behind their
excuses, and the real action that they do when they get absent from class. The data needed in this
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research was based on internet, the student’s perspective and also from observing some students
The study is limited to students who are not attending their classes even if they don’t
have any problems or illness. The reason why we can’t let students who are frequently present
answer our survey is because these students have different perspectives compared to those who
are truants. Students that are often present would just give a common reason in our research like
family problems, sickness etc. But those who are often absent may or may not give a valid
reason and that is what we aim for in our research. We want to know the reasons of these
students that are often away from school and if they’re dealing with a major problem causing
their absences. We don’t want to fill our research with just figments of present students we want
Definition of Terms
Prerequisite - a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist.
CHAPTER II
Percentage of 20 students that offers their common excuse when they are absent
10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
aches take care family matters fever bereavement others
This chapter presents the findings of the study. Figures and chats are presented the following
Graph 1
Graph 1 shows the percentage of college students who offers their common excuse. The chart
graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 9 students who answered “stomach
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ache/tooth/head ache”, 2 students who answered “take care of somebody in the hospital”, A
student who answered “family matter”, 7 students who answered “fever”, a student who
Graph 2
Graph 2 shows the percentage of college students who are exactly doing when they are
absent. The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are only a student
who answered “play computer games / billiards”, 13 students who answered “sleep / feel lazy”, 2
students who answered “bad habits”, a student who answered “having a date with someone”, 2
students who answered “going to a party” and a student who answered “others”.
Graph 3
Graph 3 shows the percentage of college students who are exactly doing when they are
absent. The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 10 students who
answered “when I feel lazy”, a students who answered “I do not like my professor”, a students
who answered “I do not like the subject”, 2 students who answered “having love problems”, 3
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students who answered “I have long vacant hours” and a student who answered “others” which is
“health”.
Graph 4
Graph 4 shows the percentage of college students who absent themselves for a day. The
chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 8 students who answered “for
the whole day”, no student who answered “half day”, and 12 students who answered “specific
class only”.
Graph 5
Graph 5 shows the percentage of college students who absent for the specific class only.
The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 8 students who answered
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“field of math”, 5 students who answered “field of science”, and 2 students who answered “field
Graph 6
Graph 6 shows the percentage of college students who feel guilty when they chose to be absent.
The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 15 students who
Graph 7
Graph 7 shows the percentage of college students on how often they use these excuses.
The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are no students who
answered “4x a month”, 10 students who answered “twice a week”, a student who answered
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“every MonTHurs”, no student who answered “every WedSat”, a student who answered “every
TueFri” and 8 students who answered “others” which are: “If I want to” “every WedFri” “It
Graph 8
Graph 8 shows the percentage of college students on how often they give their excuse
letter. The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 3 students who
answered “always”, 3 students who answered “mostly”, 5 students who answered “sometimes”,
Graph 9
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Graph 9 shows the percentage of college students who think that their excuses are
reasonable. The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are 10 students
who answered “yes” and 10 students who answered “no”. The answers were a tie.
Graph 10
Graph 10 shows the percentage of college students who think that their absences will be a
problem to their future. The chart graph shows that out of 20 students who responded, there are
Percentage of 20 students who are aware of 6 absences will be dropped from the subject
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
yes no
Graph 11
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Graph 11 shows the percentage of college students who think that their absences . The
Summary of Findings
In the survey that the researchers had done were not just coming from the Baliuag
University students, but there are few students who respond to the survey from BSU,CEU and
one student from UST. The highest chosen answers on the first question about using as excuse to
be absent is ‘having stomach/tooth/headaches’; on the second question about their exact thing
that they’ll do when they use this excuse is ‘sleep/feel lazy’; on the third question about when is
the excuse usually use is ‘when I feel lazy’; on the fourth question about the length of getting
absent in day is ‘specific class only’; on the fifth question since they answered specific class the
highest chosen class is ‘field of math’; on the sixth question about the feeling of guilt when they
chose to be absent is ‘yes’; on the seventh question about how often do they use this excuse is
‘twice a week’; on the eighth question about giving excuse letter/s is ‘never’; on the ninth
question about their excuse being reasonable is ‘yes’; on the tenth question about their absences
will be a problem to the future is both ‘yes’ and ‘no’; and the eleventh question about being
Conclusion
The researchers therefore conclude that the students common excuses they made when
they get absent from class is stomach aches or tooth aches or headaches. And they usually use
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this because they feel lazy going to one subject. Also most of the students use this excuse in
“twice a week”, they could’ve been dropped in a subject, by just doing it in 3 months. But
everyone that the researchers had surveyed knows that when they get 6 or more absent, they
could be dropped. It also stated that the students feel guilty when they decide to be absent
Recommendation
1. Explore how to continue and to expand the dialogue in significance of the study and
introduction.
5. Encourage students to be honest with their answers to provide accurate answers and
conclusions.
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Questionaires
c. family matters
d. fever
e. bereavement (namatayan)
f. others: ________________
c. bad habits
e. going to a party
g. others: ________________
g. others: ________________
a. whole day
b. half day
a. field of math
b. field of science
c. field of technology
d. others: ________________
a. Yes b. No
a. 4x a month
b. twice a week
c. every MTH
d. every WS
e. every TF
f. others:________________
a. always
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b. mostly
c. sometimes
d. never
a. Yes b. No
a. Yes b. No
11. Do you know that 6 or more absences will cause you to be dropped from a
subject?
a. Yes b. No
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Time Table
Octob
2016 er
WEDNESD
MONDAY TUESDAY
AY
26 27 28
03 04 05
Constructing the
questionaire
10 11 12
Request of checking the Starts
questionaire conducting a
survey
17 18 19
Constructed the constructed constructed
research except significance curriculum
significance, scope, and scope vitae,
summary, conclusion & summary &
curriculum vitae conclusion---
(FIN)
24 25 26
06 07 08 09
Finished
constructing
the
questionaire
13 14 15 16
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End of
conducting
a survey
20 21 22 23
27 28 29 30
Bibliography
http://www.jths.org/west/guidance-services/attendance-absence/
https://owlcation.com/academia/action-research-on-student-absenteeism
http://www.policy.hu/vincze/RESEARCH%20PAPER%20WITH
%20RECOMMENDATIONS.html
http://www.schoolleadership20.com/forum/topics/1990010:Topic:126891
http://www.tolerance.org/blog/supporting-students-who-are-often-absent
http://www.jths.org/west/guidance-services/attendance-absence/