TARDINESS IN RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE

STUDENTS OF MANDALAGAN NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL S.Y. 2019-2020

CHAPTER 1

I.INTRODUCTION

Students are tardy for a variety of reasons, but being late to class can become a

habit that can have a negative effect on their success in school. Schools often establish

an attendance policy that includes punishment for multiple tardies. A firm policy can

help schools promote student punctuality and accountability – traits that students can

carry with them even after they finish school.

Several studies have shown that school tardiness has a negative impact on

learning outcomes. By the mere nature of arriving late and missing school hours,

students receive fewer hours of instruction than students who are in class when the bell

sounds. But not only does a student who is consistently arriving late to school establish

bad punctuality habits, their tardiness also disrupts the learning of other students in their

classes.

Tardiness has already become habit of some students nowadays, being tardy

means coming late on school even their house is just beside their school and it can lead

to more serious problems affecting their academic learning as well as in their

performances, if a student is not on time everyday the student cannot perform well in

class discussions, when passing their output after deadline is also an example of being

tardy but up to now students are still unaware of what will be the consequences to their

academic performance.

Originally, students had no real concern about arriving to their physical education

class on time, as they perceived that tardiness was not an issue with the teachers.

During the five-day period of baseline observations, an average of 18 percent of the

class arrived after the late bell. When students are tardy or absent, or when they drop

out of school, sequential learning cannot occur, subject matter and skills cannot be
developed, and much student talent is wasted. At-risk students identified in the school

setting include those exhibiting signs of alcohol consumption, drug abuse, or antisocial

behavior. These students need assistance to overcome their problems and to achieve in

school. When counseling in the school setting is not sufficient, these students need to

be referred to appropriate services in the community. For some high school students,

the immediate earnings from employment seem more significant than staying in school.

These students need courses in vocational education and assistance to help them

develop positive attitudes toward education, perceive alternatives to dropping out, and

realize the worth of long-term goals. Pregnant teenage girls, also at risk of dropping out,

need counseling services to help them obtain their diplomas, learn job skills, and cope

with their situations. Family situations, such as cultural differences between values

taught at home and at school, separation, divorce, or a parent's loss of employment,

can put students at risk of dropping out. School personnel need to determine causes of

tardiness, absenteeism, and dropping out, and to provide necessary remediation.

II.STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Generally , the main focus of the study is to know all about the relationship

between tardiness and the academic performance of the Grade 8 students of

Mandalagan National Highschool S.Y. 2019-2020

Specifically this would attempt to find answer to the following questions:

1. Which gender has the most number of tardiness?

2. What are the factors for the student’s tardiness?

3. How can tardiness affect the student’s academic performance?

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https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/

https://www.academia.edu/33978319/

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=80&q=tardiness+in+school&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5

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