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uplifting one’s standard of living with just hard work and perseverance (Giovetti, 2020).
United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (2019), the closures of educational
the quest of finding a solution without compromising the health of the learners, the
Technological University of the Philippines has opted for a mixed mode of learning that
college students to the internet for educational materials. One of the factors affecting
the quality of education being delivered to the learners is the quality of their internet
connection. Speed, availability, and reliability vary greatly. In an investigation conducted
by Francis (2017), it was found that students have higher inclination on the integration
of the use of technology and are more motivated to study. Soegoto and Tjokroadiponto
(2018) concluded based on their findings that the utilization of internet for academic
Jabrin’s et al. (2017) study revealed that 63% of the students regarded the internet as
very useful in improving their academic performance; also 30% students said that
school tasks and activities are easier done with help of internet. Upon studying the
variability of internet connection quality, it is also imperative to take into account the
connection.
students. The defining characteristics of a geographical location are the factors that are
there is a temperature differential between rural and urban locations with urban places
having hotter temperature than that of rural homes. The continued rise in temperature
due to climate change intensifies the effects of higher temperatures in the academic
probability of students passing the test by 10.9% and 2.5% decline in the likelihood of
Manila, Falsario et al. (2014), made a similar study. Their study indicated that there is a
the variance of students’ academic performance. Another is the level of ambient noise
present in each location. Noise pollution in rural areas is either very low or non-existing.
The lack of development in these areas results in a much calm and peaceful
environment. While on the other hand, urban areas tend to have higher noise levels due
to oncoming traffics, honking of cars, ambulance and fire truck sirens, commercial
establishments, and etcetera. In an effort to determine the mean noise level of the
streets of an urban location such as New York City, McAlexander et al. (2015) started
an investigation. They recorded the level of street noise on 99 streets of the urbanized
city and obtained a mean value of 73.4 dBA ranging from (55.8-95.0 dBA). A maximum
that could potentially annoy people according to the World Health Organization (1995).
In line with the effects of noise to the academic performance, it was found that schools
situated near sources of noise such as construction, machine shops, and oncoming
traffic is created unfavorable learning environment for students that resulted to the
Gilvand & Jahmshidnezhad showed that there is a negative impact in the learning and
Students are used to going to the peaceful, quiet, comfortable and scholastic
sphere created by the campus. The transition is what is going to affect these students
as they normal are not used to these disturbances when studying. Moreover, whenever
they are at home, they do not think about school that much. Various factors regarding
location influences the students’ academic performance, however in this study the
researchers will take those factors collectively and group the respondents into urban,
Different sexes have different motivations that could affect their academic
performance (Orabi, 2007). In a paper published by Bruger, et al. (2010) their results
showed that male engineering students have higher self-efficacy due to the stereotype
of being in a male dominated course. Male students usually have the mind-set that they
should perform much better over their female counter part resulting in a strong drive to
perform well. On the other hand, female students also have the same motivation to
outperform their counterparts in an act to change the society’s perspective that they are
inferiorly performing. It is observed in a study conducted by Sax & Harper (2005) that
female students appear to be outperforming their male peers based on their GPA.
Various studies regarding students’ academic performance yielded different results. The
discrepancy lies on the wide range of factors affecting the students such as quality of
education being received, intelligence quotient, peers, and a like. In the current situation
the researchers would like to take into account the differences in the performance of
General Weighted Average (GWA) for the first semester of A.Y. 2020-2021. The
researchers excluded NSTP and subjects with non-numeric ratings in taking the GWA
of the respondents. The performances of the students were analyzed and evaluated in
relation to their geographic location, quality of internet speed connection, and lastly, with
their sex.