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Division of City Schools

City of Mandaluyong
Mataas na Paaralang Neptali A. Gonzales
Nueve de Pebrero St., Brgy. Mauway, Mandaluyong City

TITLE

The influence of various environmental factors on academic performance among

General academic strand students.

Submitted by:

Engaño, Jefferson T.
Estoque, Jhonel B.
Jacinto, Juan Miguel R.
Godito, Marklester T.

Submitted to:

Mss. Jullia B. Galan

Research Adviser

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RATIONALE or BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The environmental factors can really affect the surroundings of students especially in
their academic performance. because it can be good or it can be a barrier in their
academic performance. For example, Students who are in a Good environment will be
more motivated and engaged when they are studying. However, students who have bad
environment can lead to a poor performance, and can't concentrate properly in class.

According to abeysekera (2023). The students learning ability can be positively or

negatively depending on which environment they are in. According to adams (2015). the
young people is highly influence by their surroundings, and he said that There are many
environmental factors that can affects the academic performance and achievement of a
student. Such as family, relationships, Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep, Nutrition, stress, school
environment, family background, socioeconomic status, parental education level, and
access to resources such as quality schools, teachers, and educational materials. These
are the several environmental factors that can influence the academic performance of
students.

This study will help the General academic strand (GAS) students to know the
environmental factors that influence the academic performance of students. This study
will also help them to know how can environmental factors can affect students academic
performance.

Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to know the environmental factors that affect
the academic performance of students. This study will also aim to raise awareness

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among general academic strand students of how various environmental factors affect
their academic performance.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Environmental factors has a big impact to students academic

performance, Especially when the students are not in the good and
healthy environment. However, This research aims to identify the
various environmental factors that can affect the academic
performance of students among General academic strand such as
difficulties and struggle like, low confidence, poor academic
achievement, reduced social skills, stress and especially anxiety. This
study will focuses finding answers to the following questions:

1. What are the various environmental factors that would help

students in General academic strand to improve their academic
performance?

2. Why are the environmental factors that affect student academic

performance in the General academic strand important?

3. What is the perception of the respondents towards environmental

factors that influence their academic performance?

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DEFINITION OF TERMS (14 Terms)

Environmental factors- Environmental factors are the one that influence the academic
performance of students.

Academic performance- Academic performance refers to the measurement of the

learning level of students. It can be good or bad.

Educational materials- Educational materials are the materials that students need. Such
as textbooks, supplies, implements, tools, machinery, computers, electronic devices, or
other resources that related to education of students.

Socioeconomic status- Classifying individuals according to their level of education,

income, and occupation.

GAS (General Academic Strand)- refers to the strand of general academics.

Parental education level- Can refer to the highest level of education achieved by a
person's parents or guardians, usually encompassing formal education obtained
through schooling, like high school diplomas, college degrees, or vocational training.

Anxiety- refers to uneasiness, or discomfort of people. physical symptoms such as

sweating, trembling, increased heart rate, and difficulty concentrating.

Motivation- Motivation is the reason why a person does something that he/she wants
to achieve.

School Environment- refers to a different types of school related environmental such as

school facilities, school resources, school communities, etc.

Family Background- refers to cultural heritages, social, and historical background

context of the family.

Impact- a thing that has a big of an effect to something or someone.

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Academic achievement - This refers to the accomplishment of educational objectives,

such as earning good marks or finishing assignments

Stress - Stress is the body's reaction to demands or pressures, which frequently result
from difficult circumstances.

Social skills - Social skills are the abilities that allow us to interact or communicate with
other people.

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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study aims to understand and identify the importance of the influence of various

environmental factors on academic performance among General Academic Strand

Students. This study also want to raise awareness about the various environmental

factors. The study could be important to the following:

To the students. This study may help the students gain information and raise awareness

about the influence of various environmental factors on academic performance among

General Academic Strand students.

To future researchers. This study can be use as a reference and gain some knowledge

from the research. This study can also guide them when conducting research related to

the topic.

To the teachers. this study may help teachers to understand more of the students

situation and circumstances.

To the school administrators. The research conducted regarding environmental factors

of the students would raise awareness and understanding for the school administrators

to know of the circumstances and situations of the students.

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To the parents/guardian of the students. This study aims to let the parents/guardian of

the students to understand what they are going through and to also produce a positive

effect towards the relationship between the students and the parents had.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study will focuses on the various environmental factors

that students encounter in their daily lives. To gather some
information and data, the researchers will create and use
questioneres to find answer to their responrents. The ideal
respondents of this study are the selected Grade 11 students
of Mataas na Paaralang Neptali A Gonzales who experience
various environmental factors in their daily lives. However,
The limitation of this study are only the General Academic
Strand students (GAS). At the end of this study, the
researchers will determine the various environmental factors
that affect the academic performance of a student. And in
order to raise awareness for the effect of environmental
factors.

In this study, we will not cover the other strands of Senior

high schools in Mataas na paaralang neptali A. Gonzales.
And we will also not cover the grade 12 General academic
strand (GAS) Because the focus of this study are only the
Grade 11 General academic strand (GAS).

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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Various environmental factors have very important role as it plays a big part of the daily

lives of the students. Students faces many environmental factors in terms of study,

society, school or even in their home. The environmental factors is important because it

can help them especially in their study but it can also be a barrier to their academic

performance and achievement of student.

During the conducting of this research paper, we have compiled multiple sources that

we need to connect to our Statement of the problem(SOP).

1. What are the various environmental factors would help students in General academic

strand to improve their academic performance?

Various environmental factors can affect students daily lives, this

environmental factors can help them or distract them from achieving their academic

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achievement in school. However, learning with an healthy or peaceful environment can

really help a students to better understand and gain some knowledge in their study on

school. There are many environmental factors that influence and help the students

among General academic strand to improve their academic performance.

Relationships

Relationships are important especially in students learning. A positive

relationship of students between their family and friends will have positive impact to

students academic performance because that positive relationship will help them to improve

their social skills, behavior, and personality. Moreover, adams (2015) added that A teacher

who builds positive relationships with students decreases the discomfort of students so they

will perform well in the classroom. However, students who have no relationship with others

has less social skills and students have low confidence in school. So, relationship are

important because relationship can help you to grow and develop especially in learning.

Stress

Everyone experiences stress as a negative impact. but stress are good sometimes

because a little bit of stress can release an adrenaline to your body (Adams, 2015). Stress will

help the students to react on the challenges that they will encounter. So, stress can help

them to reach their goals by facing their challenges with motivation.

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Sleep

Sleep is very important on students academic performance. According to adams

(2015), Students who have 9-13 hours can help the brain to process. So students will learn

something new information. However, not all students will get 9-13 hours of sleep because

some students are getting hard time to sleep. So, students need to know the healthy sleep

habits, such as no caffeine, lower the noise, less technology, and turn off the lights. If

students don't know about the healthy sleep habits, they may hard time falling asleep and

there brain will not process. So, sleep is very important for students so there academic

performance will not affected instead they will achieve there goals by learning some new

ideas or information.

Exercise

According to Dr. John Medina (n.d). exercise are common in other people.

Experts says 2 hours of exercise are enough for young person. Meanwhile, Students who are

physically active can help them to their academic performance because exercise remove

toxic waste to your body that results To make your body lighter. Students who have proper

exercise can increase their energy levels which can give to student a long hours to study and

do some school works. Also, students who have proper exercise can increase their brain

power so student can be more creative and be smarter in their academic performance.

Adams (2015).

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Nutrition

Students need an healthy foods in their academic performance. Moreover,

Adams (2015) says that Healthy foods are important for students because it helps to

function our body at the highest level. Healthy foods such as fruits, fish, and vegetables

helps the student to increase concentration and memory in studying. So, nutritious foods

are recommended for students to also helps the brain to function even more when it comes

to their academic performance.

Laughter

Laughter can also help to the academic performance of students. Such as

sharing a funny story and telling jokes to other. The brain release four positive feelings that

helps the students to increased their blood flow, concentration, engagement, T cell

production immunity, and memory (adams, 2015). These chemicals are serotonin, oxytocin,

dopamine, and endorphins. These chemicals can also help the students to decrease such as

stress and anxiety. So students can focus on their academic achievement.

Physical facilities/School facilities

According to abiodun (2020). School facilities contributes major impact to

ensure the quality education of students. The school facilities such as classrooms,

laboratories, libraries,and human resources must be in a proper manage so they will help

them the students to grow and develop when it comes to education. However, School

facilities will affect the academic performance of a student if it is not in proper management.

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Comfort

Comfortable place can also help students in their academic performance. Students

can study in a school library, home, or even in a coffee shop as long as they are comfortable

(Hendrix, 2019). When the students are more comfortable in their places. They will be more

motivated and always stay focused in studying. But always make sure that choose a chair

and places that will maintain the good posture for a long time when studying. Remember

that uncomfortable places can make students distracted easily and more or less it can affect

their study and academic performance negatively.

Noise

According to Hendrix (2019), There are some student who wants to study with

some background noises. However, there are also a student who wants to study in a quiet

places. But we know that noise can be a barrier to students academic performance especially

loud noises. Loud noises gives a hard time to a student Because student are harder to focus

on their study because of so much noise in their environment. However, there are noises

that are good and will help the students for their academic performance such as low

background noise. Low background noise can help the students to relax and be more

creative when it comes to studying. And this also help to the less distraction and to be more

focus when students are studying.

Colour

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Colour of study place can also influence the academic performance of students.

Based on Hendrix (2019). Colour have a role that how colour is effective to students

academic performance. There are different colours that can affect the study of a student like

red and yellow. But yellow are more recommended colour for the study place of a student

instead of red. Because it has a positive feeling and impact to student mood so the student

will stay active in their study session. Student can also use different colours that will help

them to their academic achievement.

Lighting

Lighting are so important to all people, especially for the students. Because

lighting help the students to achieve a higher grades. Natural light help the students to

decrease their stress and anxiety. And natural light are effective for students to boost their

mood when it comes to studying. For example. If the student are studying, it is

recommended to put their desks near the windows that benefit from the sunlight. So that

they are active and reduce negative energy while studying throughout the day. (Hendrix,

2019).

The environment has a significant impact on academic performance among

students, and personality traits are one of them.

(Mcleod, 2017) Personality traits emphasize the distinctiveness of a person and each one has

an idiographic view on their identities. It is a vital to know what kind of personality the

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person has for it will help him communicate and build his own identity. It aids individuals in

developing their own methods of coping with the constantly evolving world. As personality

trait is the behaviour and way of thinking that an individual and show towards the other.

The research revealed that there are certain factors that have had a positive impact on

various variables, particularly the academic performance of Filipino students. (Datu, 2019). It

concluded the importance of understanding one's personality to be able to perform well on

subject matters.

As studied by Vedel (2017), "the Predictors of Academic achievement and its relationship to

Personality", results indicated that having learned personality traits can lead to greater

achievement.

As argued by Nokikova (2018), in the study entitled: "Relationship of Personalities and

Academic Achievement " the data gathered showed that personality has a great influence on

academic achievement and personality was significantly related to the performance of

students of school. Therefore, the study concluded that personality is a factor in the

improvement of the performance of the students.

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In this context, It becomes crucial to study the personality traits of the participants and their

influence on their academic success. This will shed light on how personality can affect their

performance in school and help them achieve their educational objectives.(Tus, 2019).

The other one factor is Good study habits. It can lead the students to greater achievement,

and there are environmental factors that can influence students academic performance.

(Masud et al., 2019) Academic performance is among various components of academic

success. Different elements influence academic performance such as student temperament

and motivation, socio-economic status, peer, and parental support.

(Gibson et al., 2015) Indicated that achieving academic excellence is a commonly employed

concept in educational research and evaluation at the higher education. According to them,

grades and GPA are the most commonly used for gauging academic achievement.

(Bright & Matilda, 2018) and (Siahi & Maiyo, 2015) noted similar findings indicating the

relationship between students' performance and study habits. Students who have positive

study routines have excellent academic performance, whereas those with negative study

habits typically struggle in their academic performance. (Nair & Kulkarni, 2020) also

aforementioned that students with better study habit have high learning achievement. Thus,

a correlation between study habits and academic performance is established. (Looyeh et al.,

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2017) Despite true correlation between study habits and academic performance, education

instructors and administrators can improve student's study skills with the application of

suitable and ethical educational content.

(Tus et al., 2020) The study is beneficial to students as they will be given overview on the role

and function of good study habits in improving their academic performance.(Tus et al., 2020)

Furthermore, the study will provide information and awareness to teachers and educators

about the need for establishing good study habits. (Tus et al., 2020) Through this, they can

create programs and activities that will increase the interest of students in learning and

motivate them in practicing good study routines.

2. How important do environmental factors affect student academic performance in the

General academic strand?

The environmental factors are so important because such factors have a

crucial role in shaping student academic performance. Every factor whether it is positive or

negative, can influence the academic performance of students. For example, the sleep that

students get, sleepness is a factor that affects students academic performance. According to

(short et al., 2011) Students need to go to bed before 10 p.m. so they will get some good

sleep. As a result, students will be active in school and can concentrate in their classes.

However, a student who does not have much sleep will be having a hard time focusing in

class. As a result, they will get poor grades that really affects their academic performance.

Other example that affects the student academic performance is self-esteem. Self-esteem is

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very important to the students, it associates as to how confident the students at school are.

Students perception of themselves varied greatly from each other, some students looked

down on themselves, while some students also think highly of themselves, how students

looked upon themselves greatly affects not only their academic performance but also their

confidence and well-being (Julian., 2023). These are the example of environmental factors

that affect the academic performance of students. We need to know how important are the

environmental factors that affect students because it might influence them. And we need to

know how important it is, so that students know how to handle it properly.

According to ( Hussain and Hussain., 2023) knowing such factors of the students is

important to raise their awareness regarding their environment matters, whether the

environmental factors of the students are positive or negative as it could greatly affect their

academic performance and their future.

3. What is the perception of the respondents towards environmental factors that influence

their academic performance?

Students perception on their environmental factors influencing their academic

performance varied. The students were not happy as observed due to the problems

involving internet services, as the internet have been prevalent to today's society due to how

helpful it is to the students, internet access is a great deal to the students as it is the medium

they are using when finding an information or knowledge they need relating to their studies,

if such factors are not to be addressed properly the students academic performance could

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be affected and as a result students could also fail the subject by getting a below passing

grade (Mapuranga et al., 2015).

POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS

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METHODOLOGY

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ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

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RESEARCH DESIGN

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INSTRUMENTS OF THE STUDY (MATERIALS)

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PARTICIPANTS OF THE STUDY

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TIMETABLE AND BUDGET

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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