Knowing the variables that affects the impact of behavior on attainment of students in secondary schools
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Proposal
Introduction
This research discusses and identifies the impact of
behavior on attainment of students in secondary schools. Basically, the
research will analyze and investigate the different variables that affect the
learning capabilities including the behavior of students. This shall include a
discussion on the positive and negative variables related to the academic
performance with respect to the emotional, physical, intellectual behaviors
among students. An analysis of performance of secondary students in relation to
behavior and school performance and attainment was also conducted.
Particularly, the research will focus on examining the impact of behavior on
attainment of students in secondary schools.
Aims and Objectives
The primary aim of
this study is to examine the impact of behavior on
attainment of students in secondary schools and establish which of the potential
teaching benefits could be achieved by the selected education sector. Additionally, it also considers what
cultural, economical, and social changes will be required to have an effective
teaching strategy. The emotional, physical, and intellectual status of the
students is also considered.
In addition to the
objectives of the study, this study also aims to describe the variables that
affects the learning capabilities of the students; to identify the status of
educational system in the chosen setting i.e. secondary students; to identify
the areas that might be impacted by, or affect the success of education; and to
investigate the education changes that would increase the educational level.
Statement of the Problem
Generally, the study
focuses on knowing the variables that affects the impact
of behavior on attainment of students in secondary schools. Specifically, the study sought
to answer the following queries:
- What is the profile of the academic
grades of secondary students?
- What are the levels of their Anxieties?
- What factors or behavior affect the
students’ academic attainment?
- Is there any significant relationship
between the students’ behavior and academic performances?
Hypothesis
This paper will work on the
following null hypothesis:
- There
is no significant correlation
between the status of behavior among students and their academic
performance.
- Students’
behavior has no significant effect
to the academic performance of the students.
Significance of the Study
The study will be
significant in educational institution in a sense that it will broaden their
knowledge about learning difficulties of secondary with respect to their
behavior and will help them understand the other factors affecting the
student’s performance. Furthermore, it will contribute to education research.
This can be used as a future reference for future research that will focus on
other factors affecting the academic performance of the students and education.
In addition, this study might become of great use to educators since it
attempts to determine the relationship of behavior to the performance of secondary
students. Research materials are useful in persuading people to adopt something
new like determining the impact of behavior on
attainment of students in secondary schools.
Scope of the Study
This study will only
cover the impact of behavior on attainment of students
in secondary schools.
As there are numerous issues surrounding the school organization, this research
will primarily examine the impact of behavior to the attainment of the
students. The outcome of this study will be limited only to the data gathered
from books and journals and from the primary data gathered from the result of
the questionnaire survey and interview that will be conducted by the
researcher. As the research was completed in a
relatively short period of time other factors and variables are not considered.
This might have an impact on the results of the study.
Research
Design
This study used a descriptive design which focused on the present
condition. In descriptive-survey design, the purpose is to find a new truth in
the study (Cohen, Manion, & Morrison, 2000). The truth may have different
forms such as increased quantity of knowledge, a new generalization, an
increased insight into factors which are operating, the discovery of new
relationship, a more accurate formulation of the problem to be solved and many
others.
Particularly, descriptive-survey design was used in this study. This
approach is appropriate whenever the objects of any class vary among themselves
and one is interested in knowing the extent to which different conditions
obtain among these objects.
In descriptive-surveys, it is important the psychological and
sociological aspects of research by way of application or implementation of
evidence to recognize between facts and influence (Cohen, Manion, &
Morrison, 2000). The data from a descriptive-survey design when used as basis
for interferences that may aid in solving practical problems is of value to the
researcher rather than the principles and laws applied in conducting an
experiment in the laboratory.
This design involves selected secondary students which determined
the nature and scope of education principles and theory. The descriptive method
includes empirical observation through the used of survey-questionnaire on the
current conditions about a group of persons. This method was utilized to
determine the functional relationship significant impact of behavior on
attainment of students in secondary schools.
Reference:
Cohen,
L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2000). Research
Methods in Education (5th ed.). London: Routledge Falmer. Retrieved
September 19, 2010, from Questia database:
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103778307
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