Study Habits

Introduction Education is essential for everyone. It is the level of education that helps people earn respect and recognition. (Essay Forum: The Importance of Education, June 23, 2012; kissingyou0912) Students grapple with many issues in their lives, and because of all the competing things for your attention, it is hard to concentrate on studying, yet if you are in school, you have to do at least a little studying in order to progress from year to year. The key to effective studying is not cramming or studying longer, but studying smarter. (John M. Grohol, Psy.D) Good study habits include many different skills: 1.) How you approach studying matters. Being in the mindset is important in order to study smarter, 2.) Where you study is important. Study in a conducive place so you can concentrate, 3.) Bring everything you need to study, 4.) Outline and rewrite notes. Write notes in your own words and structure to remember important items, 5.)Use memory devices like simple association of common words like ”Every Good Boy Deserves Fun” EGBDF- five notes for treble clef, 6.) Practice by yourself or with friends. Use flash cards, drawings, question and answer and the like, 7.) Make a schedule you can stick to avoid last-minute cramming, and it is much easier for you to understand your lessons, 8.)Take breaks. Reward yourself if you get high scores like buy a new bag, 9.) Keep healthy and balance. Eat well every time you study. Sleep on time, 10.) Know what the expectations are for the class.

Statement of the Problem This study generally aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the study habits of cream classes in the Notre Dame of Greater Manila High School Sector. As perceived by selected members of the HS NDGM community. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions: 1. How effective are the study habits of students in cream class of HS NDGM? a. Grade 8 b. Grade 9 c. Grade 10
2.. What are the implication of the findings to Damers?

Thesis Statement The effectiveness of the study habits of cream class would be a great help to the school faculty and students.

Significance of the study
To the high school students of the NDGM campus The study is designed to identify if the students of Notre Dame need to improve their study habits. The results and findings of the study can help the high school students of Notre Dame to keep the awareness about the performance in academics of the students. In addition, the result of the study can also help the high school students of Notre Dame to motivate themselves to study while using different study habits that may help them develop their ways in studying and can also give them good grades which every student wants to have. To the faculty members of the NDGM campus The results of this study may help the members of the faculty by evaluating the students’ study habits. After evaluating the study habits of the students the faculty members may create the lesson plan and include motivations for the students to help them improve the study habits as well as the teachers in teacher the students of the Notre Dame campus. To the Notre Dame campus Based on the results, the school will be able to know what study habits they should give to the students to improve the grades and the knowledge that every student may get from every lesson. This will also help the school campus in maintaining the good and competitive students that the school should be forming. Furthermore, the context of the study can also help the whole campus have students with good study habits and to lessen the students failing during exams, quizzes, long tests, project tests and etc. Scope and Limitations of the study The research deals with the effectiveness of study habits of the cream class in Notre Dame of Greater Manila High School Sector as perceived by selected students of the cream class sections in Notre Dame of Greater Manila High School Sector. The involved parties of this study are the cream classes in Notre Dame of Greater Manila High School Sector which may be classified into three: students of St. Anne (cream class of grade 8), students of St. Augustine (cream class of grade 9), and students of St. Eugene (cream class of Grade 10). The locale of the study is the Notre Dame of Greater Manila High School Sector. The time frame of this study is the SY 2013-2014; thus, the performances of the students during the previous school years are excluded in this study.
Definition of terms Used For more understanding of the study, the following are the operational terms that are defined:
High School Students refers to the students in secondary education ages 12-17 years old.
Cramming is the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of informational materials in a short amount of time.
Damers students that are studying in Notre Dame of Greater Manila.
Cream Class this is the other term used for first sections in Notre Dame of Greater Manila.

Foreign Literature Students grapple with many issues in their lives, and because of all of the competing things for your attention, it’s hard to concentrate on studying. And yet if you’re in school, you have to do at least a little studying in order to progress from year to year. The key to effective studying isn’t cramming or studying longer, but studying smarter. (John M. Grohol, Psy.D) Studying is a skill. Being successful in school requires a high level of study skills. Students must first learn these skills, practice it and develop effective study habits in order to be successful. Good study habits include many different skills: time management, self-discipline, concentration, memorization, organization, and effort. Desire to succeed is important, too. (Mayland Community College)

Knowing how you learn best is the first step in developing effective study habits. Every student approaches the task of learning differently. Every student has a unique and personal learning style or a preferred channel through which learning comes more easily. There are arrays of study skills, which may tackle the process of organizing and taking in new information, retaining information, or dealing with assessments. They include mnemonics, which aid the retention of lists of information, effective reading, and concentration techniques, as well as efficient note taking.

Local Literature Study skills are an early and important topic in reading; however, since the 1970s, they have received relatively little research attention. The authors systematically analyzed the research conducted on study skills from 1900 to the present. Several themes emerged including: (a) motivation and affect; (b) activities described; (c) met a cognition; (d) programs described; (e) assessments created; and (f) the use of study skills in electronic environments. The final theme has made an impact on how students study. The authors make the case that students must learn how to study in a different environment, specifically the electronic environment, to be competitive in today's world. Frank Pogue did a research project to determine why students fail. What he founds to be true in that study habits survey was that more than 30 years ago still rings true today--students fail because they do not know how to study .The best advice he can give is to develop sound study skills.

Academic performance of students has been the subject of intensive research over the past years. It has become an issue of standards and quality in education as judged from the performance of students in national licensure and board examinations. However, various reports have documented the poor examination performance of students. For example the report of the Professional Regulation Committee on performance of graduates in the different licensure and board examinations which has been declining in the last ten years. The overall passing rates are quite low (around 36% on the average). In the 2010 professional licensure examinations given by the Professional Regulation Committee, almost 70% of college graduates in the country failed and last year, only 125,419 of the 345,182 or 36.3% college and technical school graduates passed their respective professional eligibility examinations as per Professional Regulation Committee records. This statistics were based on the results of licensure examinations for 45 groups of professionals. Among the lowest number of passing rates were posted by: elementary teachers (15.4 %), secondary teachers (23.3 %), electronic engineers (23.5%), and registered electrical engineers (31.9 %). ( Philippine Education Sector Assessment Project).
Local Studies During the past few years, students who maintain good study habits are becoming fewer and fewer. Social activities became more important than staying at home and study. Students these days consider studying as hassle, even though they havebeen lectured on how education is important to us.