A Research Paper Presented to the College of Arts Department
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the
Course English
Presented To
Sir. Joel E. Payapa, Ed.D
Presented By
Cercado, Joshua Kim T.
Daniel, John Daniel M.
De Guzman, John Odilon T.
March 15, 2013
Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction
The extent of student’s learning in academics may be determined by the grades a student earns for a period of learning has been done. It is believed that a grade is a primary indicator of such learning. If a learner earns high grades it is concluded that they may also have learned a lot while low grades indicate lesser learning. However, many experiences and studies found out that there are also several factors that would account for the grades. No single factor can be definitely pointed out as predicting grades. It has been an inter play of so many factors – gender, IQ, study habits, age, year level, parent’s educational attainment, social status, number of siblings, birth order, etc. In fact, almost all of existing environmental and personal factors are a variable of academic performance. However, at this point in time, there searchers would like to investigate the possible relationship of study habits and the factors affecting it to the academic achievement of under graduate education student of Technological Institute of the Philippines. The investigation of on this area thus becomes a real and compelling motivation for the researchers to conduct this study.
Background
Marine Education in the Philippines The Philippine education system, according to the report of of () (2001), is classified under nine clusters of disciplines for both undergraduate and graduate degrees and diploma. These nine clusters of discipline are Agriculture Education, Business and Management Education, Engineering and Architecture, Health
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