This study intends to answer the following questions: 1. What are the effects of studying in an institution away from home on the academic performance of Political Science students? 2. How do these AB Political Science students manage their studies? 3. What are some of the difficulties these students encounter in their studies?
Significance of the Study
As is always the case, knowledge is the basis for action and/or reaction. Hence, the study will not be without merit.
This study is an attempt to present first-hand information on the effects of studying away from home on the academic performance of the AB Political Science students, the difficulties that these students encounter in their studies and how they manage it. In addition to this, this study can give the researchers ample information about the effects of studying away from home and this information can serve as a resource material for future researchers who may wish to expand it. The study provides the respondents with the opportunity to voice out their perceptions when it comes to the management of their studies. Likewise, this study can serve as an instrument for the school to provide their students factual ideas about the hardships that these students experience and will impose remedy out of it.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
This study will focus on the effects of studying away from home on the academic performance of the AB Political Science students, the difficulties that these students encounter in their studies and how they manage it. The research study is to be conducted in one of the universities in the city of Zamboanga which is the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU). The respondents are limited to the Political Science students of WMSU who are studying away from home.
Operational Definition of Terms
Academic performance
Political Science
WMSU
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE