Learner'S Study Habits During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Learner'S Study Habits During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Learner'S Study Habits During The Covid-19 Pandemic
Roxas City
By
Kyla Delegencia
April 2021
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction
- Hypothesis 3
-Definition of Terms 7
- Local Studies 8
- Foreign Studies 13
-Research Design 22
Biographical Sketch
Jenny Vie Recto was born in January 27,2004 at Aglipay Street Roxas City. Her father is
Joseph A. Recto and her mother is Victoria V. Recto. She is the only child of Mr. and
Mrs. Recto.
In 2016 Jenny Vie graduated elementary at President Manuel Roxas Memorial School
South (P. M. R. M. S. South). She joined Junior High school in Colegio De La Purisima
She wants to learn more and grow. As she grows she wants to have the right school for
her that's why she continued to school in Colegio De La Purisima Concepcion. She is
taking Accountancy and Business Management which is mostly called as ABM strand in
Samantha Kim Udaundo was born on March 31, 2004, at Panay Capiz. Her parents are
Edward Udaundo and Sarah Boco. She's the third among her 5 siblings.
Samantha graduated elementary in Dita Elementary School in the year 2016 back in
Laguna. She spent her junior high school in Commissioner Luis R. Asis National High
took Accountancy and Business Management in her senior years. She also wants to
experience challenges so that she can grow and she's eager to step forward to learn.
Kyla F. Delegencia was born on February 12, 2004 in Dayhagan,Pilar, Capiz.She is the
third child and only daughter in her family. Her mother name is Gina Delegencia and her
She graduated her elementary level at Dayhagan,Pilar,Capiz,and she took up her Junior
Later on she enrolled in Colegio De La Purisima Concepcion and took up ABM strand in
Johanna Bianca Gloria, who likes to be called Bianca, was born on the 9th of September
in 2003, in Iloilo City. Her father is Jonathan Gloria, he is a seaman, and her mother’s
Bianca started her early years in Iloilo. She attended Colegio de las Ejas de Jesus in
kindergarten and used to dance ballet. Her family then moved to Roxas City in order to
be closer to their relatives. She went to St. John College with her cousin and enrolled in
Because she didn’t want to go back to Iloilo she chose to study here in Colegio de la
Purisima instead and took ABM as her wanted strand. After she finishes college she plans
on taking the CPA exam. She also would like to take up Law, pass the Bar exam and
The completion of this study could not have been possible without the participation of the
group members, Jenny Vie Recto, Samantha Kim Udaundo, Johanna Bianca Gloria, and
Kyla Delegencia. And the assistance of so many people whose names may not all be
listed. Their contributions are sincerely appreciated and acknowledged. However, the
group would like to express their indebtedness and gratitude particularly to the following:
Mr. Stephen Inocencio, Research Teacher for his guidance and constant supervision as
well as providing the group necessary information regarding the study. Above all, to the
Great Almighty, the author of knowledge and wisdom, for giving the group strength and
motivation enough to finish the study within the time frame. We thank you.
Chapter I
Introduction
Education is one of the most important things that a person must have. Without this, as
many say, we're nothing. "The purpose of education has always been to everyone, in
essence, the same—to give the young the things they need to develop in an orderly,
With this rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak, having 539k total cases as of now,
February 9, 2021, here in the Philippines and having 106M total cases worldwide, the
learning (e-learning). Studies have shown that learners are having difficulty in
understanding the lessons given by them. In our observation and through experience,
many students have developed tardiness when learning lessons throughout the whole
week or even months. However, most of the students also developed habits of studying to
Distance learning, also called distance education, e-learning, and online learning, a form
of education in which the main elements include physical separation of teachers and
students during instruction and the use of various technologies to facilitate student-
We came across a more technical explanation of the definition of habit from the
We can interpret from this definition that habit is a behavioural pattern that is repeated
regularly.
While the definition of study is to spend time learning about something (yourdictionary.com).
Most of the students are used to listening to lessons in a classroom with other students. They
often have group studies and as of today, the setup they are used to have changed. They have to
sit for like hours on the table with gadgets answering lessons and sometimes they just don't.
Because of this, researchers want to know what are the study habits of ABM learners in Colegio
De La Purísima Concepción.
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1. What are the positive and negative outcome if they will continue the habits that they
intend to do?
2. What are the changes routines of the learners before and after pandemic has occurred?
3. What are the ways that can help improve their routine in taking their task and activities
Hypothesis
1. ABM students of CPC have different kinds of habits when it comes to studying.
There are also a lot of positive outcome that they might build when they do their
habits, just like when their habits are studying in advance and answering their
activities advance or on time. There are also negative outcome that might occur when
they do their habits, just like procrastinating because the due of their submission is
next week or because the teachers accepts their submission even it is late.
2. Before the pandemic occurred students may have different kinds of habits that they
used to do before, but when the pandemic spreads over the world and changes the
normal way of living, students might have change their habit especially when it
comes in their studies. Their habits in studying may change according to the students
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3. There are many things that happened many people are affected with this pandemic
and the new normal. Students are also one of the main factors that have been affected.
In these case some of the students loses the determination in their studies, but there
are also many ways to bring their determination back and to help them improve their
habits in studying.
4. The learners’ studying habits have drastic changes upon adjusting in their shift to
online learning.
5. Adjusting from face-to-face classes to online learning will affect the academic
The study will mainly focus on understanding and describing the study habits of the
ABM learners in CPC during the pandemic. The researchers will determine the
differences between the participants’ studying habits before and during the pandemic and
their experiences on how to cope with the changes of the environment they are used to. In
this study, the researchers will also find the reason behind the habits of the ABM learners
Conceptual/Theoretical Framework
The effective study habit is contingent on keen intellectual competence, stable emotion
and relevant activities deliberately directed to construct knowledge and develop skills to
attain a goal. In a study by Cardelle-Elawar and Nevein (2003) study habit is considered
CPC ABM students - this study will help them to determine what kind of habits in their
studies they have and how can they maintain or improve those habits. It can guide them
to open their eyes and realize the things that might change their future and achieved their
goal.
Teachers- The result of the study will help them to give their students some support and
encourage them to study hard and help them with their struggles. It can help them
understand different kinds of students and what can of things are they capable of.
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Administrators - this study will benefit the administrators since they will be aware of the
study habits that ABM learners do and they will, later on, realize that they can make
Future researchers- this study will benefit future researchers since they can refer to this to
formulate their ideas regarding this study. This will benefit them also to understand more
Definition of Terms
Study Habits -the behaviors used when preparing for tests or learning academic material
Time Management -the ability to use one’s time effectively or productively, especially at
work.
Learning Skills -a term that describes the tasks involved in learning, including time
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Chapter II
Local Studies
Broadcast Journalism, if you want to be successful in studies then you must develop
positive study habits that require great discipline on your own. He enumerated habits that
are highly effective for a student. He mentioned taking initiative and knows how to set
goals that will keep you motivated and focused. He didn't forget to put regular breaks in
According to S. Bonito from the University of the Philippines, Open University, learning
Graham, Garton, and Gowdy (2001), learning style was reported to be important on how
students learn and teachers teach student-teacher interaction and students’ academic
improve the academic performance of students. The article from Paramount direct says
that learning in the new normal is a challenge for the teachers, students, and even parents.
This new way of learning brought by the COVID-19 pandemic can be an additional
challenge during this difficult time. It was listed in the article what students need to attain
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First, they need to set up a place where they can have peace with studying. It's a place
where there's no interruption at all. They need to familiarize themselves with technology
so that when accessing an online class they will have it easy. Last and the most important
is they need to establish a routine. Distance learning doesn't mean you can be
unproductive on your whole day. Having a routine will help you to track your day and it
allows students to accomplish day by day tasks which is also important on this pandemic.
Deadlines are all over the place and establishing routine can help you to create a smooth
In addition, the importance of establishing a routine is that it can help you to decline
stress, and leads you to better mental health. More time to relax and less anxiety. A lack
of healthy stress management techniques can put you at greater risk for your overall
health.
Since automatic assessments are used in many systems to give students immediate and
personalized feedback allowing them to serve exercises regardless of time and place.
However, this creates new challenges for students because they are required to
independently regulate their own learning. Because of the lack of direct guidance, it is
According to some research, there are students who developed bad habits when it comes
to studying. They enumerated some of the bad habits and first in the list is cramming.
According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, sleeping and waking up
without consistency are most likely to have lower grades. With cramming, you may end
up with both low grades and poor health. From the research study of Stanford University,
they revealed that multitasking can make you less productive than finishing one task at a
time. They also added not making an outline a bad habit since outline helps you to
organize and keep track of what you need to study, without this, there's a high probability
that you will miss crucial topics and will face a grade that you don't expect to get. Using
social media while studying, especially in our situation today, can sometimes be helpful
and sometimes are not. It's normal to see students hooked on their smartphones since we
are using technology for learning as of now. But it can be sometimes a distraction, some
may be browsing on different social media accounts because they might miss something
Maria Angelica Salcedo - Relucio from the department of education, stated from her
article "Factors Affecting the study Habits of grade eleven Students in One National High
school in Pangasinan Philippines" that because of the high numbers of Grade eleven
students that have reached below-average in academic performance, the school head
gathered all the teachers in SHS department and conducted a plan regarding of the
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Their study was centered to determine the factors that affects the study habits of the
Grade 11 SHS students. Most of the respondents are female and have a low monthly
family income. Majority of them never take down notes, instead they only read. Those
who have poor study habits have their own reasons and responsibilities to take care of
and the parents should the guidance and care of their children in order to show interest
According to Ebele & Olofu (2017), in their study entitled “Study Habit and Its Impact
Territory,” revealed that there is a significant relationship between the said variables.
This implied that students who developed good study are likely to have a better
academic.
One of the essential parts in the field of education is learning how-to-study. This holds,
most especially for the students no matter where they are or what programs they are
taking, whether they are enrolled in a top engineering school in the Philippines, or a
architecture university; their success will all depend on one thing – effort. (Mapua, 2016)
Study habits play a vital role in students of any age. Such study habits will determine
Attitudes towards Biology and Performance among Philippine Science High School
Students,” which determined the study habits and attitudes of 58 second-year students
from the Philippine High School Western Visayas towards biology and performance. The
study habits and attitudes of the students were explored further in terms of differences
and relationships. The results revealed that second-year PSHSWV students have
desirable study habits and favorable attitudes towards biology and showed good
in the study habits and attitudes towards biology and understanding. In this research, the
eight areas of study habits contributed to the prediction of the student’s performance in
biology.
Besides, as stated by the report of Kamai (2017), the Philippines has the slowest internet
connectivity in Asia. Which also affects the students' assessment results and could lead to
And as reported by Karalis (2020), what is worth studying after returning to normality,
are the implications that have arisen for the day after, that is, what adjustments need to be
made, the extent of the situation and to define the basic dimensions of education and
Foreign Studies
Altogether, the data they collected indicates that autonomous learning in this scenario has
Some education systems announced exceptional holidays to better prepare for this
distance-learning scenario.
There are however other important tasks in the learning process, such as assessment or
autonomous learning, that can still be challenging without the direct supervision of
teachers.
The objective of this article is to reduce the uncertainty in the assessment process in
While some countries suspended in-person classes from March/April of last year -until
further notice-, others were less restrictive, and universities were advised to reduce face-
To achieve this goal, the researchers analyse students’ learning strategies before and after
confinement.
The study presented in this article involved more than 450 students enrolled in 3 subjects
of different degrees from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) during three
academic years, including data obtained in the 2019/2020 academic year, when the
On one hand, students could be achieving higher scores than in previous years due to the
cheating in online exams or with changes in the format of the evaluation tools.
Various e-learning platforms enable interaction between teachers and students, and, in
some cases, national television shows or social media platforms are being used for
education.
Fortunately, there is a range of modern tools available to face the challenge of distance
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This lack of homogeneity is caused by such factors as the start and end dates of academic
Another article discussing study habits during the pandemic is “Online school has more
As discussed from the previous study, because of the confinement, students are not able
to attend their classes physically and a lot of classes are being held online.
Online school has been implemented all throughout the world for students to obtain their
This causes major negative impacts to the student’s education and grades.
The pandemic shut down schools around the beginning of March earlier this year, and
over 1.2 billion students world-wide are not physically attending school.
Most public schools are still using online learning to avoid students coming in-person to
school, but some, along with several private schools have gone back.
Online school’s negative implications can easily be fixed through students coming
physically to school.
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Additionally, by using online learning students are socially distanced from others that
could expose them to the coronavirus, so it has many health benefits for students and
Due to the lack of social interaction, online school can cause students and faculty to
Negative impacts of online learning are seen in the technicality of the actual use of it.
Like anything, online school has its pros and cons, but the problem is that the negatives
Technology is not always efficient and can cause major disruptions to classes.
Online allows students to be engaged in school while not having to physically attend it,
keeps students safe from coming in contact with COVID-19, and is cost effective.
Although online learning is helpful in keeping our community safe during COVID-19,
the difficulties that arise are much more prominent than the positives.
This version of learning allows students to participate in school through synchronous and
asynchronous lessons that teachers give through the school’s preferred method of
communication.
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et al. (2020) is also about how the outbreak of the Coronavirus negatively affected
Besides, many students do not have the necessary access to supportive technologies
which makes it harder to maximize the potentials of learning technology during school
closures.
As part of the global efforts to combat COVID-19, many countries across the world
of schools.
No doubts, unplanned school closures can cause severe problems for students, educators,
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Some of the countries that closed down schools due to COVID-19 include, Nigeria,
Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, China, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Japan, Iran,
USA, France, Spain, Italy, North and South Korea, Lebanon, Vietnam, Thailand,
Quentin (2014), states that school closing is very controversial, and it can have spillover
The US Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) also expressed concerns about
they cause touch people across communities, but their impact is particularly severe for
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However, against all odds, mathematical model and empirical analysis of reactive
closures of schools in past pandemics indicates that it reduces the total number of cases in
the community by 25 percent and postpones the peak of the pandemic by a week or two,
while proactive closures of school during pandemics remains one of the most beneficial
interventions that can be employed to mitigate the impact of epidemic disease (Erika and
Nicholas, 2020).
Though, technology can be used to remedy some of the fallouts from school closures, but
teachers.
The literatures enumerated above are related to the study the researchers are currently
conducting. These studies directly mention that the role of the pandemic and how it has
learning is limited to the assigned tasks from teachers only. Due to the attack of Covid-
19, students have to stay at home, adjust their study habits, and deal with technological
The relationship between student’s time on homework or studying at home and learning
results are still being debated. Factors that influence the time spent studying at home are
gender differences, motivation, academic interest, school anxiety, and parental pressure.
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regulation towards sustainable Learning trajectory, several studies have been taken to
during sudden school termination, in which the students are required to stay at home and
have to adjust their living and Learning habits. Due to pandemic student also have to face
potential mental issues and risks the educational systems worldwide have to face.
This is one of the first empirical studies investigating the effect of the sudden shift from
universities in Egypt. Comparison of grades was made between 376 business students
who completed a face-to-face course in spring 2019 and 372 students who completed the
same course but fully online via distance learning mode in spring 2020 during the
lockdown. T-test was conducted to compare grades of quizzes, course work, and final
exam for the two groups. Chi-square test was used to compare grade distribution for both
groups. The effect of gender, credit hours, age, and CGPA was assessed. The results
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The spread of the corona virus (COVID-19) forces face-to-face learning activities to turn
into virtual meetings in various online applications. This new learning system requires
students to adjust their learning habits and be different from what they receive in
conventional face-to-face classes. Study habits are at the core of a learner’s academic
success.
Arieta, Gementiza, and Saco (2017) highlighted that study habits play a significant role in
students’ life. The success or failure of each student depends on their study habits. The
study also says that study is an art and requires practice and effort. The success of each
Chapter 3
Methodology
This chapter presents the research design of the study, the population of the study, sampling
procedure and sample size, tools of data collection, finalization of the tool, data collection
procedure, methods of data analysis, and interpretation that is appropriate for the study.
The purpose of the study was to know how ABM learners of Colegio de la Purísima Concepción
study their online lessons and be able to determine different habits they have. The researchers
used quantitative research in this study. It used the survey as a method to gather data collection
technique used for questioning individuals who are related to the said topic.
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The study is conducted by the grade 12 Accountancy and Business Management (ABM) students
The respondents of the study are the 30 ABM students of Colegio de la Purísima Concepción.
is needed in almost all forms of data collection as in most research processes it is simply not
possible to gain data from every available source. The subject of the study is the 30 ABM
students of Colegio de la Purísima Concepción. Researchers used stratified sampling and there
will be 3O respondents from grade ABM students whereby they were grouped according to their
gender.
The tools that the researchers will use in order to collect data are the participants for the study,
The participants of the study will consist of 30 Grade ABM students of Colegio de la Purísima
Concepción. Proportional or stratified sampling was used in order to divide the participants into
smaller sub-groups.
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The survey and questionnaires that will be used for this study was made by the researchers.
The questionnaire form that will be prepared and given to the participants of this study will
consist of at least 30 questions and 5 scales of option –Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree,
Strongly Disagree- for them to select in order to make the survey easier for the participants to
answer.
management, note-taking, and test preparations. The questionnaire will be distributed to the 30
respondents.
The data that was extracted from the questionnaire were classified and organized. Students'
achievement having good or poor study habits during pandemic differ significantly and
developing study habits at home. Although it is the students who know and use good rules of
study, the teachers need to be well acquainted with the functioning of study rules so that they
may give guidance in study practices. Weak study habits of the students affect academic
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Improvements in the study habits of students are necessary so that they perform
well in their studies. This data described the effects of students' study habits in this time of the
pandemic.
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