COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY EAT BREAKFAST AND THOSE WHO SKIP BREAKFAST AMONG SELECTED PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL II S.Y.2014-2015

A Research Paper
Presented to
Engr. Elda C. Aranilla
Sacred Heart College
Lucena, City

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject
Advanced Statistics in Education
(EDUC 201-1)

MAY B. ANARETA
HAYDEE D. BELGICA
DENISE LIAN M. DEVELUZ
IRENE A. GAPASANGRA

MARY GRACE M. MADRILEJOS

KRISETTE JOY V. SARDEA

CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Introduction
This study is about probing the importance of eating breakfast. Pupils should take breakfast every morning. As defined by Webster’s New World Dictionary (2008), breakfast is the first meal of the day; the term implies to break the fast. Break the fast means to eat and break the skipping of breakfast. Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day because it replenishes your body’s energy levels in the morning. (Amanda Wayne, BBC News). Maslow’s cited on his hierarchy of needs that it is the most basic level of need that is required to humans to satisfy physiological need is the food specifically the eating of breakfast (Encarta, 2009). Comparing two variables are done to know which one is the more favorable. The goal of this study is to determine the significant difference between students who take their breakfast regularly and of those who skip based on their academic performance, primarily their general average. According to Bayagas (2010), A good breakfast can furnish energy protein, vitamins and minerals enough for the body’s needs; help make one alert, efficient resistant to fatigue; stabilize blood level so there is less desire to overeat later in the day and increase sense of well being.
Likewise, breakfast is important because it provides all the nutrients they