STUDY HABITS OF GRADE V PUPILS OF VILLA TERESITA
ELEMENTARY SHOOL: ITS RELATION TO
THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Felisilda, Rose Gay M.
Jandayan, Jonil D.
Parba, Cleofe C.
BOHOL ISLAND STATE UNIVERSITY CANDIJAY CAMPUS
Cogtong, Candijay, Bohol
March 2012
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
INTRODUCTION
Students are facing with many issues in their lives, and because of the competing things for your attention, it’s hard to concentrate on studying. Studying can seem very boring when compared to any other exciting activity. You may even prefer doing non-sense things rather than to study your lessons. Too many people treat studying as the thing to do when you get around to it or have some spare time, too many people look at studying as necessary task, not an enjoyment or an opportunity to learn.( Grohol, 2006 )
Studying is important in our lives, especially to the lives of the students. Each student as unique individual has different abilities, approaches, ways of thinking, interests and ways of studying the lessons. These individual differences have significant influences on ones learning style and acquisition. Each student has different methods and ways of studying and these methods are sometimes helpful but some are not as effective as the others. (Oppapers, 2010)
One reason we often don’t start studying until last possible minute is that we have misjudged how long it will actually take as to absorb and understand the material we are studying. If you are a student attending classes, you have probably experienced many moments when it is hard to make yourself settle down and study even when an important exam is coming up. Most student put off studying until the very last minute. The night before the exam you’ll stay up all night cramming, getting little or no asleep at all. In the morning you’ll drag yourself out of bed and wake yourself lots of coffee and go