STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA CHAPTER 1 The problem and its background
1.1 INTRODUCTION Many things and consequences in our daily works are often needed to do with small or even large amount of efforts. Not only for adult persons who took responsibilities for their family, but also for the youths like students. Despite of having multiple of works and activities to do, students often shows an incredible struggle towards self-regulatory failure that is not entirely understood. Students frequently misunderstood why they always came up to lay their hands down when it comes to bunch of homework and projects to do. Some will say that, it is only a usual negative reaction to a various activities that they need to finish. This is known to be lazy at the first place and cramming on every possible way, then they will rush to finish their obligation at the end, like „beating the red light‟. The question is, what is the perception of the student when it comes to procrastination or cramming, and how long it will affect the student? According to Chrisoula Andereuo (2016) genuine procrastination that exists and supported by preference loops, it is can be either stable or evanescent. As stated by Andereuo, it seems procrastinating is a choice if students stick to this act of mind set or not.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 1,2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The purpose of this research was to know and understand the perception of STI senior high students towards procrastination or cramming. The researchers seek to answer the following questions: 1. What is the socio-demographic profile of the respondents when grouped according to: 1.1 Age 1.2 Gender 1.3 Academic Strand 2. How often do STI senior high school students procrastinate? 3. What are the causes why STI senior high students procrastinate? 4. What could be the good and bad effects of procrastinating towards STI senior high students?
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The primary goal of this research was to determine the perspective of STI senior high students towards procrastination or cramming. Mainly, it has the following objectives: 1. To know the perception of selected STI-SR senior high students towards procrastination or cramming. 2. To determine the reasons why STI senior high students procrastinate.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 3. To know the effects of procrastination towards the STI senior high students.
1.4 ASSUMPTIONS OF THE STUDY The following are the assumed results based on the objectives of this research: 1. There is no significant relationship between the socio-demographic profile of the respondents and their perception towards procrastinating 2. Procrastinating is done in an often or sometimes manner. 3. Students procrastinate due to laziness and lack of willpower 4. Lack of time to prepare for the incoming works and higher risk of failure. 5. Although it is a stress-relieving act, the effects of procrastinating are still negative due the fact that it slows down your productivity.
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The study could provide information regarding the perception of senior high students in STI Santa Rosa towards procrastination or cramming. The study could be considered significant to the following: School: This will help the school to get a better view of the insights of their students toward the act of procrastinating and to gain additional understanding about their students‟ situation, not only in terms of time
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA management but also in the psychological aspect. This study could build a better connection between the school and its students. Senior High school and College students: This will help them have a better understanding of what the situation is when it comes to handling priorities and tasks. They can use this as a tool to assess themselves, and help others like them, after reading this paper. Future Researchers:
This will help them discover new knowledge
regarding the bird‟s-eye view of the topic which is commonly unknown for many. This is also an opportunity to dig deeper and know more about procrastination that sounds usual to the masses but definitely a complex one. This will also help them sharpen their understanding regarding this phenomenon. This study will also serve as a mirror for future researchers because there are possibilities that they will see themselves on the respondents‟ point of view. They will definitely gain something new in this study.
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS The study was conducted at STI College - Santa Rosa located at Garnet Rd., Balibago Commercial Complex, Santa Rosa, Laguna. The target respondents are part of the Senior high school department. The researchers carefully selected 4 students, two males and two females, to have a more balanced result according to gender. The respondents are enrolled on the following strands available at STI-
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA SR: GAS: General Academic Strand, STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, ABM: Accountancy, Business & Management, ICT: Information & Communication Technology, CA: Culinary Arts, and TO: Tourism Operations. The age range of the student respondents are 15-20 years old, regardless of religious, financial and educational background. The study will only discuss the perception and opinion of the selected senior high students enrolled in STI College Santa Rosa. It will not include the perception of the college department, faculty, or even the school administration and its staff. The study will only focus on the subject which is procrastination, specifically “Academic Procrastination”, among the students of STI College – Sta. Rosa.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 1.7 RESEARCH PARADIGM INPUT
PROCESS
The sociodemographic profile of respondents:
Through survey questionnaires
Age Gender Strand
OUTPUT
The perception of STI-SR senior high students towards procrastination or cramming
RESEARCH PARADIGM Fig 1.1 Research Paradigm on the perception of STI Santa Rosa senior high students towards procrastinating.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS Aversiveness means avoiding or causing avoidance. Beating the red light is the act of pushing the limitations, sometimes leads to unwanted consequences. Cliché is something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA Cognitive means conscious intellectual activity. Conceptual means related to or based on existing concepts. Conscientiousness means being governed by or conforming to the dictates of the conscience. Correlational means relation existing between phenomena or things or between mathematical or statistical variables which tend to vary, be associated, or occur together in a way not expected on the basis of chance alone. Cramming is the act of stacking up of works; rushing to complete an assigned task for the last minute. Empirical is relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory. Evanescent means vanishing or fading away. Facets mean any of the definable aspects that make up a subject. Meta-analysis is the quantitative statistical analysis of several separate but similar experiments or studies in order to test the pooled data for statistical significance. Mind-set is the way where your mind focuses on a certain subject or goal to be achieved.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA Neuroticm is the behaviour of neurosis, a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality. Obligation is a duty that needs to be done. Perception is the viewpoint of someone, either by sight or by opinion. Perpetuator is a person who reasons himself that will cause long-continuing process. Predisposed means being susceptible. Preference loops explains our daily, or moment-to-moment choices, to delay as the procrastinators dilemma. Prevalence means being widely accepted, practiced or favoured. Procrastination is the act of delaying of assigned works for a given period of time intentionally. Sidetracker is a person whose position or condition has a secondary option of importance to which one may be diverted. Stable means steady or firm. Theoretical means confined to theory or speculation often in contrast to practical applications.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA CHAPTER 2 Review of related literature
2.1 FOREIGN LITERATURE According to Dr. Piers Steel, procrastination is one of the self-regulatory failures that can‟t be explained until now; it is also a current and destructive behaviour in this era. So, Steel reviewed the relevant conceptual, theoretical and empirical works resulting in correlational, experimental and qualitative findings. Based on 691 correlations, a meta-analysis of procrastination‟s possible causes and effects shows that neuroticism, rebelliousness, and sensation seeking show only a weak connection. Steel also said that the following are the strong and consistent signs of procrastination: task aversiveness, task delay, self-efficacy, and impulsiveness, as well as conscientiousness and its facets of self-control, distractibility, organization, and achievement motivation. “Continued research into procrastination should not be delayed, especially because its prevalence appears to be growing.” (Steel, 2007) Milana Knezevic said that procrastination is a student‟s worst enemy; it is a disease that eats away the students‟ productivity. An American study estimates that 70% of students showed the signs of this behaviour. “Students are biologically and socially predisposed to put off until tomorrow what we should do today.”, “Aside from the cliché that students are more impulsive, in your early
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 20s you're still developing your pre-frontal cortex, home of the will power.” (Steel, 2016) (Knezevic, 2016) A blog site named 20pixels posted about different kinds of procrastinators, refer to the illustration below:
Fig 2.1 A Field Guide to Procrastinators (n.d) Retrieved on January 1, 2017, from, 20px.com/blog/2013/09/06/a-field-guide-to-procrastinaton
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 2.2 LOCAL LITERATURE Grace Shangkuan Koo, a columnist in the Inquirer newspaper, blogged something about procrastination entitled as “Why do people procrastinate?” According to Koo, procrastinating has to do with „estimation‟. Almost everyone procrastinates and there are some more than others. She also said that people procrastinate or doing things off when they overestimated the time they have or underestimated how long it takes to accomplish a task. Also, people may overestimate their abilities and motivation, expecting that things will go smoothly without a flaw. She also mentioned that people uses all sorts of excuses to justify their procrastination: It‟s either they do not know how to complete or they really don‟t know what needs to be done. Sometimes, they will say that they are not in the mood or they forget. To blame others or waiting for the right moment or for inspiration is also one of the excuses. Another thing that Koo expressed in the blog is that people may also think that they can do better under pressure, waiting until the last minute, believing they can finish on time and do other tasks. She mentioned that there is a research who said that there are active and passive procrastinators: The active ones are those who works under pressure and finishes the tasks on time while on the other hand, the passive procrastinators are those who continue to wait and delay and never get to accomplish their work. Perfectionism could also be the cause of procrastination. “Unhealthy or neurotic
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA perfectionists” aims at unrealistic high standards and is afraid to fail. They are also paralyzed to even initiate a work. (Koo, 2013) Another blog in the internet with a title of “Saka na, bukas na: Pinoy procrastination” asks if we, the Filipinos, ever wondered how the timeless virtue „Filipino time‟ originated? Do we know why did the grasshopper starved to death in the story of “The ant and the grasshopper”? Do we also know why the hare lost the race against the turtle? Based on this blog, it is because of the act of procrastination. The Filipino way of saying it is “saka na lang” which is clearly the mañana habit we inherited from our conqueror centuries ago. If we will look into reality, procrastinating is a thief of time. Time is the only thing in this world that all of us can lose and never regain. By procrastinating, an individual is at risk of wasting and killing the time. Unfortunately, when the individual realizes this fact, he has already run out of time. He/she might try not to give up by saying the famous line “bahala na” and hoping that there would be a “later”. The conflict is that „later‟ usually ends up with a “never.” (2013) Carla M. Mandap from Bulacan State University wrote an online journal where she states that academic procrastination can be considered as behavioural, affective and cognitive phenomenon which draws out from an individual‟s fear of failure or task aversiveness (Solomon & Rothblum, 1984). The fear of failure is related to low self-confidence where individuals delay tasks because of the fear or belief that they will not accomplish it. Students with high confidence can
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA somehow respond positively to the academic challenges despite the difficulty of work. (Mandap, 2016)
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA CHAPTER 3 Methodology and Procedure
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN This chapter of the study shows the research methods and designs, research instruments used, and respondents who participated for the said study subject. Descriptive research is the method used for this study. Collection of data about the state of the subject of the study was involved. The researchers used the descriptive survey type of research in assessing, analysing and evaluating the perception of STI Santa Rosa senior high students. This method helped to determine the state of the act of procrastinating in the students of the said school. This method and structure deal with the different variations of perception of the respondents for this study. It is also related on events that happened and still happening until now supported by studies that were done before.
3.2 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS The research instrument used to conduct this study is survey questionnaires. The questionnaire is composed of two (2) parts: First, is where the researchers obtained the profile of the selected respondents where they are
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA grouped according to age, gender, and their academic strand. The second part was the set of questions that is required to be answered by the respondents to collect the data needed by the researchers for this study. 3.3 RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY The respondents of this study were selected based on the following criteria: the respondents should be senior high students of STI-SR from the 6 different strands (General Academic Strand, STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, ABM: Accountancy, Business & Management, ICT: Information & Communication Technology, CA: Culinary Arts, and TO: Tourism Operations) with 4 respondents each from each strand, two (2) males and two (2) females currently enrolled this school year 2016-2017.
3.4 DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE The researchers collected data through research of other literature about the topic of the study and through survey. The researchers included blogs, articles, and any other material related to the study. The set of questionnaires were validated by the thesis instructor. After the questionnaire was validated, it was pre-tested to the 20 students of GAS112-1B of STI College of Santa Rosa then was later administered to the target respondents.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 3.5 VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENTS The researchers have formulated a questionnaire that would answer their problem statement. The survey forms were validated by the Practical Research 1 Adviser/Instructor Ms. Ma. Elnora Angelica A. Magsino. After the validation, it was pre- tested to GAS112-1B students of STI College of Santa Rosa, not belonging to the target respondents of the research study which were the students from GAS, STEM, CA, TO, ABM and WEB of the same said school. The pretest was done to check if the questionnaire was easy to understand and was able to execute the right answer that would help the researchers answer the problem statement. And since there were no revisions required, the survey forms were administered to the respondents.
3.6 STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA The statistical tool used for the research was the Percentage Distribution Formula. With the equation:
3.7 DATA ANALYSIS Likert‟s scale was developed by Rensis Likert during 1946 to 1970 to measure psychological attitudes in a considerably scientific way. Likert produced
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA a scale that would measure the attitude of people in the manner of measuring temperature. The five- point Likert scale numbered one to five or labeled strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree was usually administered in a questionnaire form and another scale which was also ranked from five to one or labeled 5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE, 4 = DISAGREE, 3 = UNDECIDED, 2 = AGREE, 1 = STRONGLY DISAGREE. Each label is the equivalent of a person‟s reaction to each statement given. The data gathered from the respondents were analysed according to the respondent‟s answers to the questionnaire forms distributed using the scale of measurement according to their personal response on a statement given. Below is the equivalent of the scale numbers to the response categories as they express the degree of their personal agreement or disagreement in each statement. The five categories represent a level of measurement in an order: 1 = strongly disagree 2 = disagree 3 = neutral/ undecided 4 = agree 5 = strongly agree
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA CHAPTER 4 Presentation, Analysis & Interpretation of Data
This chapter presented findings based on the gathered data. The concern of this study was to determine the perception of selected senior high students of STI College Santa Rosa. This data shows their perception on how they define procrastination. The contents of this chapter were organized to the statement of the problem of this study.
Figure 1.1 to Figure 1.3 shows the percentage distribution of the profile of the respondents according to age, gender, and academic strand they are enrolled.
I.
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
A. Age Distribution The respondents‟ ages ranged from Fifteen (15) to Twenty (20) years of age. Most of the respondents were 17 years old (45.83%). (refer to figure 1.1)
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Age 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%
46%
33%
13% 4%
4% 0%
15 yrs old
16 yrs old
17 yrs old
18 yrs old
19 yrs old
20 yrs old
Fig. 1.1 B. Gender Distribution The researchers selected an equal number of respondents from the two basic genders. The selected 24 respondents are consisting of 12 males and 12 females (1:1 ratio) to obtain a reliable perception of the respondents based on their gender.
Gender
60% 50%
50%
Male
Female
50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
Fig. 1.2
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA C. Academic Strand Distribution The selected 24 respondents were picked from the 6 different academic strands (GAS, STEM, ABM, WEB, CA, and TO), available at STI Colleges of Santa Rosa, four (4) respondents were taken from each strand.
Academic Strand 18% 17%
17%
17%
17%
17%
17%
GAS
STEM
ABM
WEB
CA
TO
16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0%
Fig. 1.3
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA II.
PERCEPTION TOWARDS PROCRASTINATION
The respondents were asked what was their perception or impression about procrastination. The results were as follows: (refer to Fig. 2.1)
Perception About Procrastination 35% 29%
30%
25%
25%
25%
21%
20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 0% HABITUAL
STRESS RELIEVER NEGATIVE HABIT
A NATURAL MINDSET
OTHERS
Fig. 2.1 Based on Figure 2.1, among the 24 senior high school respondents from STI Colleges of Santa Rosa, there are Twenty-nine percent (29%) said that procrastination is a habitual behaviour. There are Twenty-five percent (25% each perception) of respondents who said that procrastination is a stress reliever and it is also a negative habit, in a total of Fifty percent (50%). While the rest Twentyone percent (21%) said that procrastination is already a part of humans‟ way of thinking.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA III.
FREQUENCY OF PROCRASTINATION
The respondents were asked on how often they do the act of procrastination. The results are seen below: (refer to Fig. 3.1)
Frequency of Procrastination 40%
38%
35% 29%
30%
25% 25% 20% 15% 10%
8%
5% 0% 0% ALWAYS
OFTEN
SELDOM
SOMETIMES
NEVER
Fig. 3.1 As seen on Fig. 3.1, Thirty-eight percent (38%) of the general population of the respondents said that they only procrastinate sometimes while there is also a Twenty-nine percent (29%) of respondents said that they often procrastinate. One-fourth of the percentage of the total respondents (25%) declared that they do the act of procrastination in a seldom manner. Only Eight percent (8%) admitted that they always procrastinate and no one proclaimed that they never did the act of procrastination.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA IV.
CAUSES OF PROCRASTINATION
The respondents were asked on what do they think are the causes why people procrastinate. The results would be as follows: (refer to Fig. 4.1 to 4.5)
Legend: 5 – Strongly Disagree 4- Disagree 3 –Undecided/Neutral 2 – Agree 1 – Strongly Disagree
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Laziness 45%
42%
40% 35% 30% 25% 21% 20%
17%
15%
13% 8%
10% 5% 0%
Fig. 4.1 Based on the chart (Fig. 4.1), Forty-two percent (42%) almost half of the respondents population agreed that laziness is the cause of procrastination; there are Twenty-one percent (21%) that strongly agreed, Seventeen percent (17%) said that they are undecided. Some of the respondents, Thirteen percent (13%) disagreed and only Eight percent (8%) strongly agreed that this is the cause.
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Lack of Motivation 45%
42%
40% 35% 30% 25% 21% 20%
17%
15%
13% 8%
10% 5% 0%
Fig. 4.2 On this chart, Forty-two percent (42%) of the respondents strongly agreed that the cause why they procrastinate is the lack of motivation to act. Half of the percentage of the latter, Twenty-one percent (21%) disagreed that this could be the cause. Seventeen percent (17%) chose undecided or neutral while Thirteen percent (13%) said that they agree in it and only Eight percent (8%) of the respondents strongly disagreed.
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Not Interested on the Given Task 33%
35%
33%
30% 25% 20%
17%
15%
13%
10% 5%
4%
0%
Fig. 4.3 If being not interested on the given task is the cause of procrastination, Thirty-three percent (33%) of the respondents population are undecided about it and another Thirty-three percent (33%) disagreed that this could be the cause, a total of Sixty-six percent (66%) covering over half of the general respondents population. There are Seventeen percent (17%) of respondents agreed, about Thirteen percent (13%) strongly disagreed and only Four percent (4%) strongly agreed for this choice.
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Fear to Fail 60%
54%
50% 40% 30% 17%
20% 13%
13%
10%
4%
0%
Fig. 4.4 Based on Fig. 4.4, Fifty-four percent (54%) over half of the total respondents strongly disagreed that fearing to fail is the cause to procrastinate. Only Seventeen percent (17%) chose neutral or undecided while Thirteen percent (13%) said that they strongly agreed and another Thirteen percent (13%) agreed that this could be a cause, a total of Twenty-six percent (26%). Four percent (4%) of the respondents disagreed.
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Prioritizing Less Important Things 35% 29%
30% 25% 21%
21%
20% 17% 15%
13%
10% 5% 0%
Fig. 4.5 In this chart, it shows a way of equilibrium in the choices of the respondents. Twenty-nine percent (29%) of the respondents disagreed that prioritizing less important things are the cause of procrastination. Twenty one percent (21%) of the respondents strongly agreed and also Twenty-one percent (21%) strongly disagreed towards the choice. Seventeen percent (17%) stated that they agree in this choice and Thirteen percent (13%) are neutral or undecided.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA V.
EFFECTS OF PROCRASTINATION
The respondents were asked if what are the effects of procrastination for them. The following are the results:
Effects Of Procrastination 50%
46%
45%
42%
40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 8%
10%
4%
5% 0% STRESSED
REGRETS
CHAIN OF FAILURE
IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME MINDSET
Fig. 5.1 The chart represents the effects of procrastination based on the respondents‟ experiences. Most of them, Forty-six percent (46%), stated that they are more likely to be stressed which is common, based on the reality. While Forty-two percent (42%) of the respondents said that they feel regrets for doing procrastination. To have chains of failure after committing procrastination was picked by Eight percent (8%) of the respondents as their answers. The least choice that they picked is that it would be a long time mind set; Four percent (4%) of the respondents chose it.
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA CHAPTER 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter gives the summary of the findings, conclusions, and the recommendations of the study regarding the perception of selected senior high students of STI Colleges of Santa Rosa on the issue about procrastination or cramming. The descriptive method of research was employed in this study to gather information relevant to the study. Questionnaires were the main tool used to solicit responses from the respondents which were analysed using statistical measure such as percentage distribution method. The specific questions raised in the study are the following: 1. What is the socio-demographic profile of the respondents when grouped according to: a. Age b. Gender c. Academic Strand 2. What is their perception towards procrastination? a. Habitual
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA b. Stress reliever c. Negative Habit d. A natural mind set 3. How often do STI senior high students procrastinate? a. Always b. Often c. Seldom d. Sometimes e. Never 4. What do they think are the causes why they procrastinate? a. Laziness b. Lack of Motivation c. Not interested on the given task d. Fear to fail e. Prioritizing less important things 5. What do they think are the effects of procrastination for the procrastinator? a. Stressed b. Regrets c. Chain of failures d. It would be a long time mind set
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA 5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: A careful and thorough analysis of the data gathered revealed these findings: The respondents‟ ages ranged from 15-20 years. Most of them, 11 respondents were 17 yrs. old (46%), followed by 16 yrs. old composing of 8 respondents (33%), then there are three (3) 18 yrs. old respondents (13%), and lastly were 15 and 20 yrs. old, 1 respondent each (4% each). The population of male and female respondents are equal, 12 respondents each (50% each), a total of 24 respondents (100%). The respondents are all Grade 11 senior high students of STI Colleges of Santa Rosa. They came from the 6 academic strands available at the said school, 4 respondents from each strand, equivalent to Seventeen percent (17%) each. There were 29% of the respondents sees procrastination as a habitual behaviour. 38% admitted that they only procrastinate sometimes. 42% of the respondents strongly agreed that lack of motivation is the main reason why people procrastinate; 42% agreed that laziness is the main factor. Then, 33% of the respondents were undecided if being not interested on the given task is a cause to procrastinate. But then there were 29% of the respondents disagreed that prioritizing the less important things is a reason to procrastinate. Lastly, 54% of the respondents‟ population didn‟t really agree that the fear to fail is a reason why people procrastinate or cram. For the last summary, 46% of the respondents
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA answered that being stressed is the greatest effect if procrastinating was committed.
5.2 CONCLUSION: Based on the result of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: Most of the respondents‟ ages were 17; this is because Grade 11 senior high school is the normal and usual grade level of students who has this year of age. The rest of the respondents who has the age that is less than and greater than 17 were assumed that they entered schooling too early or too late, or possibly took an advancement examination. The population of gender of the respondents were just equal, 50% each. The researchers took an equal number of the two (2) genders in order to obtain results that wouldn‟t be biased about the perception of males and females. In this research, it is proved that gender doesn‟t affect the way they perceives procrastination. The respondents were selected from the 6 academic strands that are available at STI-SR, this is because the researchers wanted to examine if there would be different perceptions towards procrastination from the different strands. But based from the research, the respondents from each of the different strands has no significant difference of perception towards
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA procrastination, therefore, academic strand that they are enrolled in doesn‟t affect their perception towards procrastinating. The
general
population
of
the
respondents
perceives
procrastination as a habitual behaviour of humans. Procrastination for them is just a normal part of everydays‟ routine, that in every kind of work or tasks, it is inevitable for an individual to stop what is he doing and do some leisure things to make his mood positive and to avoid boredom. Based on the findings, the frequency that the respondents would procrastinate is in the level of “sometimes”, this is because they already have the sense of responsibility which means that they already know in theirselves that they couldn‟t let important things to be just ignored and being easy-go-lucky must not be tolerated. The respondents admitted that lacking of motivation is their cause to procrastinate. If someone has nothing to push him or to give him the will to do a task, then the possibility to do it as soon as possible will turn into doing it as late as possible. Based on this research, an individual must have the willpower to accomplish and finish a task. The research brought up the result on what is the effect of procrastination for the respondents, and the result was stress is the greatest effect of procrastination. It is the usual tragedy if they let their tasks to be piled up until the deadline came near. It is also the negative side of
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STI COLLEGES – SANTA ROSA pressure, because pressure is the factor that makes someone to do something to resolve the thing that needs to be resolved and that stress is the result if the pressure builds up to the point that an individual couldn‟t breakthrough anymore to resolved the tasks assigned upon him.
5.3 RECOMMENDATION: After careful analysis of the findings and conclusions of this study, the researchers have drawn the following recommendations: 1. The next researchers for procrastination‟s causes and effects are encourage to determine the other aspects of procrastination that details the other effects of it to one person‟s behaviour. 2. Students that are willing to make this research to be revised should clear the explanation about if there are any positive effects on doing procrastination although it is a negative self-regulatory. 3. Future researchers should also study if childhood has a relation to the act of procrastination when they grow up. 4. Since this research is about on academic procrastination, the future researcher must study the aspect of occupational procrastination and what is the relevance between the two. They must also expect that there would be significant differences between the two.
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