An overview of my next study. It's a small scale study. I welcome comments la.
Research Title
Factors Militating Against Students Academic Performance
in Samtse Higher Secondary School
Background:
Recently the academic
performance of students of Samtse Higher Secondary School has come under the spotlight for a number of
reasons. It has been found that students’ academic performance in both
home-exams and board-exams has gone down drastically. The Bhutan Council for
Assessment and Examinations’ (BCSEA) pupil performance report, 2012 has ranked
the school in the bottom ten. Also teachers in the school speculate that the
students’ academic performance has declined. This situation signifies the
importance of identifying the factors militating against students’ academic
achievement in the school.
Objectives
To explore the factors militating against students’
academic performance in Samtse Higher Secondary School
Research Questions:
What are the factors
militating against students’ academic performance in Samtse Higher Secondary
School.Subquestions
(i) Do demographic variables hinder academic performance of students of Samtse Higher Secondary School?
(ii) Is there a significant difference between the learning and study strategy of high achievers and low achievers?
(iii) Is there a significant difference in the locus of control (LOC) of high achiever students and low achiever students?
(iv) What according to teachers are the factors attributing to the decreasing academic performance in the school?
Variables
Independent variable: 1. Demographic variables
2. Learning and study strategy
3. Locus of control
Dependent Variable: Academic performance
Literature Review
The literature review
shall present
1.The theoretical framework
1.The theoretical framework
2. Causes of poor academic
achievement
Research methodology
The study will involve
all students and teachers of Samtse Higher Secondary School. Four sets of
questionnaires developed based on literature review will be used. Three questionnaires will be administered to the
students and one to the teachers.
Questionnaire 1: To explore the relationships between the demographic variables and students’ academic
achievement.
Questionnaire 2: To
secure data on the learning and study skills of students, LASSI (Learning And
Study Strategy Inventoryl) questionnaire will be administered to all
students.
Questionnaire 3: The
LOC (Locus of Control) questionnaire will be administered to students to
determine if there is a significant difference between the LOC of low academic achievers and high achievers.
Questionnaire 4: Teachers will be interviewed using semi-structured questionnaire.
The data obtained will
be analyzed by using SPSS
3 comments:
Tshewang sir, your research would definitely be of great help to positively impact students' performance. For day students, parental guidance on studies(parental involvement) and for boarding students, how wisely they use the study hours could be factors. The difference between day and boarding students could be studied to see if there is a major performance gap between the two. Just the opinion. All the best. Thanks.
Dear Sangay,
Thank you for your valuable comment. I will take in your suggestion on comparing the achievement of day and boarding students to see if there is a significant difference between the two. Once again, Thank you.
Sir,
All the teachers in our country knows how this ranking of the schools, based on the exam result, impacts our education system.
Goal of our schools has shifted from making the "students understand the subject" to "preparing them for the exam".
This has taken back our education system to the time when memorizing dominated the scene. I really hope you will dig up something on this line... Oh i guess I am too late. any way keep up the good work la.
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