The Relationship between SHS Students Absenteeism and their

Academic Performance in Gueguesangen Integrated School

For SY. 2023-2024

A Quantitative Research
presented to the Gueguesangen Mangdaldan Pangasinan
in partial fulfillment of the requirements in
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 2

Aquino, Jasmin C.
Baustista, Jusmin kim
Salayog, Leorose N.
Soriano, Sonny Glenn
Visperas, Lawrence F.
Visperas, Mark Justine

Grade 12- ABM HERMES

Rafael Luis G. Muyano

Research Teacher

January 2024
 Chapter 1

Background of the Study

Gottfried & Kirksey (2018) stated that, previous research overwhelmingly shows that school
absenteeism is negatively associated with students’ academic achievement. Gott fried (2021)
also said that studies have found that children who are more frequently absent in early
kindergarten obtain lower working memory and cognitive flexibility scores in early
childhood. In general, missing students miss out on teacher-led sessions, peer interactions,
and other opportunities that could foster their learning and development (Kirksey, 2019),
which could have a negative impact on student accomplishment. But being absent from
school can occur for a number of reasons, such as truancy, illness, or vacations with family.
There is a paucity of research addressing the extent to which relationships between
absenteeism and achievement vary by these individual reasons, despite the fact that these
particular reasons for absence from school can each be differentially connected with kids’
academic achievement (Hancocket al., 2018). As stated in this research, absenteeism might
have a negative impact on student accomplishment.

Absenteeism, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary means chronic absence. In the

context of the school it is the habitual or intentional failure from going to school. It cannot be
denied that every now and then, students may miss some school activities and lessons. But it
becomes a problem if the student will be away from school for many days.

According to Dinola et al. (2019), absenteeism can be lessen by the help of the teachers,
friends, family and most especially by the students themselves. Absenteeism is a threat in
success. The moment you absent is the moment you miss an opportunity. Attending classes
every day has an impact in the performance of every student. In grading system, attendance is
highly important because it will be the basis of the students status in class. In school,
everyday there is a new lesson and once you skip the class you can no longer get to know
what you missed. Absenteeism is one of the major problems of the teachers, because if the
student missed a lesson it will have an impact to their performance and to their capability as a
teacher.

The purpose of the study is to determine the low self-esteem, social isolation, and students-
teacher relationship, specifically their academic performance, failure-related anxiety of Senior
High School in Gueguesangen Integrated School in order to understand the relationship
between academic performance and their abseenteism.

Statement of the Problem

 This study generally aims to determine whether the SHS students Absenteeism

and significant relationship with their Academic Performance in Gueguesangen

Integated School.

Specifically this study shall seek answer to the following questions:

1. What is the average frequency of the SHS students in the 1st Quarter?

2. What is the academic performance of the Senior High School in terms of their

general average in the 1st Quarter?

3. Is there a significant relationship between the frequency of absences and the

academic performance in the 1st Quarter of Senior High School students?

Significance of the Study

This study is focused on the relationship between absenteeism and their academic

performance of the SHS of Gueguesangen Integrated School.

More specifically, this study shall be beneficial to the various groups of people,

Students, This study will the help of the study. The students can have an information on how

they will be affected if they skin class. This study will give them knowledge about what's

good it could bring if they attend the class.

Teachers, This study may serve as their guide to know the causes why a student is being

absent and through this study, they can encourage their students to attend their classes.

Parents, This study through parents can get information about bad effects of absenteeism to

their child specially in the class , The will allow parents to guide their children in their

studies.
Future Researches, This study will be useful reference for the researcher who would plan to

make only study about absenteeism and academic performance of studies.

Scope and Delimitation

This study is a correlational research focusing on the relationship between SHS

students absenteeism and their academic perfomance in Gueguesangen Integrated

School in the first semester of the school year 2023-2024.

Furthermore, the study only randomly selected 30 respondents out 50 SHS

students to participate in the survey. All of the randomly selected participants

claimed that they had experienced academic performance.The researchers will

conduct a survey by means of answering questions at the same time getting

information by the use of the academic records and attendance records from their

instructor.
 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Related Literature

Local

Ferdie G. Salao (2021) claims that the socioeconomic status of the students' families

is the primary cause of absenteeism at Alonzo High School. The majority of students

chose to work in order to support themselves and their families and pay for school. In

contrast, students who showed signs of truancy were primarily influenced by their

peers (the environment). Every student has the potential to be influenced by another

student to engage in undesirable behaviours. The reasons why high school students

may miss school are explored in depth in this article. It emphasizes the significance of

understanding the underlying causes of absenteeism rather than just the symptoms. It

is essential that the school and network provide college students with a supportive

environment that encourages learning and development. The chances of high school

students succeeding are significantly increased by providing them with the resources

and assistance they require. Only then will we be able to begin addressing the issue of

absenteeism and ensure that every student has the opportunity to receive a high-

quality education.
According to Dimaisip, E. (2019), the most common reason for public school students

to miss school is poverty or financial difficulty. Additional explanations for their

absence include the following: distance from school, health issues, and family

problems The least likely reason for their absence is a negative attitude toward their

studies. This statement is true. Poverty is a major issue for public college students

without teachers, and it needs to be addressed. Absences can also be caused by other

factors like distance from school, health issues, and problems with one's own family.

In addition, it is unlikely that students' absences are primarily caused by a negative

attitude toward their studies. If you want to ensure that every student has access to the

education they need to succeed, you must first recognize and address the root causes

of absences.

According to the findings of the study that was conducted by Artango and Gallato

(2020), they came to the conclusion that truancy is practiced by students in Grade 7

regardless of sex, age, family status and size, monthly income of the family, education

of parents, source of income, and distance from home to the school. Additionally,

there is a serious problem with the proportion of truant students that must be

addressed. In addition, it can be deduced that truancy is largely caused by students,

their families, and the school. Because truancy is a serious problem that needs to be

avoided, this is relevant to our research. Nowadays, some students skip school and put

other things ahead of school without their parents’ permission.Their academic

performance suffers as a result, and this issue must be resolved.

Foreign

Regular attendance at school is essential to academic performance for both students

and teachers. Excessive absence from school is linked to poor academic performance,

hence the success and degrees of educational advancement of any academic

institution and all enrolled students are directly impacted by both teachers and

students' attendance at school.

According to Christopher A. Kearney & Joshua Childs (2022), school

attendance/absence(SA/A) is a key indicator of adolescent health and development,

but educational policy and health-based practices in this area are not a simple

indicator. This article summarizes these issues and outlines strategies for improving

SA/A data and better defining problematic chronictruancy. Findings include a focus

on unique local conditions and student/family situations to improve the use of SA/A

data. Further leverage sophisticated sensitive data analysis and assessment strategies

to better define problematic chronic absenteeism across geographic regions and

student groups. This includes moving from one-size-fits-all approaches to effective

and purposeful policies and practices, better consideration of the special

circumstances affecting institutions and families, and a tiered support model for

enrollment issues. This article highlights the importance of improving enrollment data

and defining problematic absenteeism int he next phase of education policy and

health-based practice.
Conceptual Framework

Figure 1 Below illustrates the conceptual framework of the research. The

paradigm presents the variables that will be considered in the research.

Academic Absenteeism of
Performance SHS students

Fig.1 The Conceptual Framework of the Study

The illustration shows the dependent and independent variables in this study.

The first box contains the academic performance of SHS students, which serves as an

independent variable this variable is seen to have a hypothesized relationship with the

second box, which contains the absenteeism of SHS students. This hypothesized

relationship is represented by the two-healed arrow connecting both variables to

determine the relationship between Academic performance and absenteeism of SHS

students

Research Hypothesis(es)

Null hypothesis: There is no significant relationship between absenteeism and

their academic performance.

Alternative hypothesis: There is significant relationship between absenteeism

and their academic performance.

Definition of Terms

Absenteeism: This refers to the regular truancy of a child

Academic Performance: This refers to the extent to which a student’s teachers or

institution has achieved their short- and long-term education goal.

Gueguesangen Integrated School: The refers to the location where the researches

conduct their study.

 Chapter 3

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

This study is quantitative research, specifically, the study uses a corelational

research design in order to ascertain whether there is a relationship between the

absenteeism of SHS and their academic performance.

According to Voxco (2021) Correlational research is a non-experimental method

that uses statistical analysis to evaluate the relationship between variables, without

considering extraneous factors. It is commonly used in market research to identify

patterns, trends, or insights between consumer behavior and market variables like

advertisements and discounts.

The Sample

The target population of the study are the SHS during the first semester of the

academic year (2023-2024) of Gueguesangen Integrated School in Mangaldan,

Pangasinan. These students belong to three different strands of the SHS program

namely: General Academic Strand (GAS), Accountancy Business and Management

(ABM), Techinical Vocational Livelihood (TVL).

With population size of 222 students, the research will consider a sample of

106 respondents determined using Slovin’s Formula for computing sample size with a

five percent margin of error. These sample shall be randomly selected through

stratified random sampling with the SHS strands being used to define groups and to

randomly determine the samples.

The Instrument(s)

The questionnaire is an often used as observational device for collecting

personal data and opinion it provides a way to collect personal information from
subjects that may not be readily obtainable using other methods. Questionnaire
provide structured responses, we used checklist to answer the survey questionnaire.
Every respondent is instructed to respond to each item with one of five possible
answer coded 1-5, with 5 representing the highest that stands for always and 1 being
the lowest, that stands for never. The questionnaire was divided into three parts. The
researchers personally submitted the questionnaires to the respondents and assure
them of confidentiality to be able to obtain honesty in the respondent's answer.

Data Collection Procedure

The process for gathering the needed data in the study is describe the following steps.

1.The researcher shall seek the permission of the instruments that will be

adopted in this study.

2.The researchers will secure permission of the school to obtain a list of SHS

students from which the samples will be selected. Also a permission to conduct

data collection will be sought from the concerned officials of the school.

3.The questionnaires shall be distributed to the selected samples during vacant

time with a permission from the class adviser and the note of approval of the

school.

4.Questionnaire shall be retrieved the same day as they were given to ensure a

higher percentage of questionnaires.

Plan for Data Analysis

To answer the questions presented under the statement of the problem the

following statistical tools with be employed.

1. Frequency will be used to determine how many absences does Seinor High School

students in every quarter

2. Weighted mean will be computed to represent the responses of each repondents to

the questionnaire in their academic performance.

3. The Person product Moment Correlation Coefficient will be used to determine the

degree of relationship between SHS students absenteeism and their academic

performance.
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Chapter 4

PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

In reporting the results, the researcher stays close to the statistical findings

without drawing broader implications or meaning from them. Further, this section

includes summaries of the data rather than the raw data (e.g., the actual scores for

individuals). A results section include tables, figures, and detailed explanations about

the statistical results

(Based on First Question in the SOP)

Includes results and discussion relevant to the first question of the research or

the first variable of the study.

(Based on Second Question in the SOP)

Includes results and discussion relevant to the second question of the research

or the second variable of the study.

Re-conceptualized Framework

If some or all findings are different from expected, have a section on re-

conceptualized framework at end of Chapter 4 and make diagram of re-

conceptualized framework. Starting with text, cite figure (diagram) of re-

conceptualized framework. Explain changes vis-à-vis Conceptual Framework of the

Study.
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Chapter 5

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the conclusions and recommendations of the study.

Conclusions

The portion that gives meaning to your research and your results. The

objective of the Conclusion section is to examine the results, determine whether they

solve the research question, compare them within themselves and to other results

(from literature), explain and interpret them, and then draw conclusions or derive

generalizations, and make recommendations for applying the results or for further

research.

Recommendations

Write recommendations for beneficiaries of results of study cited in

Significance of Study.

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References

Follow the APA, 6th Edition style for referencing.

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Appendices