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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
RESEARCH PROBLEM
The youth is one of the main assets and treasure of any country. They are the
ones who will continue what their ancestors had started to establish and develop their
country even more. It is of paramount importance then, that the youth be properly
cultivated and developed through a comprehensive education program so that they may
achieve their full potential, both for their personal futures, and for their country.
One of the goals of schools is to produce students who are responsible and
competitive citizens. This has been the subject of a lot of school planning and research.
Goals of all countries to their citizens to have a quality education. Even in the
Philippines were there are many foreign students are studying, they strive hard to be
successful citizen, like they adopt different Filipino culture, practices and belief for them
to survive. Isnt enough to do such thing? Study habits are also a great help that will
make themselves academically ready to face the global world. Study habits of the
students play a vital role in reflecting the standard of education and the students
individual achievements. Sorenseon (1991), while outlining the good basic study habits
stated that one must study with the primary intention of understanding. This requires
one not to be hurry in getting through, instead sustained concentration is necessary.
According to Crow and Crow (1992), the effective habits of study include plan/place, a
definite time table and taking brief of well organized notes.
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But the thing is, are they study habits are enough/effective to comply in their
requirements to school? Assuming that the intelligences is different from other
nationalities, why then other nationalities are performing well in their academics
compare to others? Do they have certain study habits which are peculiar to their
culture?
Objectives
The goal of this research is to know and compare the different study habits of
selected foreigner students and the impact of it in their academic achievement.
Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:
1. How do the study habits of college students differ in terms of the following
nationality:
1.1 Arabian
1.2 Rwandan
1.3 Chinese
1.4 Sudanese
1.5 Guans
2. What are the perceptions of foreign students in study habits?
3. What are the reasons that motivates the five foreign students to study well?
Significance of the study
The results of this study would be valuable and beneficial to the following stakeholders:
Students through the findings and questionnaire the foreigner students will have an
idea on what method or style of their study habits is more applicable and beneficial to
them.
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Instructor/ Professors they can make an assessment or necessary activities that will
help and guide the students to improve their study habits
Administration -through the findings the administrators will provide a conscious raising
material and program that will expand and assist their students to elevate their study
habits.
Parents -the collected data will help them to understand more about their offspring
situation in school or environment, and to monitor their activities, in order to them give a
proper counseling and guidance about their study habits
Hypothesis
For the purpose of the study, the following alternative hypothesis is presented:
1. There are significant differences in study habits of foreigner students.
Scope and Limitation of the Study
The discussion of the study is centered on the study habits of selectedforeigner students and the effects of it in their academic performances The
following indicators are based on the following: (1) concentration (2)
Organization of time (3) Remembering (4) Studying a chapter (5) Listening
and taking notes (6) Taking test and (7) Motivation. The Checklist will be use
as a research instrument of the researcher that will administer to selected
foreigner students. The said checklist will determine the different study habits
that could affect their academic performances. The study is also delimited to
5 foreigner students Arabian, Rwandan, Chinese, Sudanese and Guans
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Definition of terms
For the purpose of clarity the following are defined conceptually and operationally
Conceptual
Foreigner one who is from a foreign country or place (American Heritage Dictionary)
Study Habits it is acquired or developed mode of behavior or function performed to
apply the mind to learn or understand an area of knowledge, to do special reading
activity for specific purposes.
Factors - these refers to anything that affects study habits
Develop refers to gradual changes refer on time
Operational
Factors one that actively contributes to an accomplishment, results or process
Develop to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of
Study Habits manner which you can consistently use to study for school or college or
even for the next day lesson.
Foreigner referring to all foreign students the researchers interviewed.
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Chapter 2
Review of Related Literature
Review of Related Literature and Studies
This gathered literature sources from different materials will help the researchers in their
research problem
Review of Related Studies
According to Palm Beach Community ( PBBC, 2008) they recommend that
students study should have at least three hours out of class for every hour spent in a
class. They also said that a student must have special place to study with plenty of
room to work. And the students should not be cramped. They presupposes that study
time will go better if a learner take a few minutes at the start to straighten things up. A
desk and straight backed chair is usually the best. The PBBC suggest also that noise
should be minimize however they said that there are some people need sound and
some like silence, in this case a learner must find comfortable way to study.
Frank Pogue ( 2000) did a study to determine why students fail or did not
succeed in their academics. What he founds to be true in that study habits survey was
that more than 30 years ago still rings true-today students fail because they do not
know how to study. the best advice he can give is to develop their study habits.
Reading is an attempt to absorb the thought of the author know what the author is
conveying ( Leedy 1956). Studying is the interpretation of reading materials. Study
habits and skills are particularly important for college students, whose needs include
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time management, note taking, internet skill, the elimination of distractions, and
assigning in high priority of study.
Fielden (2004) states that a good study habits help the student in critical
reflection in skill outcomes such as selecting, analyzing, critiquing and synthesizing.
Nineji ( 2002) states tha the study habits are learning tendencies that enable students
work private. According to how study.com (2009), students who are very successful in
their desired career have a good study habits. It is stated in the website that students
apply these habits to all their classes
A study conducted by University of Kentucky was to determine the college
success of different nationalities that can improved with the student Attitude Inventory
(SAI). The inventory was developed in Britain and contains 47 items which attempt to
identify students in higher education on the basis of: (1) motivation, (2) study methods,
(3) examination technique, and (4) lack of distractions toward academic work. Students
in six Kentucky community colleges were asked to express their attitudes toward study
habits on the student Attitude Inventory. There were 996 students in the sample
population (413 males and 583 females) A measure of ability and academic
performance were obtained for each student.
Same to the study that we conducted wherein we interviewed different foreigner
students and asked to fill out the checklist about study habits which are divided into 7
categories (1) concentration (2) Organization of time (3) Remembering (4) Studying a
chapter (5) Listening and taking notes (6) Taking test and (7) Motivation.
According to Mark Crilly ( 2000), successful students are able to balance social
activities with good study habits. A diversion from studies will alleviate stress and help
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prevent from becoming fatigued. He said that a student should make sure that they
must break for an hour after studies.
The researchers on this study also attempts to determine the factors that
influences the foreign students on their study habits like their Cultural Practices, School
Media and Peer group
Review of Related Literature
The development of the study habits, on the other hand, could be greatly
influenced by the interest of the students. The importance of arousing and maintaining
the interest of students in a subject cannot be over emphasized. When the students are
not interested in the subject, then they like to study the lesson, are enthusiastic toparticipate in activities that will help them know more the subject.
Attitudes are the most conspicuous aspects of the entire social life. It is a
complicated mixture of some basic psychological processes. Attitude is composed of
cognition, emotion, motivation, and behavior. An attitudinal cognition is what is
commonly called belief or knowledge structure about subjects and events. The negative
and positive incentives that might motivate individual behavior towards objects are
crucial to attitude. Individuals integrate various beliefs to arrive at an evaluation object,which is determine how important it them.
Lobaton believed that attitude that plays a definite role in cognitive learning. The attitude
of the students towards a subject or skill may be the primary and most significant
determinant of how much one will remember and use such skill.
Furthermore, psychologist recognizes the predominant roles of attitude in determining
thought, memory and the learning process. The school, thus, become a vital factor in
guiding existing attitude in creating new socially desirable attitude especially those
relevant to various academic subjects. Many studies have revealed that attitude is an
intervening variable that influences the kind of responses students make to the teachers
and also the kinds of response teachers make toward the students. If the attitude is
positive, the emotional climate well tends to favorable to learning
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Others investigator used attitude as predictors of achievement, one of the most
revealing studies that tested the predictive relationship of attitude and achievement was
conducted by Brown and Hozman. They use a survey to measure the study habits and
attitude of the students. The researcher reported co relational ranging from 0.32 to 0.66
between the total scores on the survey several achievements measure for a large
sample of grades 7 to 12.
Moreover students attitudes are sometimes considered to be dependent on the
personality of their teachers. When the personality is as a social viewed as a social
stimulus value, teachers can improve personality or at least modify their behavior in
ways that help student acquire favorable attitude towards subject and so improve their
learning. Teachers open=minded attitude towards changes in classroom management
can stimulate intellectual curiosity, and teachers who place equal emphasis on cognitive
and affective goal are more effective in promoting positive attitude towards others and
toward class as a whole.
The Secondary Education Commission emphasized that education aims at tapping the
potential of an individual. Effort is made to make teaching learning process most
effective. Sometimes we hear that even though a student bright and intelligent. He does
need to score good marks on his test.
ACTIVE STUDY HABITS ASSESSMENT
Active monitoring by teachers and parents should be emphasized to improve the study
habits of the students, its often the case that student has unrealistic conceptions of the
appropriate amount of time needed to spend studying and the most efficient way of
spending that time. For example for every hour spent in class it is suggested that
student spend two hours studying outside of class for that subject. That time should be
spending reading, reorganizing or reviewing notes.
To increase awareness, students should be encouraged to elevate the amount of time
they spend on different task and the effectiveness of the tasks themselves. This
assessment may be done verbally with the students being prompted by a facilitator to
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answer specific question about study habits, or it may be done in writing using a
questionnaire.
Furthermore, in the study of Bartholomew The study Habits and attitudes of students in
relation to academic achievement at the University of the Philippines she found that
high school students of UP generally has a good set of study habits and attitudes. She
also found that the study styles of the students were effective. They employed
systematic study methods and they were consistent in the application of their time and
effort to academic task
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Kolb proposed a four stage of learning process with a model that is often referred
to in describing experiential learning. The process can begin at any of the stages and is
continuous, there is no limit the number of cycles you can make in a learning situation.
This theory asserts that without reflection we would simply continue to repeat our
mistakes.
This cyclical theory suggests that an educator who has learned in this may well
have various rules of thumb or generalizations about what to do in different situations.
They will be able to say what action to take when say, there is tension between two
people in a group. But they will not be able to verbalize their actions in psychodynamic
or sociological terms. There may thus be difficulties about transferability of their learning
to other situation and settings.
Two aspects can be seen especially noteworthy; the use of concrete here and now
experience to test ideas; and use feedbacks to change practices and theories. Kolb join
this with Dewey to emphasize the development of nature of the exercise with Piaget
from an appreciation of cognitive development. He named this model so as toemphasize the link with Dewey, Levin and Piaget, and to stress the role experience
plans in learning to distinguish it from cognitive theories of learning process.
This shown on the illustration below.
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Chapter 3
METHODOLOGY
Research Design
The research design use by the researcher is descriptive research, specifically
the survey sample study. This method according to Sevilla (et al., 1998) involves
determining information about variables rather than about individuals. The researcher
adopts the study habits survey instrument that intended to utilize for this study. This
instruments was called study habits survey which is used to measure the strengths and
weaknesses of study habits which made by the Red Woods University in United States
of America. The purpose of the study habits questionnaire is to get information about
how do students study well. This study habits questionnaire will help the researcher to
identify and compare the results to selected foreign students and to determine the
influences of this study habit that has influence on their academic achievement.
Subject/respondents of the study
The subject of this study were foreign students who are studying in the
Philippines in which the researcher found them and interviewed them personally in
Observation
and
reflection
Forming
abstract
Concepts
Teaching in
new
Situation
Concrete
Experience
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some of the prestigious universities we have first in Philippine Normal University and
second in Adamson University. The respondents were consists of five foreign students
who came from different countries specifically from China, United Arab Emirates,
Sudan, Rwanda, and Papua New Guinea.
Research Instruments
The researcher used the study habits survey that has been adopted from the
Redwood Education in the United States of America. The Redwood Education offers a
classroom based training and customized training programs for interactive teaching
methods that each course delivers the essential tools based on the organization
requirement that supplied by the Redwood solutions. The researcher found that the
Redwood Education made a study habits survey to identify the strengths and
weaknesses in study habits/skills. The researcher decided to used this instrument that
consist of 50 questions, and two options of answer such as Y for yes if the statement
applies to them while N is no if the statement was not true to them. The purpose of
these questionnaires is to help the foreign students get the information needed about
how they study well and after they answered all the questions, the results will discover
the areas of strength and weakness in their study habit. The results would only be valid
and have meaning only if they are honest and respond accurately as possible. The
researcher introduce and explain first the purpose and objective of this study habits
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survey to the foreign students so that they would give sincere and honest answers to
the questionnaire. The researcher is thankful and overwhelmed to five different foreign
students because of the time, effort and patience they give just to answer those
questionnaires.
The research instrument has two parts. The first part is for the profiling that
consist of personal information about the foreign students that includes their name,
place and date of birth, email address, country, nationality, sex, status, major/course,
year level, school (elementary, middle school, secondary, college/university). The first
part was made by the researcher originally. The first part also gives a short background
for study habits which consists of three questions that the foreign students must provide
at least three answers that they think such of these questions are (1) reasons for
studying in the Philippines, (2) What do you mean by study habits, (3) What motivates
you to study well. After these three questions, the researcher includes follow-up
questions such as (4) Do you think a study habit is important? And (5) Are you willing to
improve your study habits? The options are Yes / No/ Sometimes.
The second part of the interview form consists of 50 questionnaires about study
habits that has two options of answer the Y for yes and N for no. Through this
questionnaire, the researcher will able to determine the strengths and weakness of the
study habits of the foreign students by the following category: (1) Concentration, (2)
Remembering, (3) Organizing time, (4) studying a chapter, (5) Listening and taking
notes, (6) taking tests and (7) motivation. These seven categories would help in
identifying the strength and weakness of the study habits of foreign students and what
needs to improve more and already mastered the skills that not need to be improve.
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Population Sample
This study is intended for selected foreign students in different in two universities in
Manila. The researcher limits the foreign students into five different nationalities. These
five selected foreign students will take the study habits survey and the researcher will
compare the results from the five foreign students using the survey made by the Red
Woods Education in the US.
Procedure
The researchers went in two universities specifically in Philippine Normal
University and in Adamson University to conduct the interview. The interviewed consist
of two parts which is the first part is about the personal information for profiling and the
second part was the study habits survey form which consists of 50 questionnaire that
was given to each foreign student with different nationalities to be able to know the
strengths and weakness of their study habits. A careful-given instruction to the students
was observed. After the assessment, their answers were compared to come up to the
desired result. The researcher choose five foreign students who came from
different country in order to determine the similarities and differences of their
study habits and study skills and compare the results whose study habits are
better. The researcher found two foreign students in Philippine Normal University
(PNU) whose country are China and United Arab Emirates and the three foreign
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students are found in Adamson University whose country are Sudan, Papua New
Guinea and Rwanda.
Phase 1: Preparatory Stage
It was June 25, 2012 that the researcher decides to look for a title in the thesis
section that will help the researcher to have the knowledge for making a topic that would
benefit the researcher at the same time the people that would make interest in the
study. By July 3, 2012, the researcher defends their title to evaluate if the chosen topic
for the thesis has a great beneficiary to others. After the approval for the title, the
researcher started to write the chapter 1 which consist the following: statement of the
problem, Defining the problem and the settings of the research title as well as the
background of the study, conceptual framework based on the existing resources ad
ideas of experts that greatly contribute for the concepts and variable that used in the
study, significance of the study, hypothesis and lastly the two types of definition of
terms the conceptual and operational definition. July 8, 2012, the researcher went to
national library to search for existing resources and topics concerning the study habits
of foreign students. However, the books and other studies were limited that the
researcher found it difficult to gather information about the present study.
Phase II Data Gathering
The researchers questionnaire/survey is adopted from the Red Woods
University in the United States. The instrument that has been used measures the
strength and weaknesses of the study habits of the students. Basically, it is a yes/no
examination that seeks to answer the effectiveness of their study habits. This will make
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the students reflect on their behavior when it comes to studying. The uniqueness of this
research will be emphasized here because we are talking about foreign students. The
following are the factors/determinants that must be consider in this study:
concentration, remembering, organizing time, studying, listening and taking notes,
taking test and motivation.
Phase III Data Analysis
After checking the test the data will now sort and tabulate on August 18, 2012.
The researchers will now analyze the data by comparing the results of the survey of the
students with different nationalities.
To interpret and analyze the collected datas the researchers will use tables and
lines graphs for the interpretation. To further get the information needed, the
researchers will use qualitative measures rather than quantitative.
Phase IV Finalization of Report
After following the suggestions of the researchers advisers, they will now revise
and finalize their research problem and manual and submit on August 28, 2012.
Photographs of the Interview Procedure
This portion shows the research conducting the interview for the five foreign
students. The purpose of those pictures is to show the validity and authenticity of the
data gathered from the five foreign students. This will help the researcher to make this
research true and honest.
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The first interviewee was a Chinese student from Philippine Normal
University. It was August 16, 2012, 3pm when I started to intewrview him and end
up with 3:50pm.
The second interviewee is an Arabian student from PNU studying Filipino as
his major. After interviewing the Chinese student, Miss Mary Joy also interview the
Arabian student at the same date and almost same time and place. Thanks to Miss
Angel Pronebo for taking the picture while Miss Mary Joy explaining the purpose of
this interview to foreign students.
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The Chinese student and Arabian student get to
know each other. They both foreign student
living in the Philippines and they enjoy the
company of the Filipino students in Philippine
Normal University. This photo was taken by
Mary Joy B. Eduria to show that culture is not a
barrier rather a way to understand the person.
The final shot for the interview. This photo
was taken by my other classmate Paolo
Lacquian. To the left was Angel Pronebo,
Arabian student, Chinese student and the
researcher Ms Mary Joy Eduria.
Before the deployment in the school that we are assigned, The
researchers (Mary Joy B. Eduria and Rose Anne Dela Cruz) look for a
foreign students in Adamson University and found a foreign student from
Rwanda. This photo was taken in the entrance of Adamson University by
Rose Anne Dela Cruz.
It was August 17, 2012, before the deployment, Rose Anne Dela Cruz interviewed a
student from Sudanese whos course is civil engineering in Adamson University. The
photo was taken by Mary Joy Eduria.
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The Final interview for a
foreign student who
came from Papua New
Guinea together with
the two researchers to
the left is Rose Anne
and to the right is Mary
Joy. This was taken in
Adamson University
garden.
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CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This portion of the research presents the findings that include the overview
of the data gathered by the researcher that involves the following: presentation,
analysis and interpretation of data.
Presentation
The table shows the results of the five foreign students of their study habits
survey and the summary of the results of their answer. The higher the numbers in
the boxes, the higher the needs for improvement which shows their weakness in
the area of their study habits while the lower numbers show the area that they
have mastered of the strength in their study habits.
Table 1 Study Habits Strengths and Weakness Results
As we could notice in the first category which is concentration, the highest
number is 4 and there are three foreign students namely from Sudan, Papua New
Guinea and United Arab Emirates who got the same number while China got 2
and Rwanda got 1. The analysis is that the three foreign students who got the
Category China United ArabEmirates
Rwanda Sudan Papua new
Guinea
Concentration 2 4 1 4 4
Remembering 3 4 1 2 3
Organizing a time 3 3 2 4 7
Studying a chapter 2 5 3 2 5
Listening and taking
notes
2 4 2 1 4
Taking tests 0 4 4 4 3
Motivation 1 2 0 2 3
Total: 13 26 13 19 29
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same number of 4 needs to master their concentration in studying while the
China and Rwanda has not need to improve it.
The second category is about remembering, the foreign students who got
the highest number is from the United Arab Emirates who got 4, while the second
got the China and Papua New Guinea, and the third who got least is the Sudan
and the most least is the Rwanda.
The third category is organizing a time as they study with their lessons. The
Papua New Guinea got the highest number 0f 7 which implies that there is a need
for him to have an organized time because he shows weakness in this areas of
study habits while the Sudan got 4, China and United Arab Emirates got 3 and
Rwanda got 2.
The fourth category is difficulty in studying a chapter and the highest
results that was taken was from United Arab Emirates and Papua new Guinea
who got 4, next is Rwanda which is 3, and the remaining foreign students came
from China and Sudan that is 2.
In listening and taking notes, the United Arab Emirates and Papua NewGuinea got 4, China and Rwanda got 2 and Sudan got only 1.
In taking tests, three foreign students find it difficult in finishing the test
and answering it before the deadline. These foreign students got 4 which came
from United Arab Emirates, Rwanda and Sudan while the Papua New Guinea got 3
and China got 0 which implies that he mastered already taking tests.
The last category is the motivation in studying. The students came fromPapua New Guinea got the highest number of 3, while students from United Arab
Emirates and Sudan got it 2, and Chinese student got 1 and 0 from Rwanda.
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Analysis
The results of the study habits survey of five foreign students shows that
they have common similarities and differences of their strengths and weakness in
their study habits.
The researcher total the numbers that have been shown in table 1(Study
habits strengths and weakness results) that shows the following analysis:
The Chinese student got the lowest number of 13 which is the same also
with the student from Rwanda. The analysis of getting the total number of 13
says that they have the lowest score which they have mastered some of the study
skills and find it least difficult to improved some of the categories of study habits
that is shown in table 1.
The student from the Sudan got the total number of 19 which shows
second from the foreign students who got the least to improve the study habits
skills.
The third foreign students who got the total number of 26 came from the
United Arab Emirates and the fourth that got 29 from the total number camefrom Papua New Guinea. These two foreign students have difficulty and need to
improve more with their study habits. The two foreign students namely from UAE
(United Arab Emirates) and PNG (Papua New Guines) needs to find a way to
improve their weaknesses in study skills that they have specifically in the area of
concentration, remembering, organizing a time, studying a chapter, listening and
taking notes and lastly taking tests. Both of these foreign students from UAE and
PNG have these motivation to finish their course in the Philippines since one of
their motivation come from scholarship of their own government, and for theirfuture job.
The following page provides some of the personal information of the five
foreign students that helps the researcher to get some of the essential data for
this research.
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ProfilingThis portion provides the following information that the foreign students
answered in the interview from. This is the part 1 which is all about personal
information and some questions that the foreign students need to fill out.
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Part 1: Personal Information
Name: Lonely Nama
Place of Birth: Papua New Guinea
Date of Birth: September 24, 1993
Nationality: Papua New Guinea
Country: P.N.G.
Sex: Male Age: 18 Status: Single
Course: Chemical Engineering
Year Level: Freshmen
Elementary School Attended: P.N.G.
Secondary/Middle School Attended: P.N.G.College/University Attended:
Adamson University (Philippines)
A. Reasons for Studying in the Philippines:
1. Because to experience New People and Culture
2. To acquire more knowledge
3. To study overseas
B. What do you mean by study habits?
1. Learning2. Focus
3. Reviewing
C.What motivates you to study well?
1. To have good future
2. Because to make our parents proud
3. For the good of our country
Follow-up Questions:
D. Do you think study habits are important?
Answer: Yes
E. Are you willing to improve your study habits?
Answer: Yes
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Part 1: Personal Information
Name: Mubarak Aidab Alameri
Place of Birth: Alain City, UAE
Date of Birth: May 11, 1988
Nationality: Arabian
Country: United Arab Emirates
Sex: Male Age: 24 Status: Single
Course: Bachelor of Secondary Education major in
Filipino
Year Level: Fourth Year
Elementary School Attended: Alwagan in U.A.E.
Secondary/Middle School Attended: Binham in
U.A.E.
College/University Attended: Philippine Normal University
A. Reasons for Studying in the Philippines:
1. Scholarship from the government
2. To become a police someday
3. To learn the Filipino language and to be a translator to
the Filipino immigrants
B. What do you mean by study habits?
1. Reviewing
2. Focusing on exam
3. Passing your study exam
C.What motivates you to study well?
1. For family
2. For future
3. For scholarship
Follow-up Questions:
D. Do you think study habits are important?
Answer: Yes
E. Are you willing to improve your study habits?
Answer: Yes
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Part 1: Personal Information
Name: Karuta J. Ishimure
Place of Birth: Rwanda
Date of Birth: January 25, 1991
Nationality: Rwandese
Country: Rwanda, Africa
Sex: Male Age: 21 Status: Single
Course: Chemical Engineering
Year Level: Third Year
Elementary School Attended: IEAK, Rwanda
Secondary/Middle School Attended: IEAK, Rwanda
College/University Attended: Adamson
University
A. Reasons for Studying in the Philippines:
1. Quality Education
2. Cheap tuition fee
B. What do you mean by study habits?
1. Learning2. Memorizing
3. Exercising
C.What motivates you to study well?
1. Be successful
2. Find a good job
3. Have a nice future
Follow-up Questions:
D. Do you think study habits are important?Answer: Yes
E. Are you willing to improve your study habits?
Answer: Yes
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Part 1: Personal Information
Name: Abubaker Ameer Ibrahim
Place of Birth: Omdurman, Sudan
Date of Birth: December 9, 1993
Nationality: Sudanese
Country: Sudan, Africa
Sex: Male Age: 19 Status: Single
Course: Civil Engineering
Year Level: Freshman
Elementary School Attended: Al-jimi, Sudan
Secondary/Middle School Attended: Al-jimi,
Sudan
College/University Attended: Adamson
University
A. Reasons for Studying in the Philippines:
1. Mothers advice
2. Quality Education
3. Cheap tuition Fee
B. What do you mean by study habits?
1. Reviewing
2. Getting new information
3. Surfing the internet
C.What motivates you to study well?
1. For my future
2. To have a successful life
3. For my family
Follow-up Questions:
D. Do you think study habits are important?
Answer: Yes
E. Are you willing to improve your study habits?
Answer: Yes
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Part 1: Personal Information
Name: Jianyu Wang
Place of Birth: Hunan, China
Date of Birth: December 6, 1990
Nationality: Chinese
Country: China
Sex: Male Age: 22 Status: Single
Course: BSMT (Major in mathematics)
Year Level: Fourth Year
Elementary School Attended: Xinzhou, China
Secondary/Middle School Attended: Jiaoyuan, ChinaCollege/University Attended: Philippine Normal
University
A. Reasons for Studying in the Philippines:
1. Philippines is the most suitable country
2. Similarity culture with China
3. Good English speaking country
B. What do you mean by study habits?
1. The methods of study you often imply
2. The ways of understanding of a new lesson or knowledge
3. The ideas of solving the problem of lessons
C.What motivates you to study well?
1. Interest of the major subject I love
2. Self-encouragement
3. The pressure of finding a job
Follow-up Questions:
D. Do you think study habits are important?
Answer: Yes
E. Are you willing to improve your study habits?
Answer: Yes
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Chapter V
Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
The goal of this research is to know the different study habits of selected
foreigner students who chose to study in our country. Specifically it aimed to compare
the study habits skill of Chinese, Sudanese, Arabian, Rwanda and Guineans students.
This descriptive research that made use of study habits survey which is used to
measure the strengths and weaknesses of study habits of the foreigner students which
the researchers adopted the material made by the Red Woods University in United
States of America. This study habits questionnaire will help the researcher to identify
and compare the results to selected foreign students and to determine the influences ofthis study habit that has influence on their academic achievement.
To interpret and analyze the collected datas the researchers used tables and
lines graphs for the interpretation. To further get the information needed, the
researchers used qualitative measures rather than quantitative, but still researchers
treated one statistically procedure to compute the mean score to compare the study
habits of selected foreigner students.
For the interpretation of data the explanation is this The higher the numbers in the
boxes, the higher the needs for improvement which shows their weakness in the area of
their study habits while the lower numbers show the area that they have mastered of the
strength in their study habits.
The following hypotheses were tested for acceptance or rejection:
1. There are significant differences in study habits of foreigner students.
Below are the salient findings of the study
1. How do the study habits of college students differ in terms of the following
nationality
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2. What are the perceptions of foreigner students to study habits?
The researchers have perceived that the foreign students study habits are
generally more or less the same as their fellow students native here to the
Philippines. They diligently review their lessons, especially when exams are fast
approaching, memorize formulas and acquire new information through several
sources, not just from the prescribed texts but also through supplementary
materials like related books and online journals.
3. What motivates them to study well?
Most of the foreign students interviewed by the researchers stated that they
wanted to study well because they want to provide a good future for their
Category Chinese Arabian Rwandan Sudanese Guineans
Concentration 2 4 1 4 4
Remembering 3 4 1 2 3
Organizing a time 3 3 2 4 7
Studying a chapter 2 5 3 2 5
Listening and takingnotes
2 4 2 1 4
Taking tests 0 4 4 4 3
Motivation 1 2 0 2 3
Total: 13 26 13 19 29
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families here, and back home in their native countries. Some of them felt that
because they were on a scholarship given by their government they should not
squander the opportunity and use the knowledge gained here to help their own
countries.
Conclusions
Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions can be drawn:
1. The result of the study habits survey of college students can be described
into three phrases Improve study habit skills , Improve more Study habit
Skills, and Really needs attention to improve theirs study habit skill
2. Foreigners students has different perceptions when they hear the word study
habits but majority of them agrees/ believes that study habits are more on
reviewing their lessons, especially when exams are fast approaching,
memorizing formulas and acquire new information through several sources,
not just from the prescribed texts but also through supplementary materials
like related books and online journals.
3. Foreigner students want to study because they want to have a good future
someday, thats why they strive hard and trying to catch up in our culture.
Recommendations
In the light of the findings of the study, the following recommendations are hereby
submitted.
1. The Chinese student who got the lowest number of 13 which is the same alsowith the student from Rwanda. Has already mastered some of the study skills
and find it least difficult to improve some of the categories of study habits.
2. The student from the Sudan got the total number of 19 which shows second
from the foreign students who got the least to improve the study habits skills.
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3. The third foreign students who got the total number of 26 came from the
United Arab Emirates and the fourth that got 29 from the total number came
from Papua New Guinea. These two foreign students have difficulty and need
to improve more with their study habits.
Further Research
In view of the limitations of the study, the findings cannot be claimed conclusive.
Hence, the following research studies recommended:
1. A similar study using different students
2. Factors that influence the study habits of Foreigners students
3. Analysis on the effectiveness of their study habits in their academic achievement
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Appendix A
To Professor __________________
Good Day!
We Rose Anne Dela Cruz and Mary Joy Eduria a IV-20 Social Science Major
Students are presently enrolled in comparative culture and were working on our
thesis entitled A comparative analysis on the study habits of selected foreign
students
We would like to seek permission and approval from your good office to
allow us to conduct our study which involves test and written activities until the
end of the school year. We intend to do this to gather datas that we need on our
study.
Were looking forward for a positive response regarding this matter.
Truly yours,
Dela Cruz, Rose Anne L.
Eduria, Mary Joy B.
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Appendix A
To Professor: ______________________
Good Day!
We Rose Anne Dela Cruz and Mary Joy Eduria a IV-20 SocialScience Major Students are presently enrolled in Basic Research andWere working on our thesis entitled A comparative analysis on the studyhabits of selected foreigners students
We would like to seek assistance approval from your kind heart tohelp us to check the content of questionnaires that we made that will beused on our study.
Were looking forward for a positive response regarding thismatter.
Truly yours,
Dela Cruz, Rose Anne
Eduria, Mary Joy B.
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