Relationship of socio-economic profile, study habits and classroom climate to the academic performance of grade IV pupils in the district of Alfonso, school year 1998 - 1999 / by Leoncia A. Sagun.

Thesis (Master of Arts in Education - - Elementary Education) Cavite State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

SAGUN, LEONCIA AVINANTE, Cavite state University, Indang, Cavite, April 1999.
Relationship of Socio-Economic Profile, Study Habits, and Classroom Climate to the
Academic Performance of Grade IV Pupils in the District of Alfonso, SY 1998 1999.
Major Professor: Dr. Constancia G. Cueno

This study aimed to determine the relationship of socio-economic profile, study habits
and classroom climate to the academic performance of Grade IV pupils in the
District of Alfonso, SY 1998 — 1999.
Specifically, it sought to determine the:
1. socio-economic profile of Grade IV pupils.
2. study habits of grade IV pupils under the following aspects:
2.a. reading and note-taking techniques
2.b. habit of concentration
2.c. distribution of time and social relationship
2.d. general study practices classroom climate of grade IV pupils according to the
following factors:
1.a. conformity
1.b. responsibility
1.c. reward
1.d. organizational clarity
1.e. team spirit
4. academic performance of the respondents
5. relationship between socio-economic profile and study habits to the pupils' academic
performance
6. relationship between classroom climate and academic performance of the respondents.
The study made use of the descriptive-correlational method using a questionnaire as its
principal instrument. The respondents were the 919 Grade IV pupils in the District of Alfonso.

Frequency counts, percentages, mean, standard deviation, Pearson-Product Moment
Correlation, chi-square, and contingency coefficient were used to analyze the data.
After analyzing and interpreting the data, the following findings were revealed: There
were more pupil-respondents who belonged to households of four to six children.
Majority of the parents of the respondents were high school graduates. The study
revealed that some of the Grade IV pupils lived in concrete dwellings. On the other hand,
farming was number one occupation of the family heads of the respondents with a monthly
income of below P 5,000. However, most of the pupil respondents owned television sets in their
homes.
Regarding the profile Of Grade IV pupils in terms of study habits, majority of the
respondents "sometimes" practiced the following: reading and note-taking techniques, habits of
concentration, distribution of time and social relationship and general study practices. However,
the two statements under distribution of time and social relationship, which are submitting test
questions when called for and answering easy questions before the difficult ones, were "always"
practiced by the respondents.
Many of the respondents "somewhat agree" with the classroom climate in their school.
The Grade [V pupils obtained "satisfactory performance" in their class.
The socio-economic characteristics which are related to the academic performance of
the pupils were: number of children, educational attainment of the family head and occupation
of the family head. However, type of dwelling and monthly income were found not related to the pupils' academic performance.
It was also found that there was a significant relationship between classroom climate and academic performance of the pupil-respondents.
On the other hand, study habits were also significantly related to the pupils' academic performance.

Submitted to the University Library 05/05/1999 T-1926