The Study Skills of First Year Education Students and Their Academic Performance

Abstract

First year students take time to adjust to college life. A number of priorities are considered in order to survive in the tertiary level. One of which is complying with the academic requirements. The study described the study skills of the first year students in the College of Education, La Salle University, Ozamiz City, Philippines. The framework used in identifying the study skills of the first year students was adopted from Lucas and Corpuz (2007:4).These study skills were correlated to the students’ academic performance using Kendall’s Tau B, Chi-square, and Multiple Regression tests. There were 128 first year students who were taken as respondents of the study. The study reveals that the first year students have the skills in organizing and planning their work, preparing assignments or projects, and note-taking and reading. The students’ skills in organizing and planning one’s work; working with others and utilizing resources and feedback; note-taking and reading; and preparing an assignment/project correlate with their grades. The best predictor of students’ academic performance is note-taking and reading. First year college students need to develop the habit of studying their lessons, reading, and taking down notes to improve their academic performance.Keywords: Education, study skills, academic performance, descriptive design, Philippines

The effect of a learner autonomy training on the study habits of the first-year ELT students

“…For sure, there is no single tactic to obliterate all these bad habits, including a learner autonomy training. These findings are in line with the previous work that established no link between students' motivation and their academic achievement (Quinco-Cadosales, 2013). Students in this study mostly did not ignore the resources available to them, worked well with others around them, and benefited from the feedback they obtained they were provided with.…”

“…As the most striking finding of this inquiry, students were more able to deal with their school work stress after they got the learner autonomy training. These findings corroborate with the case of Philippian university students who tended to get overwhelmed with their stress which affected their performance in a negative way as a student, and resulted in inefficiency as university students (Quinco-Cadosales, 2013). The finding is also associated with the concept of language learning anxiety that is probably experienced by many language learners from diverse learning contexts and diverse proficiency levels.…”

“…motivation, organizing and planning their work, working with others and utilizing resources and feedback), the overall scores suggest that there was a positive change, especially when some individual students' scores are considered. For example, before the training, most of the students could start the work at hand but are distracted by other factors while studying, which could result in a deficiency of concentration in studying (Quinco-Cadosales, 2013). However, after the training, most of them were able to get down to work and keeping to it, which means that they can endure their willingness in studying and molded the study habit (Quinco-Cadosales, 2013).…”

“…For example, before the training, most of the students could start the work at hand but are distracted by other factors while studying, which could result in a deficiency of concentration in studying (Quinco-Cadosales, 2013). However, after the training, most of them were able to get down to work and keeping to it, which means that they can endure their willingness in studying and molded the study habit (Quinco-Cadosales, 2013). Similarly, such courses are good opportunities for students to boost their level of motivation as Glas and Cárdenas-Claros (2013) pointed out when they offered a course related to cultural diversity.…”

Influences of the Whole Brain Teaching strategy on Vocabulary Knowledge and Study Skills.

“…The main problem was that many of these students had not learned how to take effective notes and manage time for studying ( cited by Mutsotso and Abenga , 2010).Moreover, a study by Nagaraju (2004) found that students frequently do not allot enough time to their studies and rarely have proper study skills. Cadosales (2013); Acido (2010) indicated that the best predictor of students' academic performance is note-taking and reading.…”