Academic Performance of Grade 12 Students in Personal Development
Academic Performance of Grade 12 Students in Personal Development
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Abstract: The extent of Academic Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development are important. It
has a big impact in the Academic Performances of Grade 12 students. The study was conducted at Jagobiao
National High School with a total of 78 chosen students in Senior High School. A survey questionnaire used to
gather and collect data from the participants. Chi-Square was used in treating the data. The purpose of this
research is to assess the academic performance of Grade 12 students in personal development. However, the study
revealed that the extent of academic performance are important in having a good academic performance of Grade
12 students in personal development. It also revealed that the academic performance of Grade 12 students in
personal development can change the academic grades of Grade 12 students in personal development. This study
can help the students to maintain the good grade of Grade 12 students in personal development. It also revealed
that the characteristics and attitudes of the students can affect their academic grades in personal development.
This study shows the importance of academic performance of Grade 12 students in personal development, it can
help the students to develop their skills in school-based. This study can help the students to have a good academic
performance in personal development.
Keywords: Assertiveness, Authenticity, Core self-evaluation, Courage, Emotional Intelligence, Enthusiasm,
optimism, and warmth, Extra-version, Flexibility and Adaptability, Humility, Internal Locus of control, Passion,
Personal Development, Self-confidence, Sense of Humor.
I. INTRODUCTION
Rationale:
The extent of Academic Performance of Grade 12 students can influence their Academic Performance in Personal
Development. Every students should know what are the extent of Academic Performance that must apply to have a good
result or influence towards in Academic Performance in Personal Development of Grade 12 students.
According to Kuzmin, Kopylov, Kudryavtsev, Tolspotyatov, Galimou, and Ionova (2016), higher education ensure the
students professional training and to their ability to be independent. If the students are independent they are able to apply
the extent of Academic Performance that can help to their Academic Performance in Personal Development. According to
Hadassah Littman-Ovadia and ShiriLavy (2015), said that if there is strength to the characteristics of the students they are
able to express their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, they can have a self-confidence and comfortable to show/express
their learnings.
According to Candeias, Rebelo, and Oliveira(2008), said that the culture, economic, social, and family become the model
of the students to be their motivation on how to be more perceive in applying their attitudes toward in their academic
performance. The attitudes of students are based also in the phenomenon that surrounds them. This professional attitudes
are able to maintain the good grades of the students towards in their Academic Performances in Personal Development.
The purpose of this study is to know the academic performance of Grade 12 students in personal development, researcher
aims to explore the different extent of academic performance of Grade 12 towards in Personal Development.
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Definition of Terms:
Self-confidence is a positive belief of the students in having a prediction in the future in accomplishing what one wishes
to do. It is a self assurance in one’s personal judgement, ability, and power. It is a positive belief that in the future one can
generally accomplish what one wishes to do.
Humility is the ability of students of being humble in behalf of all school works. It can mean a recognition of self in
relation to a deity or deities, and self-debasement with the subsequent submission to said deity as a member.
Core self evaluations is the ability of the students in thinking or having a confident in their own abilities in every
performances and activities in school. Represent a stable personality trait which encompasses an individuals
subconscious, fundamental evaluations about themselves, their own abilities.
Trustworthiness is the ability of the students of trusting someone and be assuring that the trust will not be betrayed in
doing every task. Is a person in whom we place our trust and be sure that the trust not betrayed.
Authenticity has the ability of being real, not copied, true, and original in every school works of the students, have an
originality in your work. Create your own work, be true to your self
Extra-version is the ability of those students who’s behavior where someone enjoys being around with people more than
being alone. He/she can enjoy life through socializing people around.
Assertiveness it has the ability of students of being confident without showing aggressive in pursuing their goals.A form
of behavior that the person will be confident of a statement without need of truth, this affirms person rights without
threatening the right of another.
Passion is the ability of students of having a strong feeling or excitement in doing performances. Its admiration for an
idea, proposal, or cause to enjoy their interest or activity, excitement or emotion towards of being a person.
Enthusiasm is a strong feeling of active interesting in every performances of the students that they like or enjoy.Have a
strong feeling to perform, like any activities that so much give more interesting of a student. A strong warmth of feeling
or an interest.
Optimism is a feeling or belief of the students that what they hope for will happen in the future. Have a positive mind to
reach their ambition, and a believe of a student that they will achieve their goals in the future. More likely to cope with
stress and be physically healthy at all ages.
Warmth is the quality of being kind or friendly of the students in their classmates and teachers. Be respectful to
everyone, show you’re respect even they are older to you or not. Being kind to everyone
Sense of humor is a quality of being funny of a students to lessen stress of their classmates in doing school works. A
students that can give a jokes to their classmates in a nice way from being bored , that they can smile, amused or laugh in
something funny.
Emotional intelligence a capability of the students in recognizing their own emotions and of others. Having an empathy
towards others especially when they have a problem. A emotional information to guide and think of a behavior and can
manage or adjust emotions to adapt environment or achieving goals.
Flexibility is a capability of being able to change or to do different things in every school activities. A students that is
adjustable to the new environment, and able to socialize different kinds or attitudes of a student.
Adaptability is a capability of students of being able to change in order to fit in every performances and activities. A
students that can easily adopt every or any changes so that they can easily socialize to their friends or classmates.
Internal Locus of control is a belief of the students that he/she can influence events and their outcomes. Have a strong
belief in your self to face in front of many people in any occasion or event.
Courage is ability of the students to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous.Is the choice and willingness to
confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainly, or intimidation. Ability to be a positive thinker in every difficulties of a student
encountered.
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Respondents:
The randomly selected senior respondents come from Jagobiao National High School-Senior High Department, North
Road, Jagobiao, Mandaue City, the respondents are responsible to apply the professional attitudes of students toward
behavior in Personal Development.The researchers selected the respondents by knowing its average in Personal
Development. We selected 78 respondents from Grade 12 students.
Environment:
The researchers conducted a survey in Jagobiao National High School in North Road, Jagobiao, Mandaue City. The
school was divided into two departments the Junior High School and the Senior High School. The researchers conduct a
research about the Academic Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development.
Procedure/Data Gathering:
The researchers will ask a permission from the School Principal using the Transmittal Letter to allow the researchers to
perform the survey on the particular field. The Grade 12 students was selected to perform the study. The researchers
spend a lot of time on studying about the Academic Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development.
The information gathered from the researcher was supported by the Academic Performance of Grade 12 students in
Personal Development.
Instrument:
This study used an survey to assess the students to know their Professional Attitudes toward their Academic Performances
among Junior and Senior High students. We will evaluate if the students are applying their professional attitudes toward
behavior in Academic Performances. An survey is helpful for the researchers to determine if the students are using their
professional attitudes towards Academic Performance.
Data Analysis Procedure
The researchers submitted a transmittal letter to the head of the school to ask for an approval for the survey to be
conducted in Jagobiao National High School- Senior High Department. The survey was done last October 9, 2018. The
researcher distributed the survey sheet to the respondents and allowed them to answer freely. After answering, the
questionnaires were collected and analyzed by the researchers. There are 78 respondents who answered the
questionnaires.
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
This chapter presents the findings, analysis, discussion and interpretation of data gathered wherein the objective is to
know the Academic Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development.
A. Page Layout and Font Face
Table 1: Self-confidence
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predict the Academic Performance of the students through their questions it can help the students to think critically
(Fehintola, 2014). The extent of academic performance can help to the Grade 12 students to have a good Academic
Performance in Personal Development. The table shows that there is a significant association in the Academic
Performance of Grade 12 students toward in Personal Development.
Table 2: Humility
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The table above shows that the average of students is 3.84 in extent of their trustworthiness towards in their Academic
Performance in Personal Development. Students who are low in their self-esteem but higher interdependent level with
others are students who think with positive attitudes toward psychological health (Yeh, 2002). The table shows that those
students who are higher in interdependent level are the students who think positively towards in their Academic
Performance in Personal Development.
Table 5: Authenticity
The table above shows that the average of students is 3.50 in extent of their assertiveness towards in their Academic
Performance in Personal Development. The positive and negative feedback of the participants can affect the evaluations
of the students towards in their academic performances (Guenther and Alicke, 2007). The table shows that the negative
and positive feedback of the participants in terms of communicating to others and sharing information can affect to the
academic performance of the students.
Table 8: Passion
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The table above shows that the average of students is 3.77 in extent of their sense of humor towards in their Academic
Performance in Personal Development. Academic achievement is predicted by attitude in learning (Veresova and Mala,
2016). It shows that attitudes are important toward in the surroundings of students because it can help them to have a good
relationship towards each other and it affects their academic performance in personal development.
Table 11: Emotional Intelligence
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The table above shows that the average of students is 3.88 in extent of their Internal Locus of Control towards in their
Academic Performance in Personal Development. Teachers who are passionate can influence the performance of the
students (Mart, 2013). The table shows that teachers and students are related to each to have a good academic
performance. It shows also that the extent of academic performance are more important for all Grade 12 students to have a
good academic performance in personal development.
Table 14: Courage
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The table shows that the computed value (2.60) of academic performance in passion is less than the critical value which is
7.28. Thus, there is no significant. This can also inferred that the students like participated and performed well in
academic performance of students such as oral participation, reporting, and activities.
Table 23: Academic Performance and Enthusiasm, optimism, and warmth
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III. CONCLUSION
This study has assessed the extent of Academic Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development. Based on the
results the contents self-confidence, humility, core self- evaluation, passion, enthusiasm, optimism, and warmth and
emotional intelligence, has a decision of failed to reject with an interpretation of not significant means that these content
does not significant the grade 12 students in the subject Personal Development of the senior high school students of
jagobiao national high school. While the content trustworthiness, authenticity, extra-version, assertiveness, sense of
humor, flexibility and adaptability, locus of control and courage has a decision of rejected with an interpretation of
significant which means that these content affect the academic performance of the grade 12 students in personal
development in where it affects their personality and development as a students. The development of students are
important on their daily lives, everyday they are developing, growing especially their personality as a students. As
students growing, their has a development and as they grow personality are being developed and change. In contrary to
the students academic performance in personal development, students are indeed develop their personal development,
they must have the exact personality and development based on their age and how they acts.The impact of the results to
students has been proved on the results where it also affect their academic performance. Generally, the extent of
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Academic Performance in the Grade 12 students in Personal Development has a big impact it also showed on the results
of the study where some personal development content has a significant association in extent to the Academic
Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development showed the significant association of extent in Academic
Performance of Grade 12 students in Personal Development. The results associates the impact of academic performance
of the grade 12 students on personal development where personality and development commonly talked.
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