PROCRASTINATION AMONG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF

UMINGAN CENTRAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

S.Y. 2018-2019

A Qualitative Research Presented to the Faculty of Senior High School

Department in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject

INQUIRIES, INVESTIGATION AND IMMERSION

(General Academic Strand-A)

RESEARCHERS

Bautista, Crisjobelle U.

Vendiola, Marinella A.

Velasco, Christine D.

Papua, Frances Paula Mae G.

Javier, Angeline DL.

Valiente, Jennifer R.

Carbonillo, Janella DC.

Rivera, Richmond DP.

Ramiscal, Mark Joel E.

Estrada, Eingelbert F.

Mamuad, Enrico L.

Tolentino, David Bryan

Doctor, Mark Daniel C.

Sobrera, Marc Ivhane C.

Tabayan, Lorenzo

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers wish to express their profound gratitude and sincerest

thanks to following persons who were behind the realization and made this

research possible.

To their beloved parents, brothers and sisters, for their undying love that

they have given also for the full support and guidance they never left them; they

were the reason why they surely make this research study very well with a heart,

with love, and enjoying moment being a researcher.

To their teachers, Ma’am Andrea Velasquez for checking the grammars

as validators of this research and Ma’am Bella Velasquez who served as their

advisers in doing this research and giving them full support all throughout the

study.

The selected Senior High Students of Umingan Central National High

School for their hospitality shown and time spent during the survey for this study

in answering the questionnaires.

Above all, to almighty God for his everlasting love, guidance, and wisdom

that has given to the researchers.

THE RESEARCHERS

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 Dedication

Every challenging work needs self-efforts as well as guidance of elders

especially those who were close to our heart. We humbly dedicate this piece of

work to our loving parents for their endless guidance and support, to our fellow

students, friends and teachers because those people helped us to be more

responsible researcher. And of course to our Almighty God, who is the ultimate

source of strength, wisdom, grace, and knowledge in everything we do.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

TITLE PAGE i

APPROVAL SHEET………………………………………………………ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………………………………………………….iii

DEDICATION……………………………………………………..………..iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………….……….v

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the study………………………………………….…...1

Conceptual Framework…………………………………………………2

Statement of the Study…………………………………………………2

Definition of terms………………………………………………..…....3

Significance of. the Study………………………………………..……3

Scope and Limitation…………………………………………..…..…..5

CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OR RELATED LITERATURE

Related Studies………………………………………………………….6

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

 Research Design……………………….………………………………14

Population and Locale of the Study…………………………………14

Data Gathering Method………………………………….…………….14

Research Instrument……………………………………………………15

CHAPTER 4: RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Results……………………………………………………………………16

Discussion………………………………………………………..……..16

CHAPTER 5: INTERPRETATION

Background……………………………………………………………..29

Cognition………………………………………………………………...30

Emotional……………..………………………………………………...30

Knowledge……………………………………………………………….31

Background……………………………………………………………..32

CHAPTER 6: SUMMAARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENTADATION

Summary…………………………………………………………………33

Conclusion…………………………………………..……………….….

Recommendation……………….……………………………………….
 LIST OF TABLES

TABLES PAGE

Profile of the Respondents

Table 1.a: Sex…………………..………………………………………16

Table 1.b: Age…………………………..……………………………..16

Procrastination among Senior High School Students

Behavior………………..……………………………………………….17

Cognition……………………………….……………………………….19

Emotional……………………………………………………………….21

Knowledge……………………………………….…………………….23

Background……………………………………………………………26
 Chapter 1

Background of the study

Procrastination is a behavior of delaying a task that can be done earlier

but chooses to do it last minute. This behavior problem exists in almost every

aspect in your daily lives, be it in academic, financial or even in health

management. Procrastination is an action of delaying of postponing something it

is observe inside of the classroom. Many of Senior High School students hobby

is to procrastinate also known as “Maniana Habit” but few students can do this

kind of habit and they use, it can excuse for their laziness. Students can’t

complete necessary tasks and feel serious stress. Procrastinating in high school

causes anxiety and drops in success, which can lead to long term problems and

causes many problems for high school students. An obvious result of continued

procrastination is a drop in grades and a declined in school success. Students

who do not fully complete assignments and put crucial studying receive poorer

grades. Different factors are to be considered regarding the decrease in the

amount of time in studying of students. Some factors include procrastination,

non-academic after school activities, settling priorities and appalling habits that

might affect the academic performance of students.

 Conceptual Framework

Input Process Output

Why do Some students

students procrastinate
Procrastinate? Using interview because they
and aid of don’t see how a
questionnaire to project is
gather relevant or
important to
information.
them like having
two weeks to
work on a paper
and waiting until
the night before
it’s due to work
on it.

Statement of the problem

Why do students procrastinate? Some Senior High School students often

procrastinate because they don’t see how a project is relevant or important to

them; they don’t understand the material, or just don’t know how to get started.

What are the main causes of procrastination? The main cause of procrastination

is a deep-rooted fear of failure. If you fear the consequences of failing, then a

logical extension of this is a disinclination to take action. What are the negative

effects of procrastination? The negative effect of procrastination is you will blow

opportunities. Opportunities are the world’s way of giving you more, do yourself

a favor and grab them with both hands.

Definition of terms

 Academic Procrastination – An irrational tendency to delay in the

beginning and completion of an academic task. Students may have the

intention to perform an academic activity within the desired or expected

time frame, yet failing to motivate themselves to do so.

 Procrastination – To delay doing something that you ought to do, usually

because you do not want to do it. To keep delaying something that must

be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring.

 Procrastinators – Is someone who knows that she or he should do and

do not do it. The procrastinator will work on less important obligation, or

(s)he may use his or her time wastefully in some minor activity or

pleasure.

 Students – One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college or

university. In this study, it refers to anyone who is enrolling in physical and

health education students at faculty of education.

Significance of the study

The output of the study can be beneficial to Senior High students of

Umingan Central National High School whose procrastination have been

habitual.
For the staff of the Guidance Office. Findings of this study can serve as an

input for them in the future planning on resolving students academic problem

including academic procrastination with the findings of the study for the students,

they can plan assistance programs for students to help them out with their

problems that cause them to procrastinate without sacrificing their studies and

academic performance, or at least keeping the effects of academic

procrastination at the lowest level.

For the students. The study can enlighten them on the many causes and effects

of academic procrastination of students from which they can learn a lot for these

causes and effects will be based on the actual experiences of students who have

been left with no choice but to give in to academic procrastination.

For administrations and teaching staff. This study can help them better

understand the situations of students. They will come to know the factors that

they can have control of, such teacher factors and student factors that cause

academic procrastination among Senior High School students. Upon knowing

these, the administrators and teaching staff can devise plans and ways to

accommodate the limitations of their student and provide those students having

difficulties in an out of school.

For the future researchers. The outcome of the study is beneficial to the neither

present researchers or the future researchers. This study may be one of the

bases that a new theory in learning will arise.

For the parents. Some of the causes of academic procrastination of Senior High

School students, the family and parents may also find themselves not equipped

to be able to help out of these Senior High School students financially, they can

do a lot better than that by continuously offering their moral support,

understanding and unconditional love.

Scope and limitation of the study

This study is all about procrastination in Umingan Central National High

School to understand the reason why the student procrastinate and to inform

some students for the possible effects to their study and to their performance

inside the campus and to avoid their bad habits such as their attitude and

responsibilities in our school our respondents are the school student at Umingan

Central National High School, with the total number of 70 students. That will be

conducted from November to March 2018-2019 in the form of interview

 Chapter 2

Review Related Literature

The behavior of academic procrastination is quite common among

students. Students cannot show their real performance in learning because they

procrastinate and this behavior can decrease student’s performance and they

fail.

According to Milana Knezenic (2016), procrastination is a student’s worst enemy;

it is a disease that eats away the student’s productivity. An American study

estimates that 70% of the students showed the signs of this behavior. “Students

are biologically and socially predisposed to put off until tomorrow what they

should do today”. Aside from the cliché that students are more impulsive, in their

early 20’s they’re still developing their pre-frontal cortex, home of will power.

According to Carla M. Mandap (2016), academic procrastination can be

considered as behavioral, effective and cognitive phenomenon which draws out

from an individual’s fear of failure. The fear of failure is related to low self-

confidence where individuals delay task because of the fear or belief that they

will not accomplish it. Students with high confidence can somehow respond

positively to the academic challenges despite the difficulty of work.

According to Kramer (2015), goals that need to be accomplished must be listed

in detail, in addition to how it can be achieved. Getting rid of distraction is also

another big step in eradicating this behavior, as being troubled can cause anyone

to be stagnant and lose focus. The best things to do when trying to accomplish
something is to start then get the job done, regardless of perfection. Just make

sure that all the essentials are covered. The next step is to then organize all the

tasks that need to be done. Prioritize them and then go through it one at a time.

This will generate a sense of sequence which in turn will create a good,

throughout the working environment. The last step is to fix a deadline. This

encourages discipline and accountability, which will further correct the

“cramming” mentality. Bu using this method, It will be easier to do big tasks, step

by step and chunk by chunk

According to Ludwig (2013), procrastination is not pure laziness. Lazy people do

not want to do anything, on the other hand, procrastinators want to work on the

given task, but they cannot persuade themselves to do so. Procrastination is not

relaxation. When people rest they gain energy, but when they procrastinate, they

lose their energy and get tired. It is vicious circle, because with the little energy

we procrastinate more and spend more energy and we are on the beginning

again.

According to Gracc Shangkuan Koo (2013), a columnist in the inquirer

newspaper, blogged something about procrastination entitled as “ Why do people

procrastinate?” Almost everyone procrastinate and there are some more than

others. She also said that people procrastinate or doing things off when they

overestimated the time they have or underestimated how long it takes to

accomplish a task. Also, people may overestimate their abilities and motivation,

expecting that things will go smoothly without a flaw. She also mentioned that

people uses all sorts of excuses to justify their procrastination. It’s either they do
not to know how to complete or they really don’t know what needs to be done.

Sometimes, they will say that they are not in the mood or they forget. To blame

others or waiting for the right moment or for inspiration is also one of the

excuses. Another thing that Koo expressed in the blog is that people may also

think that they can do better under pressure, waiting until the last minute,

believing that they can finish on time and do other tasks. She mentioned that

there is a research who said that there are active and passive procrastinators.

The active ones are those who work under pressure and finish the task on time

which on the other hand, the passive procrastinators are those who continue to

wait and delay and never get to accomplish their work. Perfectionist could also

be the cause of procrastination. “Unhealthy or neurotic perfectionists” aims to

unrealistic high standard and is afraid to fail. They are paralyzed to even initiate a

work.

Another blog in the internet with a title of “Saka na, Bukas na: Pinoy

procrastination” ask if we, the Filipino’s, ever wondered how the timeless virtue

‘Filipino time’ originated? Do we know why did the grasshopper starved to death

in the story of “The ant and the grasshopper?” Do we also know why the hare

lost the race against the turtle? Based on this blog, it is because of the act of

procrastination. The Filipino way of saying it is “saka na lang” which is clearly the

procrastination we inherited from our conqueror centuries ago. If we will look into

reality, procrastination is a thief of time. Time is the only thing in this world that all

of us can lose and never regain. By procrastinating, an individual is at risk of

wasting and killing the time. Unfortunately, when the individual realizes this fact,
he/she has already run out of time. He/she might to try not to give up by saying

the famous line “baahala na” and hoping that there would be a “later”. The

conflict is that ‘later’ usually ends up with a “never”. (2013)

According to Tulik (2008), procrastination is linked to all kinds of negative effects;

thus people who have potential and talent but procrastination cannot show their

talent or potential because they think it is just hopeless and useless to try out

anything.

According to Dr. Piers Steel (2007), procrastination is one of the self-regulatory

failures that can’t be explained until now; it is also a current and destructive

behavior in this era. So, Steel reviewed the relevant conceptual, theoretical and

empirical works resulting in correlation, experimental and qualitative findings.

Based on 691 correlations, a Meta-analysis of procrastination’s possible causes

and effect shows that neuroticism, rebelliousness and sensations seeking show

only a weak connection. Steel also said that the following are the strong and

consistent signs of procrastination: task evasiveness, task delay, self-efficacy

and impulsiveness, as well as conscientiousness and its pact of self- control,

distractibility, organizations and achievement motivation. “Continued research

into procrastination should not be delayed, especially because its prevalence

appears to be growing “

According to Alexander and Onwuegbuzie (2007), procrastination occurs in all

kinds of daily tasks. Academic progress and success justifying thus this study.

Adolescents spend a lot of their time either at school or involved in school

activities, and the school setting is characterized by “limited times” in which to

perform tasks, investigation work and exam. It is estimated that academic

procrastination in tasks related to academic life is a common phenomenon for

about 70% of university students. In an investigation with adolescents, almost

25% of the individuals interviewed considered that procrastination was a

moderate or severe problem and that tendency to put off tasks interfered

negatively not only with their academic achievement but also with their quality of

life. The most frequent consequence of procrastination is poor individual

performance which interferes with organizational functioning.

According to Klassen (2007), Low levels of self-efficacy are indicative of

procrastination. This means the students who have little faith in their own abilities

tend to procrastinate more and in turn sparks a vicious cycle of poor

performance. Self-efficacy looks at a person’s ability to organize, regulate, and

direct one’s actions to achieve a desired outcome: high levels of self-efficacy

often result in a positive outcome.

According to Ferrari and Diaz-Morales (2007), several studies associate

procrastination with some different personality variables, such as low self-

esteem, low self-confidence, and high perfectionism, competitive immobilize,

dysfunctional impulsivity, depression and anxiety. In general, procrastination can

be considered to interfere with people’s will and their engagement in tasks,

resulting in the increase of stress action, characterized by negative feelings, loss

of control over their personal lives, or consequences for their physical and mental

health. According to literature procrastination is associated with a maladaptive

life style, resulting in serious personal and social effects which reinforce feelings

of lack of personal competence; beside this is it known that the prolonged

exposure to stress can increase the risk of serious illness. Obviously, when it

turns to our students’ lives, procrastination can also cause delay in studying

behaviors, in drafting works or reports, missing deadlines to hand in peers and

putting off administrative tasks related to academic life, such as returning library

books, registering for an exam and so forth. Skipping classes or delaying in

handing in works is also consequences of academic procrastination, as well as

emerging conflicts with parents or friends.

According to Solomon and Rothlum (2006), demonstrate that 49% of students

procrastinate in academic tasks such as writing term papers, studying for an

exam and keeping up with weekly reading assignments. The habit of delaying

tasks result in bad consequence, of which Tulik (2008) describes a few

consequences.

According to Noran (2005), a procrastinator wastes too much time on something

which gives him or her pleasure such as playing computer games or reading and

update in his or her social networking website. Mostly, procrastinators keep

themselves ready to work but end up avoiding the task.

According to Chu and Choi (2005), suggest that there may be different types of

procrastinators and that some types need to suffer from their behavior. In

particular, these types may be actively postpone work, because they perform

better under high pressure and relish the challenge of completing a task in the
last minute. There may be a fine line here, between believing that one performs

better under pressure, and actually doing so. Falsely expecting to do good work

under high pressure, and consequently either missing a deadline for completing

a task of interior quality, can well be described as procrastination under the

definition I suggested earlier. But the type of procrastinator that Chu and Choi

(2005) refer to, correctly predicts that completing tasks late is optimal for him,

and thus he completes tasks late. And again, simply doing something later than

the earliest possible moment to do it cannot immediately be thought of as a result

of procrastination within the framework I intend to use in this thesis.

According to Ryan M. (2004)procrastination is behavior of delaying doing task

that can be done earlier but chooses to do it last minute. This behavior problem

exists in almost every aspect in our daily lives be it in academic, financial even in

health management. ”The habit of procrastination can reach chronic levels that it

can have negative effect on their live”

According to Migram (2003), has done the first historical analysis on the subject

matter and argued that procrastination rises from advance societies who require

various commitment and deadlines.

According to Fischer (1999), procrastination as behavior where most, or all of the

work required to complete a task is done in the eleventh hour. From this

perspective, procrastinators are simply characterized by not distributing their

workload evenly and finishing the majority of it close to a given deadline. This

interpretation does not differentiate between cases where there are good
reasons to postpone a task, and cases where the delay is actually caused by

procrastination, as defined above.

According to Beswick, Rothlum and Mann (1998), “the consequences of habitual

procrastination are likely to be anxiety, despair and depression as the person

fails to complete tasks or perform them unsatisfactority” Procrastination also puts

a procrastinator in a situation of conflict and indecision. Beswick, Rothlum and

Mann suggested that procrastination also results in poor work because it was

done rushed or partly uncompleted.

According to Tice and Baumeister (1997), procrastination in academia may have

particularly serious effects for students in secondary and tertiary education,

whose academic lives are characterized by frequent deadlines. Indeed, it has

been shown that students who rated high on procrastination received low grades.

According to Ringenback (1971), history of procrastination, Parkinson’s law

which dictates that students will take so long to complete a project as the time

that they are offered, and students syndrome, which states that students will only

engage with academic activities at the last possible moment.

 Chapter 3

Research Methodology

Research Design

This is a Qualitative Research study, its major objectives were

to identify the procrastination of Senior High School students at Umingan Central

National High School and to identify and analyze the reason why students do

procrastinate, 2018-2019.

Population and Locale of the study

The respondents of this study were selected based on the

following criteria: the respondents should be Senior High Students of Umingan

Central National High School from the six (6) different strands (GAS: General

Academic Strand, STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,

ABM: Accountancy, Business and Management, ICT: Information and

Communication Technology, HE: Home Economics, and HUMSS: Humanities

and Social Sciences) with the total of 70 respondents.

Data Gathering Method

This study was conducted through the approval and

permission of the school Principal. This research work among the Senior High

Students with the given date and time was done. This research was conducted

through interview and with the aid of questionnaire. The result of the study was
modified to have valid and reliable information. Data gathered was tallied,

analyzed and interpreted according to their specificity.

Research Instrument

The research instrument used on this study is through

interview with the aid of questionnaires. The questionnaire is composed of two

(2) parts: First, is where the researchers obtained the profile of the selected

respondents where they are grouped according to age, gender and their strand.

The second part was the set of questions that is required to be answered by the

respondents to collect the data needed by the researchers for this study.
 Chapter 4

Results and Discussion

Table 1.a: Sex

Frequency Percentage

Male 49 70%

Female 21 30%

Total 70 100%

It can be seen in the table 1.a that, there are Forty-nine (49) Male

respondents with the percentage of Seventy % (70%) and Twenty-one (21)

Female respondents with the percentage of Thirty % (30%). A total of Seventy

(70) respondents with the percentage of One Hundred % (100%) answered the

given questionnaires.

Table1.b: Age

Age Frequency Percentage

16-17 35 50%
18 20 28.6%
19 15 21.4%
Total 70 100%
It can be seen in the table 1.b that, Thirty-five (35) out of Seventy (70)

respondents are Sixteen to Seventeen (16-17) years old with the percentage of

Fifty % (50%).
 Table 2

Procrastination among Senior High School Students

BEHAVIOR

1. What do you do, when

you do the Procrastination? Frequency Percentage

 Gadgets 28 40%
 Sleeping 36 51.4%
 Travel 6 8.6%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 1, most of them answered that they are going home to

Sleep with the percentage of 51.4%, some of the respondents answered that

they are using Gadgets so they can do procrastination with the percentage of

40%, and some of the respondents answered that they are Travelling

somewhere with the percentage of 8.6%.

2. What do you do, when Frequency Percentage

you didn’t finish your
assignment/seatwork?
 Rush 35 50%
 Asking Ideas 17 24.3%
 Facebook 18 25.7%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 2, most of the respondents answered if they didn’t finish
their assignment/seatwork they are Rushing to do it in the school with the
percentage of 50% out of 100%, some of the respondents answered that instead
of doing it they are Surfing the Internet with the percentage of 25.7% out of
100%, and some of the respondents answered that they are Asking Ideas to
their teachers or classmate because sometimes they can’t understand the
questions or the activities/seatwork that the teacher gave with the percentage of
24.3% out of 100%.
 3. How will you make-up Frequency Percentage
for your missed quizzes?
 Remedial 44 62.9%
 Asking the teacher 11 21.4%
 Nothing 15 15.7%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 3, most of the respondents answered Remedial

with the percentage of 62.9% out of 100% because they need to take remedial to

their missed quizzes so that it can’t affect their grades, some of the respondents

answered they are Asking their Teacher to make-up their missed quizzes with

the percentage of 21.4% out of 100%, and some of the respondents answered

Nothing with the percentage of 15.7% out of 100% maybe because they are not

doing procrastination.

4. What would you do to Frequency Percentage

overcome
procrastination?
 Set Goals 30 42.9%
 Study Hard 24 34.2%
 Nothing 16 22.9%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 4, most of the respondents answered that they will Set

Goals to overcome procrastination because they want to avoid procrastination

with the percentage of 42.9% out of 100%, some of the respondents answered

that they will Study Harder to overcome procrastination with the percentage of

34.2% out of 100%, and some of the students answered Nothing with the

percentage of 22.9% out of 100% maybe because they are not doing

procrastination.
 5. What would you do, if Frequency Percentage
your grade failed?
 Comply 30 42.9%
 Study Well 24 34.2%
 Nothing 16 22.9%
Total 70 100%
In question no.5, most of the respondents answered that they will Comply

if their grade failed to make it higher than before with the percentage of 42.9%

out of 100%, some of the respondents that they will Study Harder the next

grading if there is a chance with the percentage of 34.2% out of 100%, and some

of the respondents answered Nothing with the percentage of 22.9% out of 100%

maybe because they are not doing procrastination.

COGNITION

1. What do you think Frequency Percentage

about your allowance? Is
it enough for your
everyday needs?
 Yes 42 60%
 No 12 17.1%
 It depends 16 22.9%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 1, most of the respondents answered Yes with the

percentage of 60% out of 100% because they believe that their allowance is

enough, some of the respondents answered It depends with the percentage of

22.9% out of 100% maybe because it depends on their daily needs and the

remaining 17.1% out of 100% respondents answered No because they believe

that their allowance is not enough.

 2. Are you not afraid of Frequency Percentage
failing in your studies?
Yes or No? Why?
 Yes 28 40%

 No 42 60%

Total 70 100%

In question no. 2, most of the respondents answered No with the

percentage of 60% out of 100% because they are afraid on failing, and the

remaining 40% out of 100% respondents answered Yes because they are not

afraid of failing.

3. What do you think Frequency Percentage

about doing
procrastination?
 Relieves 13 18.6%

 Not Good 40 57.1%

 I didn’t do it 17 24.3%

Total 70 100%

In question no. 3, most of the respondents answered Not Good with the

percentage of 57.1% out of 100% because they believe that procrastination is not

a good habit, while some of the respondents answered they didn’t do it with the

percentage of 24.3% out of 100% because they are not doing procrastination,

and the remaining 18.6% out of 100% respondents answered Relieves maybe

because they feel relieves when they do procrastination.

EMOTIONAL
1. What do you feel when Frequency Percentage
you skip your class?
 Happy 17 24.3%
 Sad 47 67.1%
 Not Interested 6 8.6%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 1, most of respondents answered Sad with the percentage

of 67.1% out of 100% because they feel sad whenever they skip their class,

some of the respondents answered Happy with the percentage of 24.3% out of

100% because they are happy when they skip their class, and the remaining

8.6% out of 100% respondents answered not interested.

2. What do you feel when

you can’t take your Frequency Percentage
quizzes? At the right
time?
 Happy 13 18.6%

 Sad 57 81.4%
Total 70 100%

In question no. 2, most of the respondents answered Sad with the

percentage of 81.4% out of 100% because they feel sad when they can’t take

their quizzes at the right time, some of the respondents answered Happy with

the percentage of 18.6% out of 100% maybe because have their own strategies

even if they take their quizzes late.

3. When you’re late, what

do you feel when you are Frequency Percentage
entering your class?
 Shy 35 50%
 Happy 14 20%
 Sad 21 30%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 3, some of the respondents answered Happy with the

percentage of 20% out of 100% because they feel like a Superstar when they

entered their classroom and they get the whole attention of the whole class, while

some of the respondents answered Sad with the percentage of 30% out of 100%

because they are late, and most of the respondents answered Shy with the

percentage of 50% out of 100% because of the attention they get.

4. What do you feel when Frequency Percentage

you didn’t enter your
class?
 Sad 56 80%

 Happy 14 20%

Total 70 100%

In question no. 4, some of the respondents answered Happy with the

percentage of 20% out of 100% because they can relax their self when they

didn’t enter their class, and most of the respondents answered Sad with the

percentage of 80% out of 100% because they have conscience on not entering

their class.
5. What do you feel when Frequency Percentage
card day is coming?
 Happy 30 42.9%

 Sad 40 57.1%

Total 70 100%

In question no. 5, some of the respondents answered Happy with the

percentage of 42.9% out of 100% meaning they are excited to see the fruit of

their hard work, and most of the respondents answered Sad with the percentage

of 57.1% out of 100% meaning they are afraid on the results of their hard work.

KNOWLEDGE

1. What procrastination
do to your academic Frequency Percentage
performances?

 Lower grades 33 47.1%

 Negative Effects 23 32.9%
 Not Interested 14 20%
Total 70 100%
In question no.1, most of the respondents answered that they got a Lower

grade because of procrastination with the percentage of 47.1% out of 100%

meaning most of them engage doing skipping class/procrastination, while some

of the respondents answered that it gives them a negative effects with the

percentage of 32.9% out of 100% meaning procrastination is not good in their

academic performances, and the remaining 20% answered not interested.

 2. What is the reason
why procrastination is Frequency Percentage
not an example of a
good learning habit?

 Bad example 48 68.6%

 Not Interested 22 31.4%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 2, most of the respondents answered that procrastination

is a Bad example habits with the total percentage of 68.6% out of 100%

meaning most of them are not agree and procrastination is not a good habit,

while the remaining 31.4% out of 100% of the respondents answered Not

Interested.

3. Why does Frequency Percentage

procrastination give you
low grades?
 Bad Habit 38 54.3%
 Missed some 12 17.1%
lecture
 Not Interested 20 28.6%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 4, most of them answered that procrastination gives them

a lower grades because it is a bad habit with the percentage of 54.3% out of

100%, while some of the respondents answered that they missed some

lectures with the percentage of 17.1% out of 100%, and the remaining 28.6%

out of 100% of the respondents answered Not Interested.

 4. Does procrastination
make you unsuccessful Frequency Percentage
person in the future?

 Yes 41 58.6%
 No 29 41.4%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 4, most of the respondents answered Yes with the

percentage of 58.6% out of 100% because they believe that procrastination can

make them unsuccessful person in the future, and some of the respondents

answered No with the total percentage of 41.4% out of 100%.

5. What do you know

about the effects of Frequency Percentage
procrastination?

 Low grades 40 57.1%

 Loss/lack of 9 12.9%
knowledge

 Not Interested 21 30%

Total 70 100%
In question no. 5, most of the respondents answered Low grades is one

of the most effects of procrastination with the percentage of 57.1% out of 100%,

while some of the respondents answered that the effect of procrastination is also

Loss/Lack of knowledge with the percentage of 12.9% out of 100%, and the

remaining 30% out of 100% respondents answered Not Interested.

BACKGROUND

1. What is the lowest

grade you get because of Frequency Percentage
procrastination? Are you
satisfied?

 Yes 17 24.3%
 No 39 55.7%
 Not Interested 14 20%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 1, most of the respondents answered No with the

percentage of 55.7% out of 100% because they are not satisfied on their grades

for doing procrastination, while some of the respondents answered Yes with the

percentage of 24.3% out of 100% because they are satisfied, and the remaining

20% out of 100% respondents answered Not Interested.

2. What is the highest

grade you get when you Frequency Percentage
don’t do procrastination?
Are you satisfied?

 Yes 48 68.6%
 No 10 14.3%
 Not Interested 12 17.1%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 2, most of the respondents answered Yes with the

percentage of68.6% out of 100% because they are satisfied on their grades for

not going procrastination, while some of the respondents answered No with the

percentage of 14.3% out of 100% because they are not satisfied, and the

remaining 17.1% out of 100% answered Not Interested.

 3. Did you try to avoid
procrastination? How Frequency Percentage
many times you tried to
avoid procrastination?

 Yes 45 64.3%
 No 12 17.1%
 Not Interested 13 18.6%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 3, most of the respondents answered Yes with the

percentage of 64.3% out of 100% because they tried to avoid procrastination,

while some of the respondents answered No with the percentage of 17.1% out of

100% because they not, and the remaining 18.6% out of 100% answered Not

Interested.

4. Are you satisfied on

your grades knowing that Frequency Percentage
you are doing
procrastination? Is that
okay for you?
 Yes 31 44.8%
 No 26 37.1%
 Not Interested 12 18.1%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 4, most of the respondents answered Yes with the

percentage of 44.8% out of 100% because they are satisfied on their grades

knowing that they are doing procrastination, while some of the respondents

answered No with the percentage of 37.1% out of 100% because they are not

satisfied, and the remaining 18.1% out of 100% answered Not Interested.

5. How long you have

 been doing Frequency Percentage
procrastination? When do
you want to stop doing
it?
 Since High School 24 34.3%
 I’m not doing it 18 25.7%
 Not interested 28 40%
Total 70 100%
In question no. 5, some of the respondents answered Since High School

with the percentage of 34.3% out of 100% because they are doing

procrastination since then, while of the respondents answered I’m not doing it

with the percentage of 25.7% out of 100%, and the remaining 40% out of 100%

respondents answered Not Interested.

 Chapter 5

Interpretation

BEHAVIOR

We, the researchers interpreted that most of the respondents answered

that they are using gadgets at home. The researchers also found out that

overusing mobile phones can effects the quality of the Student’s sleep because

overusing mobile phones/gadgets before we sleep can interfere with our normal

sleep process, it can be a problem for a individual because they stimulate rather

than relay the brain. Sleep is a really important function for our bodies and has a

huge impact to our physical and mental Health. We also figured out that most of

them didn’t finish their assignments/seatwork so that they are rushing to do it in

the school once students reach high school and start receiving more take-home

assignments and larger projects, students who rush their activities until the last

minute tend to receive lower grades than their peers. The researchers interpreted

that the respondents set their goals to overcome procrastination and to achieve a

higher grade. Helping your fellow students set clear and realistic goals will help

him or her manage expectations and track his or her progress. Let your fellow

students know that sometimes it is okay to fail, and treat it as a lesson for next

time.

COGNITION

We, the researchers interpreted that most of the students think that their

allowance is enough for their everyday needs, and some of the respondents
answered it depends because sometimes there is a lot of projects that can cost

their allowances in school, so sometimes they do procrastination. We also

figured out that they are afraid on failing their grades. Procrastination can have a

negative effect on students schoolwork, grades, and even their overall health.

Students who procrastinate experience higher levels of frustration, guilt, stress

and anxiety – in some cases leading to serious issues like low self-esteem and

depression. The researchers interpreted that the respondents think that

procrastination is not good because it can lead to poor academic performance

and higher levels of stress.

EMOTIONAL

We, the researchers interpreted that most of the respondents feel sad

when they skip their class since it can affect their academic performance

because of missed quizzes, activities and lectures. We also figured out that most

of the respondents feel sad when they can’t take the quizzes at the right time.

There are reason why they can’t take quizzes at the right time maybe because

he/she is sick and he/she didn’t want to missed some quizzes so he/she feel sad.

The researchers interpreted that the respondents answered that they feel shy if

they are late and entering the class especially when the teacher is already in

front and discussing. We also figured out that most of the student feel guilty if

they didn’t enter the class because there is a possibility that they missed a

quizzes or activities. The researchers interpreted that the respondents is feeling

sad and at the same time worried when card day is coming because they know

what’s the result because they are doing procrastination.

KNOWLEDGE

We, the researchers interpreted that most of them answered that when

they procrastinate they got a lower grades because they engaged doing skipping

classes. It only means that they missed some of their lessons. The researchers

also interpreted that most of the respondents answered that procrastination is a

bad example habits. It only means that most of them agree that was a bad habit

while some of them are not interested in doing procrastination and it was also the

reason why they’ve got low grades. We the researchers interpreted that most of

the respondents answered yes in the question “ Does procrastination makes you

unsuccessful in the future?” it only means that most of them are depending in

their habits on how they shape their future. But there are also respondents who

answered that it depends on your eagerness to become a successful even you’re

doing procrastination. The researchers also interpreted that most of the

respondents answered that the effect of procrastination is direct on their studies.

Meaning to say that when you do procrastination, there is a big possibility that

your grades became low. Some of the respondents also answered that the effect

of doing procrastination is a loss and lack of knowledge about their topic in

school.

BACKGROUND

We, the researchers interpreted that most of the respondents answered

no because they are not satisfied on their grades for doing procrastination. The

researchers also figured out that most of the respondents answered that they will
be satisfied to their grades if they are not doing procrastination. The researchers

interpreted that most of the respondents answered that they are trying to avoid

procrastination since procrastination can affect the academic performance.

 Chapter 6

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

Summary

A careful and thorough analysis of the data gathered revealed these

findings:

The respondent’s ages ranged from 16-19 years old. The 35 respondents

were 16-17 years old with the percentage of 50%, and then there are 20

respondents were 18 years old with the percentage of 28.6% and lastly were 19

years old, 15 respondents with the percentage of 21.4%.

The populations of Male are 49 respondents with the percentage of 70%

and the population of Female are 21 respondents with the percentage of 30%, a

total of 70 respondents.

The respondents are Senior High students of Umingan Central National

High School. They came from different Strands (GAS, ABM, STEM, ICT, HE and

HUMSS).

There were 51.4% of the respondents admitted that they are going home

or not going home or not going to school because they are still sleepy or they are

using gadgets. 42% of the respondents agreed that laziness is the main factor.

Then, 33% of the respondents were undecided if being not interested on

the given task is a cause to procrastinate. But then there were 64.3% of the
respondents disagreed that prioritizing the less important thing is a reason for

procrastinate. And lastly, 54% of the respondents are afraid to fail because they

are doing procrastination.

Conclusion

A students can overcome can overcome procrastination by becoming

aware of its causes and effects and develop their time management skills.

Knowing the causes and effects of procrastination will broaden one’s

understanding to become sensitive of their wrong doings. The management is an

efficient way to totally avoid procrastination. It helps oneself to organize their time

wisely to do tasks productivity. Although procrastination is a student’s worst

enemy, it can still be dejected.

Recommendation

1. Teachers must have to catch the attention of students in way of

communicating property and good relation as second mother or father to their

students.

2. Parents should provide enough time to check/monitor their children’s studying

in school.

3. Teachers must have their home visitation to their students.

4. Teachers must set a schedule of meeting to the parents to discuss important

matter like tardiness.

5. DepEd must provide a complete facilities that will engage every learners to

participate and for them to feel the excitement and enjoyment of learning to avoid

absenteeism and tardiness.

6. Teachers should monitor the attendance of each student.

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