Academic Achievement of Low- Social-Economic-Status (SES) of Junior High School Students

Table 1.

Student-Related Factors that Contribute to the Students’ AcademicAchievement

Statements

Teachers

(n=30)

Students

(N=347)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

The students sometimes feel sleepy in the classroom

2.67

0.97

2.64

0.83

The students sometimes feel hungry in the class

2.77

0.90

2.71

0.78

The students find it difficult to see clearly on the boards and to hear the teachers

2.10

1.19

1.77

1.11

The students only study when there is a class test or an exercise

2.77

0.90

1.93

1.08

The students listen to radio/watch TV when they are learning at home

2.80

0.86

1.73

1.13

The students sometimes feel lazy, tired, or bored to study

2.57

0.97

2.75

0.71

The students are sometimes disturbed by their friends when they (the students) are learning

 

2.56

 

0.99

 

3.05

 

0.69

The students sometimes copy their assignments and homework from their friends

2.90

0.77

1.44

1.21

Sometimes, the students are involved in school activity

3.03

0.67

3.01

0.65

The students sometimes lack self-motivation to perform well in school

2.80

0.86

3.60

0.54

The students always absent themselves from the school or come to class late

3.17

0.59

3.27

0.63

Mean of Means/SD

2.74

0.88

2.54

0.85