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 |
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