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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

RESEARCH PROBLEM

The youth is one of the main assets and treasure of any country. They are the

ones who will continue what their ancestors had started to establish and develop their

country even more. It is of paramount importance then, that the youth be properly

cultivated and developed through a comprehensive education program so that they may

achieve their full potential, both for their personal futures, and for their country.

One of the goals of schools is to produce students who are responsible and

competitive citizens. This has been the subject of a lot of school planning and research.

Goals of all countries to their citizens to have a quality education. Even in the

Philippines were there are many foreign students are studying, they strive hard to be

successful citizen, like they adopt different Filipino culture, practices and belief for them

to survive. Isnt enough to do such thing? Study habits are also a great help that will

make themselves academically ready to face the global world. Study habits of the

students play a vital role in reflecting the standard of education and the students

individual achievements. Sorenseon (1991), while outlining the good basic study habits

stated that one must study with the primary intention of understanding. This requires

one not to be hurry in getting through, instead sustained concentration is necessary.

According to Crow and Crow (1992), the effective habits of study include plan/place, a

definite time table and taking brief of well organized notes.


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But the thing is, are they study habits are enough/effective to comply in their

requirements to school? Assuming that the intelligences is different from other

nationalities, why then other nationalities are performing well in their academics

compare to others? Do they have certain study habits which are peculiar to their

culture?

Objectives

The goal of this research is to know and compare the different study habits of

selected foreigner students and the impact of it in their academic achievement.

Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1. How do the study habits of college students differ in terms of the following

nationality:

1.1 Arabian

1.2 Rwandan

1.3 Chinese

1.4 Sudanese

1.5 Guans

2. What are the perceptions of foreign students in study habits?

3. What are the reasons that motivates the five foreign students to study well?

Significance of the study

The results of this study would be valuable and beneficial to the following stakeholders:

Students through the findings and questionnaire the foreigner students will have an

idea on what method or style of their study habits is more applicable and beneficial to

them.


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Instructor/ Professors they can make an assessment or necessary activities that will

help and guide the students to improve their study habits

Administration -through the findings the administrators will provide a conscious raising

material and program that will expand and assist their students to elevate their study

habits.

Parents -the collected data will help them to understand more about their offspring

situation in school or environment, and to monitor their activities, in order to them give a

proper counseling and guidance about their study habits

Hypothesis

For the purpose of the study, the following alternative hypothesis is presented:

1. There are significant differences in study habits of foreigner students.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

The discussion of the study is centered on the study habits of selectedforeigner students and the effects of it in their academic performances The

following indicators are based on the following: (1) concentration (2)

Organization of time (3) Remembering (4) Studying a chapter (5) Listening

and taking notes (6) Taking test and (7) Motivation. The Checklist will be use

as a research instrument of the researcher that will administer to selected

foreigner students. The said checklist will determine the different study habits

that could affect their academic performances. The study is also delimited to

5 foreigner students Arabian, Rwandan, Chinese, Sudanese and Guans


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Definition of terms

For the purpose of clarity the following are defined conceptually and operationally

Conceptual

Foreigner one who is from a foreign country or place (American Heritage Dictionary)

Study Habits it is acquired or developed mode of behavior or function performed to

apply the mind to learn or understand an area of knowledge, to do special reading

activity for specific purposes.

Factors - these refers to anything that affects study habits

Develop refers to gradual changes refer on time

Operational

Factors one that actively contributes to an accomplishment, results or process

Develop to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of

Study Habits manner which you can consistently use to study for school or college or

even for the next day lesson.

Foreigner referring to all foreign students the researchers interviewed.


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Chapter 2

Review of Related Literature

Review of Related Literature and Studies

This gathered literature sources from different materials will help the researchers in their

research problem

Review of Related Studies

According to Palm Beach Community ( PBBC, 2008) they recommend that

students study should have at least three hours out of class for every hour spent in a

class. They also said that a student must have special place to study with plenty of

room to work. And the students should not be cramped. They presupposes that study

time will go better if a learner take a few minutes at the start to straighten things up. A

desk and straight backed chair is usually the best. The PBBC suggest also that noise

should be minimize however they said that there are some people need sound and

some like silence, in this case a learner must find comfortable way to study.

Frank Pogue ( 2000) did a study to determine why students fail or did not

succeed in their academics. What he founds to be true in that study habits survey was

that more than 30 years ago still rings true-today students fail because they do not

know how to study. the best advice he can give is to develop their study habits.

Reading is an attempt to absorb the thought of the author know what the author is

conveying ( Leedy 1956). Studying is the interpretation of reading materials. Study

habits and skills are particularly important for college students, whose needs include


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time management, note taking, internet skill, the elimination of distractions, and

assigning in high priority of study.

Fielden (2004) states that a good study habits help the student in critical

reflection in skill outcomes such as selecting, analyzing, critiquing and synthesizing.

Nineji ( 2002) states tha the study habits are learning tendencies that enable students

work private. According to how study.com (2009), students who are very successful in

their desired career have a good study habits. It is stated in the website that students

apply these habits to all their classes

A study conducted by University of Kentucky was to determine the college

success of different nationalities that can improved with the student Attitude Inventory

(SAI). The inventory was developed in Britain and contains 47 items which attempt to

identify students in higher education on the basis of: (1) motivation, (2) study methods,

(3) examination technique, and (4) lack of distractions toward academic work. Students

in six Kentucky community colleges were asked to express their attitudes toward study

habits on the student Attitude Inventory. There were 996 students in the sample

population (413 males and 583 females) A measure of ability and academic

performance were obtained for each student.

Same to the study that we conducted wherein we interviewed different foreigner

students and asked to fill out the checklist about study habits which are divided into 7

categories (1) concentration (2) Organization of time (3) Remembering (4) Studying a

chapter (5) Listening and taking notes (6) Taking test and (7) Motivation.

According to Mark Crilly ( 2000), successful students are able to balance social

activities with good study habits. A diversion from studies will alleviate stress and help


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prevent from becoming fatigued. He said that a student should make sure that they

must break for an hour after studies.

The researchers on this study also attempts to determine the factors that

influences the foreign students on their study habits like their Cultural Practices, School

Media and Peer group

Review of Related Literature

The development of the study habits, on the other hand, could be greatly

influenced by the interest of the students. The importance of arousing and maintaining

the interest of students in a subject cannot be over emphasized. When the students are

not interested in the subject, then they like to study the lesson, are enthusiastic toparticipate in activities that will help them know more the subject.

Attitudes are the most conspicuous aspects of the entire social life. It is a

complicated mixture of some basic psychological processes. Attitude is composed of

cognition, emotion, motivation, and behavior. An attitudinal cognition is what is

commonly called belief or knowledge structure about subjects and events. The negative

and positive incentives that might motivate individual behavior towards objects are

crucial to attitude. Individuals integrate various beliefs to arrive at an evaluation object,which is determine how important it them.

Lobaton believed that attitude that plays a definite role in cognitive learning. The attitude

of the students towards a subject or skill may be the primary and most significant

determinant of how much one will remember and use such skill.

Furthermore, psychologist recognizes the predominant roles of attitude in determining

thought, memory and the learning process. The school, thus, become a vital factor in

guiding existing attitude in creating new socially desirable attitude especially those

relevant to various academic subjects. Many studies have revealed that attitude is an

intervening variable that influences the kind of responses students make to the teachers

and also the kinds of response teachers make toward the students. If the attitude is

positive, the emotional climate well tends to favorable to learning


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Others investigator used attitude as predictors of achievement, one of the most

revealing studies that tested the predictive relationship of attitude and achievement was

conducted by Brown and Hozman. They use a survey to measure the study habits and

attitude of the students. The researcher reported co relational ranging from 0.32 to 0.66

between the total scores on the survey several achievements measure for a large

sample of grades 7 to 12.

Moreover students attitudes are sometimes considered to be dependent on the

personality of their teachers. When the personality is as a social viewed as a social

stimulus value, teachers can improve personality or at least modify their behavior in

ways that help student acquire favorable attitude towards subject and so improve their

learning. Teachers open=minded attitude towards changes in classroom management

can stimulate intellectual curiosity, and teachers who place equal emphasis on cognitive

and affective goal are more effective in promoting positive attitude towards others and

toward class as a whole.

The Secondary Education Commission emphasized that education aims at tapping the

potential of an individual. Effort is made to make teaching learning process most

effective. Sometimes we hear that even though a student bright and intelligent. He does

need to score good marks on his test.

ACTIVE STUDY HABITS ASSESSMENT

Active monitoring by teachers and parents should be emphasized to improve the study

habits of the students, its often the case that student has unrealistic conceptions of the

appropriate amount of time needed to spend studying and the most efficient way of

spending that time. For example for every hour spent in class it is suggested that

student spend two hours studying outside of class for that subject. That time should be

spending reading, reorganizing or reviewing notes.

To increase awareness, students should be encouraged to elevate the amount of time

they spend on different task and the effectiveness of the tasks themselves. This

assessment may be done verbally with the students being prompted by a facilitator to


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answer specific question about study habits, or it may be done in writing using a

questionnaire.

Furthermore, in the study of Bartholomew The study Habits and attitudes of students in

relation to academic achievement at the University of the Philippines she found that

high school students of UP generally has a good set of study habits and attitudes. She

also found that the study styles of the students were effective. They employed

systematic study methods and they were consistent in the application of their time and

effort to academic task

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Kolb proposed a four stage of learning process with a model that is often referred

to in describing experiential learning. The process can begin at any of the stages and is

continuous, there is no limit the number of cycles you can make in a learning situation.

This theory asserts that without reflection we would simply continue to repeat our

mistakes.

This cyclical theory suggests that an educator who has learned in this may well

have various rules of thumb or generalizations about what to do in different situations.

They will be able to say what action to take when say, there is tension between two

people in a group. But they will not be able to verbalize their actions in psychodynamic

or sociological terms. There may thus be difficulties about transferability of their learning

to other situation and settings.

Two aspects can be seen especially noteworthy; the use of concrete here and now

experience to test ideas; and use feedbacks to change practices and theories. Kolb join

this with Dewey to emphasize the development of nature of the exercise with Piaget

from an appreciation of cognitive development. He named this model so as toemphasize the link with Dewey, Levin and Piaget, and to stress the role experience

plans in learning to distinguish it from cognitive theories of learning process.

This shown on the illustration below.


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Chapter 3

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

The research design use by the researcher is descriptive research, specifically

the survey sample study. This method according to Sevilla (et al., 1998) involves

determining information about variables rather than about individuals. The researcher

adopts the study habits survey instrument that intended to utilize for this study. This

instruments was called study habits survey which is used to measure the strengths and

weaknesses of study habits which made by the Red Woods University in United States

of America. The purpose of the study habits questionnaire is to get information about

how do students study well. This study habits questionnaire will help the researcher to

identify and compare the results to selected foreign students and to determine the

influences of this study habit that has influence on their academic achievement.

Subject/respondents of the study

The subject of this study were foreign students who are studying in the

Philippines in which the researcher found them and interviewed them personally in

Observation

and

reflection

Forming

abstract

Concepts

Teaching in

new

Situation

Concrete

Experience


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some of the prestigious universities we have first in Philippine Normal University and

second in Adamson University. The respondents were consists of five foreign students

who came from different countries specifically from China, United Arab Emirates,

Sudan, Rwanda, and Papua New Guinea.

Research Instruments

The researcher used the study habits survey that has been adopted from the

Redwood Education in the United States of America. The Redwood Education offers a

classroom based training and customized training programs for interactive teaching

methods that each course delivers the essential tools based on the organization

requirement that supplied by the Redwood solutions. The researcher found that the

Redwood Education made a study habits survey to identify the strengths and

weaknesses in study habits/skills. The researcher decided to used this instrument that

consist of 50 questions, and two options of answer such as Y for yes if the statement

applies to them while N is no if the statement was not true to them. The purpose of

these questionnaires is to help the foreign students get the information needed about

how they study well and after they answered all the questions, the results will discover

the areas of strength and weakness in their study habit. The results would only be valid

and have meaning only if they are honest and respond accurately as possible. The

researcher introduce and explain first the purpose and objective of this study habits


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survey to the foreign students so that they would give sincere and honest answers to

the questionnaire. The researcher is thankful and overwhelmed to five different foreign

students because of the time, effort and patience they give just to answer those

questionnaires.

The research instrument has two parts. The first part is for the profiling that

consist of personal information about the foreign students that includes their name,

place and date of birth, email address, country, nationality, sex, status, major/course,

year level, school (elementary, middle school, secondary, college/university). The first

part was made by the researcher originally. The first part also gives a short background

for study habits which consists of three questions that the foreign students must provide

at least three answers that they think such of these questions are (1) reasons for

studying in the Philippines, (2) What do you mean by study habits, (3) What motivates

you to study well. After these three questions, the researcher includes follow-up

questions such as (4) Do you think a study habit is important? And (5) Are you willing to

improve your study habits? The options are Yes / No/ Sometimes.

The second part of the interview form consists of 50 questionnaires about study

habits that has two options of answer the Y for yes and N for no. Through this

questionnaire, the researcher will able to determine the strengths and weakness of the

study habits of the foreign students by the following category: (1) Concentration, (2)

Remembering, (3) Organizing time, (4) studying a chapter, (5) Listening and taking

notes, (6) taking tests and (7) motivation. These seven categories would help in

identifying the strength and weakness of the study habits of foreign students and what

needs to improve more and already mastered the skills that not need to be improve.


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Population Sample

This study is intended for selected foreign students in different in two universities in

Manila. The researcher limits the foreign students into five different nationalities. These

five selected foreign students will take the study habits survey and the researcher will

compare the results from the five foreign students using the survey made by the Red

Woods Education in the US.

Procedure

The researchers went in two universities specifically in Philippine Normal

University and in Adamson University to conduct the interview. The interviewed consist

of two parts which is the first part is about the personal information for profiling and the

second part was the study habits survey form which consists of 50 questionnaire that

was given to each foreign student with different nationalities to be able to know the

strengths and weakness of their study habits. A careful-given instruction to the students

was observed. After the assessment, their answers were compared to come up to the

desired result. The researcher choose five foreign students who came from

different country in order to determine the similarities and differences of their

study habits and study skills and compare the results whose study habits are

better. The researcher found two foreign students in Philippine Normal University

(PNU) whose country are China and United Arab Emirates and the three foreign


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students are found in Adamson University whose country are Sudan, Papua New

Guinea and Rwanda.

Phase 1: Preparatory Stage

It was June 25, 2012 that the researcher decides to look for a title in the thesis

section that will help the researcher to have the knowledge for making a topic that would

benefit the researcher at the same time the people that would make interest in the

study. By July 3, 2012, the researcher defends their title to evaluate if the chosen topic

for the thesis has a great beneficiary to others. After the approval for the title, the

researcher started to write the chapter 1 which consist the following: statement of the

problem, Defining the problem and the settings of the research title as well as the

background of the study, conceptual framework based on the existing resources ad

ideas of experts that greatly contribute for the concepts and variable that used in the

study, significance of the study, hypothesis and lastly the two types of definition of

terms the conceptual and operational definition. July 8, 2012, the researcher went to

national library to search for existing resources and topics concerning the study habits

of foreign students. However, the books and other studies were limited that the

researcher found it difficult to gather information about the present study.

Phase II Data Gathering

The researchers questionnaire/survey is adopted from the Red Woods

University in the United States. The instrument that has been used measures the

strength and weaknesses of the study habits of the students. Basically, it is a yes/no

examination that seeks to answer the effectiveness of their study habits. This will make


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the students reflect on their behavior when it comes to studying. The uniqueness of this

research will be emphasized here because we are talking about foreign students. The

following are the factors/determinants that must be consider in this study:

concentration, remembering, organizing time, studying, listening and taking notes,

taking test and motivation.

Phase III Data Analysis

After checking the test the data will now sort and tabulate on August 18, 2012.

The researchers will now analyze the data by comparing the results of the survey of the

students with different nationalities.

To interpret and analyze the collected datas the researchers will use tables and

lines graphs for the interpretation. To further get the information needed, the

researchers will use qualitative measures rather than quantitative.

Phase IV Finalization of Report

After following the suggestions of the researchers advisers, they will now revise

and finalize their research problem and manual and submit on August 28, 2012.

Photographs of the Interview Procedure

This portion shows the research conducting the interview for the five foreign

students. The purpose of those pictures is to show the validity and authenticity of the

data gathered from the five foreign students. This will help the researcher to make this

research true and honest.


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The first interviewee was a Chinese student from Philippine Normal

University. It was August 16, 2012, 3pm when I started to intewrview him and end

up with 3:50pm.

The second interviewee is an Arabian student from PNU studying Filipino as

his major. After interviewing the Chinese student, Miss Mary Joy also interview the

Arabian student at the same date and almost same time and place. Thanks to Miss

Angel Pronebo for taking the picture while Miss Mary Joy explaining the purpose of

this interview to foreign students.


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The Chinese student and Arabian student get to

know each other. They both foreign student

living in the Philippines and they enjoy the

company of the Filipino students in Philippine

Normal University. This photo was taken by

Mary Joy B. Eduria to show that culture is not a

barrier rather a way to understand the person.

The final shot for the interview. This photo

was taken by my other classmate Paolo

Lacquian. To the left was Angel Pronebo,

Arabian student, Chinese student and the

researcher Ms Mary Joy Eduria.

Before the deployment in the school that we are assigned, The

researchers (Mary Joy B. Eduria and Rose Anne Dela Cruz) look for a

foreign students in Adamson University and found a foreign student from

Rwanda. This photo was taken in the entrance of Adamson University by

Rose Anne Dela Cruz.

It was August 17, 2012, before the deployment, Rose Anne Dela Cruz interviewed a

student from Sudanese whos course is civil engineering in Adamson University. The

photo was taken by Mary Joy Eduria.


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The Final interview for a

foreign student who

came from Papua New

Guinea together with

the two researchers to

the left is Rose Anne

and to the right is Mary

Joy. This was taken in

Adamson University

garden.


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CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This portion of the research presents the findings that include the overview

of the data gathered by the researcher that involves the following: presentation,

analysis and interpretation of data.

Presentation

The table shows the results of the five foreign students of their study habits

survey and the summary of the results of their answer. The higher the numbers in

the boxes, the higher the needs for improvement which shows their weakness in

the area of their study habits while the lower numbers show the area that they

have mastered of the strength in their study habits.

Table 1 Study Habits Strengths and Weakness Results

As we could notice in the first category which is concentration, the highest

number is 4 and there are three foreign students namely from Sudan, Papua New

Guinea and United Arab Emirates who got the same number while China got 2

and Rwanda got 1. The analysis is that the three foreign students who got the

Category China United ArabEmirates

Rwanda Sudan Papua new

Guinea

Concentration 2 4 1 4 4

Remembering 3 4 1 2 3

Organizing a time 3 3 2 4 7

Studying a chapter 2 5 3 2 5

Listening and taking

notes

2 4 2 1 4

Taking tests 0 4 4 4 3

Motivation 1 2 0 2 3

Total: 13 26 13 19 29


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same number of 4 needs to master their concentration in studying while the

China and Rwanda has not need to improve it.

The second category is about remembering, the foreign students who got

the highest number is from the United Arab Emirates who got 4, while the second

got the China and Papua New Guinea, and the third who got least is the Sudan

and the most least is the Rwanda.

The third category is organizing a time as they study with their lessons. The

Papua New Guinea got the highest number 0f 7 which implies that there is a need

for him to have an organized time because he shows weakness in this areas of

study habits while the Sudan got 4, China and United Arab Emirates got 3 and

Rwanda got 2.

The fourth category is difficulty in studying a chapter and the highest

results that was taken was from United Arab Emirates and Papua new Guinea

who got 4, next is Rwanda which is 3, and the remaining foreign students came

from China and Sudan that is 2.

In listening and taking notes, the United Arab Emirates and Papua NewGuinea got 4, China and Rwanda got 2 and Sudan got only 1.

In taking tests, three foreign students find it difficult in finishing the test

and answering it before the deadline. These foreign students got 4 which came

from United Arab Emirates, Rwanda and Sudan while the Papua New Guinea got 3

and China got 0 which implies that he mastered already taking tests.

The last category is the motivation in studying. The students came fromPapua New Guinea got the highest number of 3, while students from United Arab

Emirates and Sudan got it 2, and Chinese student got 1 and 0 from Rwanda.


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Analysis

The results of the study habits survey of five foreign students shows that

they have common similarities and differences of their strengths and weakness in

their study habits.

The researcher total the numbers that have been shown in table 1(Study

habits strengths and weakness results) that shows the following analysis:

The Chinese student got the lowest number of 13 which is the same also

with the student from Rwanda. The analysis of getting the total number of 13

says that they have the lowest score which they have mastered some of the study

skills and find it least difficult to improved some of the categories of study habits

that is shown in table 1.

The student from the Sudan got the total number of 19 which shows

second from the foreign students who got the least to improve the study habits

skills.

The third foreign students who got the total number of 26 came from the

United Arab Emirates and the fourth that got 29 from the total number camefrom Papua New Guinea. These two foreign students have difficulty and need to

improve more with their study habits. The two foreign students namely from UAE

(United Arab Emirates) and PNG (Papua New Guines) needs to find a way to

improve their weaknesses in study skills that they have specifically in the area of

concentration, remembering, organizing a time, studying a chapter, listening and

taking notes and lastly taking tests. Both of these foreign students from UAE and

PNG have these motivation to finish their course in the Philippines since one of

their motivation come from scholarship of their own government, and for theirfuture job.

The following page provides some of the personal information of the five

foreign students that helps the researcher to get some of the essential data for

this research.


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ProfilingThis portion provides the following information that the foreign students

answered in the interview from. This is the part 1 which is all about personal

information and some questions that the foreign students need to fill out.


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Part 1: Personal Information

Name: Lonely Nama

Place of Birth: Papua New Guinea

Date of Birth: September 24, 1993

Nationality: Papua New Guinea

Country: P.N.G.

Sex: Male Age: 18 Status: Single

Course: Chemical Engineering

Year Level: Freshmen

Elementary School Attended: P.N.G.

Secondary/Middle School Attended: P.N.G.College/University Attended:

Adamson University (Philippines)

A. Reasons for Studying in the Philippines:

1. Because to experience New People and Culture

2. To acquire more knowledge

3. To study overseas

B. What do you mean by study habits?

1. Learning2. Focus

3. Reviewing

C.What motivates you to study well?

1. To have good future

2. Because to make our parents proud

3. For the good of our country

Follow-up Questions:

D. Do you think study habits are important?

Answer: Yes

E. Are you willing to improve your study habits?

Answer: Yes


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Name: Mubarak Aidab Alameri

Place of Birth: Alain City, UAE

Date of Birth: May 11, 1988

Nationality: Arabian

Country: United Arab Emirates


Course: Bachelor of Secondary Education major in

Filipino

Year Level: Fourth Year

Elementary School Attended: Alwagan in U.A.E.

Secondary/Middle School Attended: Binham in

U.A.E.

College/University Attended: Philippine Normal University


1. Scholarship from the government

2. To become a police someday

3. To learn the Filipino language and to be a translator to

the Filipino immigrants


1. Reviewing

2. Focusing on exam

3. Passing your study exam


1. For family

2. For future

3. For scholarship



Answer: Yes


Answer: Yes


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Name: Karuta J. Ishimure

Place of Birth: Rwanda

Date of Birth: January 25, 1991

Nationality: Rwandese

Country: Rwanda, Africa


Course: Chemical Engineering

Year Level: Third Year

Elementary School Attended: IEAK, Rwanda

Secondary/Middle School Attended: IEAK, Rwanda

College/University Attended: Adamson

University


1. Quality Education

2. Cheap tuition fee


1. Learning2. Memorizing

3. Exercising


1. Be successful

2. Find a good job

3. Have a nice future


D. Do you think study habits are important?Answer: Yes


Answer: Yes


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Name: Abubaker Ameer Ibrahim

Place of Birth: Omdurman, Sudan

Date of Birth: December 9, 1993

Nationality: Sudanese

Country: Sudan, Africa


Course: Civil Engineering

Year Level: Freshman

Elementary School Attended: Al-jimi, Sudan

Secondary/Middle School Attended: Al-jimi,

Sudan

College/University Attended: Adamson

University


1. Mothers advice

2. Quality Education

3. Cheap tuition Fee


1. Reviewing

2. Getting new information

3. Surfing the internet


1. For my future

2. To have a successful life

3. For my family



Answer: Yes


Answer: Yes


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Name: Jianyu Wang

Place of Birth: Hunan, China

Date of Birth: December 6, 1990

Nationality: Chinese

Country: China


Course: BSMT (Major in mathematics)

Year Level: Fourth Year

Elementary School Attended: Xinzhou, China

Secondary/Middle School Attended: Jiaoyuan, ChinaCollege/University Attended: Philippine Normal

University


1. Philippines is the most suitable country

2. Similarity culture with China

3. Good English speaking country


1. The methods of study you often imply

2. The ways of understanding of a new lesson or knowledge

3. The ideas of solving the problem of lessons


1. Interest of the major subject I love

2. Self-encouragement

3. The pressure of finding a job



Answer: Yes


Answer: Yes


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Chapter V

Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

The goal of this research is to know the different study habits of selected

foreigner students who chose to study in our country. Specifically it aimed to compare

the study habits skill of Chinese, Sudanese, Arabian, Rwanda and Guineans students.

This descriptive research that made use of study habits survey which is used to

measure the strengths and weaknesses of study habits of the foreigner students which

the researchers adopted the material made by the Red Woods University in United

States of America. This study habits questionnaire will help the researcher to identify

and compare the results to selected foreign students and to determine the influences ofthis study habit that has influence on their academic achievement.

To interpret and analyze the collected datas the researchers used tables and

lines graphs for the interpretation. To further get the information needed, the

researchers used qualitative measures rather than quantitative, but still researchers

treated one statistically procedure to compute the mean score to compare the study

habits of selected foreigner students.

For the interpretation of data the explanation is this The higher the numbers in the

boxes, the higher the needs for improvement which shows their weakness in the area of

their study habits while the lower numbers show the area that they have mastered of the

strength in their study habits.

The following hypotheses were tested for acceptance or rejection:

1. There are significant differences in study habits of foreigner students.

Below are the salient findings of the study

1. How do the study habits of college students differ in terms of the following

nationality


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2. What are the perceptions of foreigner students to study habits?

The researchers have perceived that the foreign students study habits are

generally more or less the same as their fellow students native here to the

Philippines. They diligently review their lessons, especially when exams are fast

approaching, memorize formulas and acquire new information through several

sources, not just from the prescribed texts but also through supplementary

materials like related books and online journals.

3. What motivates them to study well?

Most of the foreign students interviewed by the researchers stated that they

wanted to study well because they want to provide a good future for their

Category Chinese Arabian Rwandan Sudanese Guineans

Concentration 2 4 1 4 4

Remembering 3 4 1 2 3

Organizing a time 3 3 2 4 7

Studying a chapter 2 5 3 2 5

Listening and takingnotes

2 4 2 1 4

Taking tests 0 4 4 4 3

Motivation 1 2 0 2 3

Total: 13 26 13 19 29

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families here, and back home in their native countries. Some of them felt that

because they were on a scholarship given by their government they should not

squander the opportunity and use the knowledge gained here to help their own

countries.

Conclusions

Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions can be drawn:

1. The result of the study habits survey of college students can be described

into three phrases Improve study habit skills , Improve more Study habit

Skills, and Really needs attention to improve theirs study habit skill

2. Foreigners students has different perceptions when they hear the word study

habits but majority of them agrees/ believes that study habits are more on

reviewing their lessons, especially when exams are fast approaching,

memorizing formulas and acquire new information through several sources,

not just from the prescribed texts but also through supplementary materials

like related books and online journals.

3. Foreigner students want to study because they want to have a good future

someday, thats why they strive hard and trying to catch up in our culture.

Recommendations

In the light of the findings of the study, the following recommendations are hereby

submitted.

1. The Chinese student who got the lowest number of 13 which is the same alsowith the student from Rwanda. Has already mastered some of the study skills

and find it least difficult to improve some of the categories of study habits.

2. The student from the Sudan got the total number of 19 which shows second

from the foreign students who got the least to improve the study habits skills.


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3. The third foreign students who got the total number of 26 came from the

United Arab Emirates and the fourth that got 29 from the total number came

from Papua New Guinea. These two foreign students have difficulty and need

to improve more with their study habits.

Further Research

In view of the limitations of the study, the findings cannot be claimed conclusive.

Hence, the following research studies recommended:

1. A similar study using different students

2. Factors that influence the study habits of Foreigners students

3. Analysis on the effectiveness of their study habits in their academic achievement


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Appendix A

To Professor __________________

Good Day!

We Rose Anne Dela Cruz and Mary Joy Eduria a IV-20 Social Science Major

Students are presently enrolled in comparative culture and were working on our

thesis entitled A comparative analysis on the study habits of selected foreign

students

We would like to seek permission and approval from your good office to

allow us to conduct our study which involves test and written activities until the

end of the school year. We intend to do this to gather datas that we need on our

study.

Were looking forward for a positive response regarding this matter.

Truly yours,

Dela Cruz, Rose Anne L.

Eduria, Mary Joy B.


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Appendix A

To Professor: ______________________

Good Day!

We Rose Anne Dela Cruz and Mary Joy Eduria a IV-20 SocialScience Major Students are presently enrolled in Basic Research andWere working on our thesis entitled A comparative analysis on the studyhabits of selected foreigners students

We would like to seek assistance approval from your kind heart tohelp us to check the content of questionnaires that we made that will beused on our study.

Were looking forward for a positive response regarding thismatter.

Truly yours,

Dela Cruz, Rose Anne

Eduria, Mary Joy B.


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