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Mathematics in the Modern World
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page 1
Table of Contents 2
Introduction
Background of the Study………………………………………………………. 3
Objectives…………………………………………………………………….... 3
Literature Review……………………………………………………………… 4
Hypothesis ……………..……………………………………………………… 6
Significance of the Study………………………………………………………. 6
Definition of Terms……………………………………………………………. 7
Methodology
Research Design………………………………………………………………... 8
Population and Sampling……………………………………………………….
Data Collection Procedures……………………………………………………. 9
Data Analysis (Statistical Treatment)………………………………………… 9
Bibliography………………………………………………………………................... 17
Appendices……………………………………………………………………………... 18
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INTRODUCTION
College is one of the biggest event in the school life of a student. As students
move to a higher education, they seek better education offers and greater opportunities
as a preparation for the near future. Majority of the schools are located in the city which
is why students residing in the province move away from their homes to fulfill their
academic desires. This kind of set-up brings different impact on various aspects either it
Vieira (2015) mentioned in her study that the distance between the family home
and the university has a negative impact on the students. It also adds to the difficulty of
coping up to the environment. But, it still varies depending on the person. Some wants
to move away to practice their independence but it is quite hard to those individuals who
have strong family bonds. Difficulties being faced of a being may lead to different
personal problems that might affect one’s academic performance. Thus, this paper
functions to determine the relation of living away from your parents to the student’s
independently.
Objectives
performance of college students. Precisely, this study seeks to answer the following:
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2. What is the academic performance of students living away from their parents?
3. Is there a significant difference of being far away from home towards the
Literature Review
Moving away from home can bring adverse impacts depending on how a person
deal with it. Some might look at it as an advantage since there will be no limitations but
along with it are disadvantages such as doing chores self-reliantly, very far from what
others have imagined. A study conducted by Vieira C., Vieira I., & Costa (2017)
mentioned that geographical distance from the place of study to the residence worsens
the difficulties of coping and adjusting to the university. Thus, difficulties may result to
problems that affects a wide range of aspect as what Chow and Healey (2008) stated
wherein distance from the family home to the place of study may trigger and aggravate
conducted by Jordyn & Byrd (2003), leaving their parent’s home is one of the most
crucial points of a young adult’s life. Along with this is facing challenges alone with
minimal help from parents. It could also mean freedom, being able to do things without
limitations but along with it are heavier responsibilities. It has been a practice in the
Philippine society that children would live with their parents until they could already be
fully independent and are able to establish a stable life (Watkins and Astilla, 1980).
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ACADEMIC ASPECT OF BEING FAR FROM HOME
It was revealed that severe homesickness in college can lead to less adaptability
absentmindedness which could greatly affect one’s study (Fisher & Hood, 1987).
Conferring to BrightHub’s post, one of the top reasons of college students dropping out
of university is due to homesickness and freshmen are the most vulnerable to this.
significantly higher GPAs than similar students at the same institution who live off
campus with family. Same results were scrutinized among students enrolled in Liberal
Arts Institutions.
In Turley and Wodtke’s (2010) study concluded that students who live on campus
performs better academically and in extracurricular activities. than those living with their
family. They are more active in school which results to higher GPAs than those who live
with their families. These students claimed that they become more ambitious,
independent and better prepared when they attend to academic institutions that are
away from their families. Most of them uttered that they were abler to focus on their
studies when they are living alone. Lastly, on a research conducted by Glory, Go,
Gonzales, et. Al (2014) living away affects students positively in a way that it makes
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PARENTAL PRESENCE TO STUDIES
In the Western setting, Walker and Satterwhite (2002) looked into the role of a
students. They found that though the families of these students affect their performance
in school, the effect is just small. However, Bower and Griffin (2011) mentioned that
parental involvement bears a lot of positive effects other than academics such as
Hypothesis
The findings of this study will provide knowledge to people about the impact of
independence does is unpredictable and is not related to their age but on their level
of maturity. Up until now, most of the college students in the country are still reliant
to their parents.
The beneficiaries of this study is the researcher, the students, the family, and
future researchers. This study will be benefited by: the researcher because of
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conducting an in-depth study with regards to the relationship of living away from
home to their academic performance; the students since they will be able to come
decide carefully whether moving is the best thing to do; the family to fully
understand the struggles of a student when living away from home and help their
children decide genuinely; lastly, the future researchers can use this study as a
Definition of Terms
Academic Performance is the student’s reporting of the past quarters and their
Familial Long Distance Relationship is the separation of students to their family just
to study.
Living Away is moving from one place to another geographically for various reasons
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METHODOLOGY
This chapter explains the process that will be applied to scrutinize the information
based on the response of the participants. It also shows the procedure to show the
Research Design
The research study will use a quantitative research design which emphasized
measurements that are objective and the mathematical, statistical or numerical analysis
of data collected through manifesting a statistical data that are already preceding using
will be used in which describes the characteristics of the population or phenomenon that
twenty (20) respondents will be chosen through purposive sampling technique since the
researcher is in need of students who are living away from their family in order to extract
understudy. The respondent required in this study must be a a.) college student
studying at Calayan Education Foundation Inc. b.) living away from his/her family c.)
willing to participate regardless of age, course, and year level since their response is the
central argument.
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Data Collection Procedures
Data will be collected through survey in order to collect and interpret the different
views of a particular population. The method of data collection is a Likert Scale, a widely
used research technique in gathering and analyzing data from respondents quickly and
efficiently by rating different statements from agree to strongly agree and disagree to
strongly disagree. The research questions will contain twenty (20) close-ended
proceeding in collecting data, the researchers will present a consent to all the
participants or respondents which will serves as the voluntary agreement between the
After the data has been collected, the researchers followed definitive steps: 1.)
understanding the variables involved 2.) running descriptive statistics in a data set
through measures of central tendency, which is mainly computing for the mean. 3.)
running appropriate inferential statistics specifically t-test and lastly 4.) look for
statistical significance which is generally computed through a ‘p-value’, which states that
First, the response of the participants will be gathered and tallied then it will be
x̄ ⅀(𝑤 ·𝑥)
𝑤=
⅀𝑤
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W = weighing factor
X = number
The data will be analyzed using a t-test wherein the compared variables are their
own perceptions of living alone. The mean of the single item from table A will be
compared to the mean of a single item from table B. The Confidence level is set at 95%,
as such the margin for error is 5%. Therefore, when the p-value that comes out from the
statistical analysis is less than 0.05, the difference of the answers is statistically
significant.
x̄ 1 − x̄ 2
𝑡=
𝜎2 𝜎2
√ 1 +√ 2
𝑛1 𝑛2
Where:
x̄ = sample mean
σ2 = standard deviation
n = sample size
And the verbal interpretation that will be used for WAM is:
Point Value Range Interval Verbal Description
4 3.26 – 4.00 Strongly Agree
3 2.51 – 3.25 Agree
2 1.76 – 2.50 Disagree
1 1.00 – 1.75 Strongly Disagree
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Results and Discussion
The data obtained from the respondents will be computed and shown here using
FREQUENCY Weighted
Verbal
INDICATORS Arithmetic
4 3 2 1 Description
Mean
1. Living away from my parents make me
14 4 2 0 3.6 SA
independent.
2. I like living alone. 4 4 10 2 2.5 DA
3. I moved away for better education quality. 11 4 4 1 3.25 A
4. Living alone makes me productive. 5 10 5 0 3.0 A
5. It gives me more time to study. 5 12 3 0 3.1 A
6. I do things without getting told. 6 11 3 0 3.15 A
7. I prefer living with my family than living
10 7 2 1 3.3 SA
alone.
8. Living alone makes me lazy. 4 4 8 4 2.4 DA
9. Living away makes me homesick. 6 8 3 3 2.76 A
10. It stresses me out when living alone. 4 5 7 4 2.45 DA
Over-all WAM 2.95 A
It was evident in the table that majority of the respondents strongly agreed (3.6)
that living away from their parents make them independent but on the other hand, the
one with the lowest mean (2.4) according to the respondents was living alone make
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II. Impact on Academic Performance
FREQUENCY Weighted
Verbal
INDICATORS Arithmetic
4 3 2 1 Description
Mean
1. Living away from my parents affects my
1 5 10 4 2.15 DA
studies.
2. Being away improves my academic
1 12 7 0 2.13 DA
performance.
3. I get high grades. 2 10 8 0 2.70 A
4. Being alone makes me focus more on my
4 9 6 1 2.80 A
studies
5. Being alone is a great opportunity for me to
4 12 4 0 3.00 A
improve my studies.
6. I have good study habits. 2 13 4 1 2.80 A
7. I am inspired to study harder when I see my
15 3 2 0 3.65 SA
family.
8. I often procrastinate. 4 9 6 1 2.80 A
9. I skip classes just to go home to my town. 1 2 7 10 1.70 SD
10.Living alone makes me unable to focus on
1 4 7 8 1.90 D
my studies.
Over-all WAM 3.14 A
On the impact of familial long distance relationship to academic performance, the
one with the highest mean was seeing their family makes them more inspired and the
one with the lowest was they skip classes just to go home to their town.
B. T-Test
Impression
Critical Decision
Item A Item B P-Value (Significant
Value
when p<0.05)
1 Living away
Living away from
from my There is a
my parents Reject
parents make 2.09 0.00 significant
affects my H0
me difference
studies
independent
2 Being away
There is no
I like living improves my Accept
2.09 0.29 significant
alone. academic H0
difference
performance.
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3 I moved away
There is a
for better I get high Reject
2.09 0.04 significant
education grades. H0
difference
quality.
4 Being alone
Living alone There is no
makes me focus Accept
makes me 2.09 0.19 significant
more on my H0
productive. difference
studies
5 Being alone is a
It gives me great opportunity There is no
Accept
more time to for me to 2.09 0.54 significant
H0
study. improve my difference
studies.
6 I do things There is no
I have good Accept
without getting 2.09 0.23 significant
study habits. H0
told. difference
7 I prefer living I am inspired to
There is no
with my family study harder Accept
2.09 0.05 significant
than living when I see my H0
difference
alone. family.
8 Living alone There is no
I often Accept
makes me 2.09 0.13 significant
procrastinate. H0
lazy. difference
9 Living away I skip classes There is a
Reject
makes me just to go home 2.09 0.00 significant
H0
homesick. to my town. difference
10 Living alone
It stresses me There is no
makes me Accept
out when living 2.09 0.08 significant
unable to focus H0
alone. difference
on my studies.
Critical
Table A Table B P-Value Impression Decision
Value
There is a
2.95 3.14 2.26 0.05 significant Reject H0
difference
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Conclusions
This chapter shows the summary of findings as per objective and the
Summary of Findings
After tallying the data gathered from the respondents, the following results are derived.
1. It was found out that the top effect of living away from their parents is that it makes them
independent, it garnered a WAM of 3.6 which has a verbal description of Strongly Agree.
Conversely, the statement “living alone makes me lazy got the lowest WAM, 2.4.
2. In terms of the students’ academic performance while living away, it was determined that
seeing their family makes them more inspired (3.65) and the one with the lowest mean
was the statement “I skip classes just to go home to my town” with a WAM of 1.70.
Secondly, in the t-test conducted, the researcher paired various statements. It was
revealed that they moved away for a better quality of education and there is a significant
difference to it in relation to their high grades which makes it reject the null hypothesis.
3. Lastly, t-test was used to determine the relationship of the two variables which are living
away from parents and their academic performance. It was concluded that there was a
significant difference between the two variables that made the researcher reject the null
hypothesis.
Conclusions
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1. Living away from their family makes them independent. Clearly, it does not give a
2. In line with their academic performance, although they prefer living with their family
since they are more inspired, they resist the temptation of skipping classes just to go
3. It was revealed that there is a significant difference between living away from their
family towards their academic performance. Although living away from one’s family is
difficult, especially in a time of crucial transition such as college life, it may also bring
positive effects. Though participants are aware that living away from the family makes
them more independent, they are not aware that this may also affect their academic
Recommendations
This section provides a beneficial guide that will not only result certain issues, but
result in a beneficial outcome. In lieu of this, the researcher recommends the following:
Students
impact of living away from their family. Enjoy school life and participate in school
activities to relieve homesickness. Communicate with your family through social media
more often.
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Family
The family of the student must understand and see that living away brings
positive effects to their children. Giving them their personal time to study improves their
academic performance.
Future Researchers
Future researchers may explore more on the different aspects such as the
etc. In addition, the researchers suggest that data should be gathered from a larger
sample in order to attain more accurate findings. The researchers also suggest that
participants should also be gathered from participants from other parts of the country
who reside in Manila while they are studying. This is to have a more balanced data
analysis.
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https://www.hap.org/blog/2018/09/homesick-in-college.
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The questionnaire aims to measure the impact of living away from home towards
their academic performance. Also, this intends to examine the relationship of the two
variables.
Directions: Kindly rate the following statements under different criteria by using the
given scale and placing a checkmark on the file space provided.
Numerical Rating and Equivalent: (4) Strongly Agree, (3) Agree, (2) Disagree, (1)
Strongly Disagree.
4 3 2 1
SA A D SD
A. Living away from parents
11. Living away from my parents make me independent.
12. I like living alone.
3. I moved away for better education quality.
4. Living alone makes me productive.
5. It gives me more time to study.
6. I do things without getting told.
7. I prefer living with my family than living alone.
8. Living alone makes me lazy.
9. Living away makes me homesick.
10. It stresses me out when living alone.
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Date: ____________________________________
Dear Respondents,
subject Mathematics in the Modern World entitled “A Quantitative Study on the Impact
Students” which aims to examine the impact of being far away from your home in
In lieu of this, may I request you to answer the attached answer sheet and carefully
read and rate the statements. We guarantee that your answers will be treated with strict
confidentiality.
Respectfully,
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