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Student Workload: Its Impact on the Learning Experiences of Senior High School Students

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  • Baliwag Polytechnic College

Abstract

Student workload has been recognized as a major factor in the teaching and learning environment (Kyndt, Berghmans, Dochy & Bulckens (2013). As a matter of fact, Whitelock, Thorpe, and Galley (2015) argued that dropout It can occur when students are unable to devote the necessary time to their course work. Despite these claims, however, student workload is still a neglected issue in research literature as well as in practice among teachers. (Chambers, 2006). Thus, this mixed-methods study aims to examine the impact of student workload on the learning experiences of Senior High School students of Baliuag University. A total of 537 grade 11 (incoming grade 12) and grade 12 students (incoming freshmen) were selected as respondents of the study. Data were gathered using interview, focus group discussion, and survey method. The findings of this study will benefit the senior high school students, principals and administrators by proposing a senior high school schedule with a balanced mix of curricular and co-curricular activities that will develop senior high school students holistically and improve their learning and capacity to handle multiple activities inside and outside of the classroom.
Paper ID: HE 07
The Impact of Student Workload on the Learning Experiences of Senior
High School Students
By
Ma. Niña I. Adriano

Melanie M. Santos
Introduction
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/C 
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Paper ID: HE 07
 8- */         
        

# ! 
!D!  
< !
!  
 !       
 !  
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0! 
        
 <  ! 
! 
Student workload and dropout. 1
 *#/
   4 *E/  !     
 !  !
         
    
   
              
 !  !     
=   2#
<     #       

Student workload and quality of student learning.9 *;/!
=:<
!# %#A*'/
: )
!     <        
     =!  =!    
   F!  "    < 
!! 
           
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Student workload and academic performance. C   
 #  2 *E/ !     
 !          
! 
        
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Paper ID: HE 07
Student workload and stress.   !  
    !     * ?
A  /        3  1 0
00--G 1 *;/
 "     
2 4A */A     
!   
  A! 
  $ 
 =!        ! 

0   < ! 
   =! =!  <   
=!  0
=!*9  ,,?   9%!2 > 1
,,+? (/  =! =!
 =!
!  !    - 
        !   
       !
     .    
"     ! ! 
5!        
<         !     
  !  
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Research Questions
#    =  
H
 5  4 !
 I
 54!I
'   !          
 "I
Method
 !  4
4* 4/
=!*9 ,,? 9%!2>
1,,+? (/5!explanatory mixed methods
designs, which is a sequential mixed methods research design. The goal of this design is to
use qualitative methods to explain earlier quantitative findings (Creswell, 2013). In this study,
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quantitative data were collected and analyzed prior to the collection and analysis of
qualitative data. @!     *C4%/    
=!
Participants. 9!   
0,,4+4
!  
  4  *    /
!     ?         
4 1 !  !!    
 
Data gathering procedure.  !
 
!
Data Analysis. 3 !     
-  =!   *& >  ? 4 >
8 (?5>1E/
Instrument.  !       
           8- */ @
           
  0 )    
!  )  
)4J
KJK 
Method Validity. 9   -    
 *8>
4,E/#!
D !
  
Results and Discussion
@
=!=!


GRADE 11
Average
me
Spent at
Home
No. of
Hours GRADE 12
Average
Time Spent
at Home
No. of
Hours
FIRST SEMESTER FIRST SEMESTER
4
Paper ID: HE 07
Oral
Communicaon in
Context
2.41 2 hours
Introducon to
the Philosophy of
the Human
Person
2.80 3 hours
21st Century
Literature from the
Philippines and the
World
2.45 2 hours
Pagbasa at
Pagsusuri Tungo
sa Iba’t Ibang
Larangan ng
Pananaliksik
2.70 3 hours
General
Mathemacs 2.59 3 hours Physical Science 2.78 3 hours
Earth and Life
Science 2.42 2 hours
Understanding
Culture, Society
and Polics
2.75 3 hours
Komunikasyon at
Pananaliksik sa
Wika at Kulturang
Pilipino
2.39 2 hours
Physical
Educaon and
Health
2.42 2 hours
Physical Educaon
and Health 2.00 2 hours Praccal
Research 2 3.20 3 hours
English for
Academic Purposes 2.61 3 hours Empowerment
Technologies 2.79 3 hours
Specialized 1 2.65 3 hours Specialized 1 3.07 3 hours
Specialized 2 2.74 3 hours Specialized 2 3.00 3 hours
SECOND SEMESTER SECOND SEMESTER
Reading and
Wring Skills 2.39 2 hours
Contemporary
Philippine Arts
from the Regions
2.90 3 hours
Personal
Development 2.44 2 hours
Physical
Educaon and
Health
2.65 3 hours
Stascs and
Probability 2.66 3 hours
Inquiries,
Invesgaon
and Immersion
3.13 3 hours
Media and
Informaon
Literacy
2.43 2 hour Applied
Economics 2.99 3 hours
Physical Educaon
and Health 2.01 2 hours Specialized 3 3.10 3 hours
Filipino sa Piling
Larangan 2.49 2 hours Specialized 4 3.18 3 hours
Praccal Research 1 2.90 3 hours Specialized 5 3.42 3 hours
5
Paper ID: HE 07
Specialized 3 2.77 3 hours
Specialized 4 2.78 3 hours
 !      
  0
  -)4
)!!
C 4     4 2  &  0 
.1- ) *D-  2   0#2  401?
4    1&2?   3  401  5$211/ 
1- ) *.9  1&2? %  @   1
1  5$211? # 2  0#2/   !   
!   =
C            )H
1  . . 3  1- ) ' *
795$211?0& 4011&2?
4 #  1&2/  1- ) ( *9  & 
1  9-  5$211? 4 9   401?  4
.1&2/
C 4)    .
3@ 1-)E1-) 
% @  0 11 5$211? 4 
1&2401?&0#21-) 
. . 4! 401 5$211?4. 1&2?
 C   0#2  0#2 2 1- ) ' 
7  9  5$211?0 &  401 
1&2?4#1&21-)(!9 
& 19-5$211?49 401?
4 .  1&2  !  - )E9 
0!L @   5$211  401? 3  9 .)L
@  1&2?  # & 1 L @   0#2
) ))
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4          & 
 )  !      =!
     1
)=  
   )         
!! 
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Paper ID: HE 07
 H0 1
1 0H
1 #H. 0 
1 9H10
1 %H3 @ !
0=!!
   
 C )     !H 
  
     !      
 
Assessment of Student Workload
 151!! <1
  <
!  0  < 

Types of workload. 0   
 !!
 !0% D7E
! 
         
 =&!!
   
@ '' *0< 0/ 4 0#
2 *0#2/  
 4  1    ! !!    
 
041& 2 
*1&2/  ) 
M  - !  * '(, 0<#/
5   1 1 *5$211/       !
 ! !
0         !
*/!   
= 
 ! 1
510=!   <  4 
4< =!
151
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Paper ID: HE 07
Problems arising from workload. #    !  
 )       !   
 
@;(;;*0<#/31&2 
!1H!"#
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       ! <     1 
        *
EE0<#/3'5$211 
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Paper ID: HE 07
           
 *8(0<&/
# ! 
!   !
 31&2
  151
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 @)
/
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     3(401      
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677$$%8,9%8$$%**@
   
  -!
4%  !
%N%333O
 @
   
9 !   6      =--  
2< 3  /
0! 
 !  @! !  3E401  
<1
      @
 ;';+ *0< %/           
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Paper ID: HE 07
 1 
)# !
0         
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  = 
#   ) !     
  3'
  151H!
%/,,$$$
,$33$$$%/$,,
$ $ $$  $$$ , $, $
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!!) @"
  ! 
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Sufficiency and appropriateness of workload. 4 !
!   !    #  
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      !  !  
 !    0  5$211      
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  3  3E 1&2         
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Paper ID: HE 07
D  3( 401   
 !!5
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  !
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Conclusions
! 
   P!  
4      
  =     !-!
    !       
!      <

1 &)!#
-        
= 5!=!! 
    
   !    @       
!!!  
!!D     
)!
2!!    
< 
! )
 !
            
=!
 0 !  
1!   
 !   
" !
 !       1  !
!! 
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          !
   !    ! 
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   - @      
<!! 
!!
 1 !
      =   
4 #
  
! =       
 .    =   ! 
       
  )
' 3    <     
!         
! 1
 5&@ 

 
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#A*/A0 A5$2
8$,:;<H'A',EA%D@HAL';Q;++,
9 &A*;/A = A $
2,=HA(E'A%D@HAL'+E+,''';+
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2,=*/(RE'
4 4 ! $ 0) # > 9 2 */ A0  
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< >%5%?% -%@%,;,++'
5 % *,,/ 0         
@-,=A7E;''(/
3A.! 
!5%?-%%,AH'(E
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Paper ID: HE 07
 %*(/@"
$2,B*/;ER(
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        2 2-,
;*/(E+
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8 .27986>92*/ 
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