Factors causing academic difficulties among third year students of DLSU-EAC

Date of Completion

1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Academic Performance, College Students

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the factors causing academic difficulties among third year nursing student. Three of the main factors are the learner, the teacher and the environment. The learner is an important variable because he is the immediate recipient of the teaching - learning process. The teacher also influenced the learner in the sense that he brings to the learner different task and responsibilities which sometimes affects the learner. The environment also play a vital role in the teaching - learning process. It inlcudes the forces external to the individual and internal and external to the school. It is generally accepted that the environment is a potent force in human development and in learning, the school, family, barkadas, community all affect learning.FINDINGS: On the basis of the data gathered and analyzed by the researchers, the study revealed the following findings. That too much requirements, craming habits in making reports (case study and nursing care plan) and unavailability of study materials are three of the highly significant factors affecting the third year nursing students. Other factors which also considered significant are the following: study only when in mood, noise, poor, method of teaching, professor's favoritism, professor's lack of understanding on the student academic needs, difficulty in taking important notes in reading assignments, financial problems, professor. Other factors which proved to be not significant are the follwoing: difficulty in organizing ideas within a short time, inability to digest material read, poor health, being inlove. limited space at the dorm and too much work at home.

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