Beat the Clock: The Impact of Time Management on Academic
Performance of the Grade 11 and 12 ABM Online Learners of Maryknoll
College of Panabo, Inc.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Practical Research 2 Subject
A Quantitative Research Paper Submitted and Presented
to the Senior High School Faculty of Maryknoll College of Panabo, Inc.,
Academic Year 2020-2021
Presented by:
Gamale, Ellen Mae P.
December 2020
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Learning is very essential to every individual. It is a need for both
personal and professional career as it makes us capable of understanding
and managing the things in life in a better way. (Bhasin, 2019) It is a lifelong
process (Rule, 2017) which mainly deals with inner perspective and school
provides education that gives every individual a setting in which students can
learn things in a formal process. (Prabhat, 2011) However, due to the spread
of coronavirus, traditional learning or the face-to-face learning in school was
prohibited until the vaccine is available.
In this time of pandemic, there is a need to search and use for other
methods of learning modalities so that students would not stop their education
even though they are not physically present at school. Educational institutions
offered several modes of learning in which students have the liberty to choose
in accordance to their convenience. Amidst the present crisis established by
the COVID-19, the Department of Education integrated the Self-Learning
Modules with the use of alternative learning delivery modalities (online,
modular, television and radio-based instruction, and blended) to ensure that
students would still have access to their basic education. (Briones, 2020)
As a result of the restrictions implemented by the government to slower
the spread of the virus, the learning of students today became flexible.
Flexible learning is a state of being where students and teachers are freed
from limitations of time, place, and pace of the study. (Naidu, 2017) However,
there are several factors identified and studied by different researches that
affect the students’ academic performance and one of these factors is the
time management.
Time management is about controlling the time that a student have and
utilizing it for focus, balance and productivity (MacKay, 2019). It is a process
of organizing and planning on how to divide your time for specific task to do.
(Nayak, 2017) Thus, students must know how to manage and use their time
effectively so that their learning will be achieved successfully. They must
know the basics of time management such as giving priority to those
important tasks to minimize time wasting. Arbin and his friends (2018) noted
in their study that time management can actually affect overall students’
academic performance.
Academic performance reflects the learning of the student in every
subject he or she is taking. It can be through observing the outcome of the
learning of the students in the tasks, assignments or examinations given by
their teachers/instructors to them. In this study will be indicated through the
total weighted average of the students for the first quarter. Moreover, several
studies shows that there are a lot of factors that affects the academic
performance and time management is one of those factors.
In the study of Gupta and Chitkara (2018), they proved that time
management is a significant predictor of academic performance, it is either
long term or short term time management. Similarly, Cyril (2015) have also
found out that there is a significant relationship between the time
management and academic performance of the higher secondary students.
Moreover, in the study conducted by Kaushar (2013), results shows that there
is a significant and positive relationship between time management and
academic
performance.
Several
studies
have
found
out
that
time
management has a direct impact to students’ academic performance. It can
be concluded that effective time management would make the academic
performance of the student higher or increase.
There have been many researches and studies conducted to know if
there is a relationship between the time management and academic
performance. However, the researcher were not able to find any local study
that studies about the impact of time management to academic performance
in the Philippines, especially in this time of pandemic where students are
taking their classes in their respective homes and several factors that can
affect their learning is undeniable. Through this research, it will add to the
growing body of knowledge especially to the literature focusing on the impact
time management to students’ academic performance in the time of pandemic
where there are new and several modalities of learning is offered. By this, the
audiences of this paper would know the impact of time management to the
academic performance of an individual and in order for them to practice their
selves from utilizing and using their time wisely to be more productive and to
get good academic performance.
Statement of the Problem
The ultimate goal of Department of Education in this time of crisis is to
facilitate the safe return of the teachers and learners to schools without the
worry for COVID-19. They have devised new learning modalities to guarantee
that students will continue to educate themselves in the new learning
environment (DepEd, 2020) and the learning nowadays become flexible.
Several studies has been conducted to assess the factors that affect students’
learning under distance learning, yet there is a lack of identifying the factors
that affects the students’ learning here in the Philippines, particularly in
Panabo City, especially in this kind of new environment.
This study aims to identify the impact of time management to academic
performance of the Grade 11 and Grade 12 Accountancy, Business and
Management students from Maryknoll College of Panabo, Inc. Through this
study, the researcher seeks to find answers to these following questions:
1. What is the profile of the students in terms of:
a. Age
b. Sex
c. Grade Level
2. Is there a significant relationship between time management and
academic performance of the Grade 11 and Grade 12 ABM students?
These questions will served as an outline for the data needed to be
gathered and the researcher hopes to answer these questions by the end of
this study.
Research Objectives
This study is conducted to assess the impact of time management to
the academic performance of the Grade 11 and 12 Accountancy, Business
and Management Online Learners from Maryknoll College of Panabo, Inc.
This study is expected to:

Know the demographic profile of the respondents

Assess the time management of the Grade 11 and Grade 12 ABM
online learners.

Discover the relationship between time management and academic
performance.
Research Hypothesis
H0: The independent variable, time management has no impact to
academic performance of the Grade 11 and Grade 12 ABM online learners.
H1: The independent variable, time management has an impact to
academic performance of the Grade 11 and Grade 12 ABM online learners.
Significance of the Study
The data given by this research will provide necessary information on
what factors do the students usually encounter while learning at home through
the use of two (2) modalities offered by Maryknoll College of Panabo, Inc.
which is the online and modular learning. The results will identify the
relationship between time management and students’ academic performance.
Furthermore, this study would be helpful to the following:
Students. This study will identify and discuss the impact of time management
to their academic performance and formulate solutions on how they would
improve or maintain their good academic performance by utilizing and
managing their time wisely.
Teachers. This study will give the teacher a glance on what is happening to
their students while they are learning. This study will give the teachers an
opportunity to open and suggest strategies and real-life applications of the
concept of time management.
Parents. This study would provide necessary information about the impact of
time management to their children’s academic performance. Through this
study, they may able to identify and realize different solutions, strategies, and
advices for their children on how to manage their time effectively.
Future Researchers. This study would also benefit to those researchers who
wish to study the impact and relationship of time management to the
academic performance of the students. The results of this study will provide a
foundation for future purposes, conducting related studies and research
works. This would also help them in discovering critical areas upon identifying
and assessing the factors affecting students’ learning that the researcher was
not able to know.
Scope and Delimitations
This study is primarily focused on identifying and assessing the factors
that affects students’ learning in new normal setting. The researcher aims to
know and assess the impact of time management to academic performance
of the students and can give implications and suggestions based on the
results of the study.
The target and possible participants/respondents of this study will be
any student from Maryknoll College of Panabo, Inc. (MCPI) regardless on
their grade level as long as they are students of MCPI. The respondents will
be selected through the use of simple random sampling. The data will be
gathered through Google Forms since the face-to-face survey is suspended
due to the restrictions of the government. In addition, this quantitative inquiry
will be conducted from September 2020 to December 2020.
However, the researcher acknowledges the possible shortcomings
upon conducting the study. The study is delimited only in Maryknoll College of
Panabo, Inc. and cannot represent the results as generalized in Panabo City.
Furthermore, the researcher cannot assure that the respondents would
honestly evaluate the survey questionnaires in data gathering and the
calculations will be a hundred percent accurate.
Definition of Terms
These are the significant terms used in this research.

Learning – refers to the process undertaken by individual to acquire
knowledge and skills through experiences, taught by others and study.

Modality – refers to the method on how learning is delivered to the
students.

Online Learning – refers to the method of learning where the learning
and instructions from the teachers are delivered through online. The
use of internet will allow the student and the teacher to communicate
and be on formal class through the use of applications for conferences.

Flexible learning – It is where students can learn and teachers can
deliver their instructions without any limitations of place, pace and time.

Factor – generated by the researcher for the study. It is also coined as
the independent variable.

Time Management – It is an act where students divide their time in
order to organize their task and attain or accomplish it before the
deadline. It is the independent variable of the study.

Academic Performance – It is usually assessed through achievements
of the students in order to determine if the students acquired the idea
or knowledge delivered to them by the teachers. It is the dependent
variable of the study.
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