Grade 12 STEM: Time Constraints & Academic Performance

• This research aims to understand the impact of time constraints on the academic performance of Grade 12 STEM working students at Greenfield Montessori School Tanay Main Campus during the academic year 2024-2025.
• Balancing work and academics presents challenges for Grade 12 STEM students.
• The study seeks to explore challenges faced by working students, identify coping strategies, and provide insights into balancing dual roles.
• The research focuses on how time constraints affect the performance of Grade 12 working students.
• It aims to identify the nature of these difficulties and their effects on academic results.
• The study contributes to knowledge concerning work-integrated learning at the high school level and will be useful for educators, administrators, and policymakers.
• Many students combine studies and work, leading to struggles with time management due to limitations and constraints.
• Studies show mixed findings: working students may improve time management, focus, and work-life balance, but also face increased stress, limited study time, and reduced social time.
• A 2015 study indicated that 77% of students work part-time to support their financial needs, despite the stress it causes in balancing social life, family, school, and work.
• There is a need for a broader understanding of how working students’ academic performance may be affected by time constraints.
• The study aims to empower educators and policymakers with actionable insights to facilitate the holistic development of students balancing work and school responsibilities.

Background of the Study

• Many students combine studies and work, leading to struggles with time management due to limitations and constraints.
• Studies show mixed findings: working students may improve time management, focus, and work-life balance, but also face increased stress, limited study time, and reduced social time.
• Luardo et al. (2019) found that students who cannot provide adequate time to academic work tend to have poor performance, aligning with the problems faced by working students.
• There is a need for a broader understanding of how working students' academic performance may be affected by time constraints.
• The study aims to empower educators and policymakers with actionable insights to facilitate the holistic development of students balancing work and school responsibilities.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

• The study focuses exclusively on the impact of time constraints on academic performance and challenges faced by selected Grade 12 STEM students.
• The research is limited to the 137 Grade 12 students of Greenfield Montessori School, Tanay Main Campus, who experience time constraint-related challenges.

Theoretical Framework

• The study is based on Lakein's Time Management Theory (1973), which categorizes time based on personal and curriculum-based goals.
• Also, Goode's Role Strain Theory (1960) suggests that strain occurs when individuals are expected to play multiple roles concurrently, leading to increased stress, less study time, or poor performance.
• Albert Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory (2023) elucidates how a student's belief system impacts performance, including the effort and perseverance used in studying despite work obstacles.

Conceptual Framework

• The study examines factors influencing the academic performance of working students at Greenfield Montessori School for the school year 2024-2025.
• It aims to identify and analyze elements impacting the academic success of students who balance work responsibilities alongside their studies.
• The research seeks to provide insights into how employment might affect academic achievement and explores potential strategies to support working students in managing their dual responsibilities effectively.

Conceptual Model

• Frame 1 includes demographic information (age, gender) and a survey questionnaire gathering data on type of work and reasons for working.
• Frame 2 involves gathering, tallying, analyzing, and interpreting data.
• Frame 3 assesses the impact of time constraints on academic performance and challenges faced by selected Grade 12 STEM working students.
• Arrows in the figure demonstrate links among input, process, and output components.

Statement of the Problem

• The overall objective is to determine the impact of time constraints on the academic performance of selected Grade 12 STEM working students.
• Specific questions include: Describing the profile of respondents in terms of gender and age, their strategies for managing academic responsibilities and work schedules, and the effects of balancing work and study on the quality of their academic performance.

Significance of the Study

• The study enhances understanding of student achievements.
• It provides valuable information to students to help identify challenges in balancing work and academics.
• Findings offer suggestions to empower teachers with actionable insights for the holistic development of students balancing work and school responsibilities.
• The research provides insights to school administrators regarding how time constraints impact the academic success of working students.
• The study provides a foundation for additional research on how time constraints affect working students.

Definition of Terms

• Constraints: Limitations or restrictions that affect a student's ability to perform or achieve certain goals.
• Challenges: Difficulties or obstacles that working students encounter as a result of balancing work and academic responsibilities.
• Discipline: Ability of students to manage their time effectively and maintain focus on academic tasks.
• Focus: A core skill for learning academic skills and school-based information.
• Improvement: Measurable enhancement in academic performance, skill, and knowledge of students.
• Management: The process and strategies employed by administrators and institutions to organize, oversee, and support students’ academic and behavioral activities.
• Performance: Effective accomplishment of tasks, leading to the achievement of specific goals and objectives.
• Productivity: Efficiency and effectiveness with which students complete academic tasks and achieve educational goals.
• Responsibilities: Being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
• Time: Allocating specific times each day for studying and completing assignments to build a routine.

This study investigates the impact of time constraints on the marks of Grade 12 STEM working students at Greenfield Montessori School. It explores challenges, and coping strategies to help balance work and academics. The research provides insights into managing dual roles and contributes to understanding work-integrated learning.