A Quantitative Study on the Reasons for Tardiness of Senior High School Students of St. Mary's College Quezon City of School Year 2018 –2019

Abstract

In the book entitled "Teaching English Online," it states that tardiness causes a child to "miss out" and may have trouble catching up to the teacher's activities and lessons. The student may be left behind and struggle to cope up with the missed lessons presented by the teacher. As stated, tardiness causes adverse effects on the student committing them. Through this research, the researchers will know the main reasons of tardiness of the Senior High School students in St. Mary's College Quezon City and to provide some answers to help the students get to school on time. The participants of this study are Senior High School students of St. Mary's College Quezon City. The researchers will use stratified random sampling. The kind of research the researchers will use is descriptive quantitative research. The researchers will get 117 respondents, 57 from Grade 11 and 60 from Grade 12. The researchers will distribute questionnaires to Senior High School students. The researchers will ask the respondents to provide their age, gender, year level, and section. The names of the respondents will be optional, and it will remain confidential due to ethical reasons. Most of the students are aware of the sanctions in regards to tardiness. The effect of the first level of sanctions is not as effective as compared to the other levels. Oversleeping is the 1st main reason, and Traffic is the 2nd main reason for tardiness. Laziness is a reason the researchers did not expect as it was not mentioned in the Review of Related Literature as a reason for tardiness. For the Senior High School in St. Mary's College Quezon City, It shows that students who are tardy have valid reasons, and the most common reason is oversleeping and traffic. The researchers recommend the students to manage their time properly and to "wake-up early" as suggested by the respondents. The researchers would also like to recommend the teachers and administrators to be more considerate about the reasons for tardiness and to improve the sanctions provided. The researchers also suggest future researchers to improve on the study by providing more reasons for tardiness and to expand the population and sample size. Behaviorism is a theory related to tardiness, and it supports the findings of the study.