Learning Strategies and Its Influence on the School Performance of the Grade 7 Junior High School Students

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the learning strategies and school performance of the Grade 7 students of St. Mary's College, Quezon City for SY 2016-2017. The researchers employed a quantitative correlation method utilising frequency and percentage distribution, mean and Pearson r correlation as statistical treatments to determine the relationship between the learning strategies and school performance. A total of one hundred seventy-one (171) students composed of seventy-eight (78) male and ninety-three (93) female students were the respondents of the study. Findings revealed that majority (46.78%) of the students fall under the Very Satisfactory school performance. Furthermore, Outstanding and Very Satisfactorystudents were likely to demonstrate Processing Strategies, while satisfactory students were likely to demonstrate Mental Modes of Knowledge as their learning strategies. On the other hand, Fairly Satisfactory students were least likely to demonstrate any learning strategies. Moreover, results revealed that there was low positive correlation between the learning strategies and school performance of the students. It was recommended that sessions on improving students' learning strategies be carried out to further improve the school performance of the students.