The Effect of Seating Preference on 2nd Year Psychology Students From the College of Arts and Sciences of University of Perpetual Help System - Gma, Cavite

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The focus of this study is to know if seating preference affects the performance of 2nd-year Psychology students from the College of Arts and Sciences of University of Perpetual Help System-Jonelta, General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite for the First Semester in the school year 2013-2014. The primary sources of data will be gathered through observation in the recitation followed by a quiz that will be answered by the respondents and a scale that will be used by the professor to evaluate respondents' performance.

METHODS

The researcher used the experimental method of research to determine the effects of seating preference to the academic performance of Psychology students. The researcher made a rubric that served as the basis in knowing the level of the students' academic performance. The researcher observed a class for recitation and quizzes. The recitation and quizzes given by the professor were used to measure the academic performance of students. Standard Bennett Scale was used to rate the score of the students. Frequency and Percentage Distribution were used to describe the students' performance. T-test was utilized to test the significant difference between the students' performance in relation to their seating preference.

RESULTS

A total of 26 respondents were involved in the study; 18 were females and 8 were males. The respondents were 16 to 35years old, mostly aged 16-17. The seating preference during recitation and quiz has an equal number of students seated in the front row and in the back row. During recitation, the result indicates that students seated in front got better performance than those seated at the back. During the quiz, the students seated in front also got better performance than those who are seated at the back.

DISCUSSIONS

T-test was used to answer the statement of the problem and test the hypotheses, respectively. During recitation, the interpretation shows that there is a significant difference in the performance between students seated in front and those at the back During the quiz, the interpretation shows that there is a significant difference in the performance between students seated in front and those at the back.