Measuring social and psychological factors through home-study setting towards improved academic performance

Abstract

This study determined the relationship among social and psychological factors through home -study setting of Grades 6 pupils in Liciada Elementary School, in Bustos, Bulacan during the first quarter of School Year 2022-2023. The main objective is to find the implications of social and psychological factors on the achievement of pupils and finding benefits of home-study setting. The method used in the study was t-test and pearson (r). Using descriptive correlational research as research design in the total population of 167 Grade 6 pupils as respondents of the study, the answers to the problems raised in this study were summarized as follows: The number of siblings and socio-economic status has a significant relationship between pupils’ demographic profile and social factor in home study setting with p-values 0.011 and 0.000 which is less than the level of significance at 0.05. Social factor in home-study setting and respondents’ academic achievement has a significant relationship with p-value of 0.001 which was less than the level of significance at 0.05. On the other hand, psychological factor in home study setting and respondents’ academic achievement has no significant relationship with p-value 0.220 which was greater than the level of significance at 0.05. The pupil’s achievement on this present research will be useful to the parents and policymakers in finding the benefits, policy framing, and advantages of home-study.