Baquiran, Fritzie Jin G. Soriano, Jessie U.
Binarao, Sharlene B. Zipagan, Kristine Jane T.
Chavez, Melanie V.
Florez, Nina Mae G.
Activity 1. Group activity.
Read and collect at least 5 review of related literature and studies that you are going to organize
and write in Chapter II of your research/study. You may include here a theoretical framework
that supports your study.
Learning in new normal in education is a challenge for the students, teachers and even
parents. Schools adapt blended learning for the students to learn amidst this pandemic.
Blended learning is a combination of both online and offline learning methodologies with
the state of art and/or technology. Online is when the students’ study with their teacher
and classmates through an application that uses a webcam while offline is when the
teacher provides the students with the lesson, seatwork or assignment that they can finish
at their own pace (The New Normal Education in the Philippines, 2020). This learning
situation of the students brought difficulty and challenges on their learning experiences
and one of these is the stress. This learning difficulties is giving more pressure with the
students.
According to it Meyer, (1959), stress is the body’s nonspecific response mechanisms
towards demands or strains made on it. It is a process by which we perceive and cope
with environmental threats and challenges. Academic stress is a common phenomenon
faced by university students. Additionally, Academic stress has been identified as the
primary cause of these alarming figures. Lee & Larson (2000) explain this stress as an
interaction between environmental stressors, student’s appraisal and reactions for the
same. It has now become a grave reality that is termed as a “career stopper” (Kadapatti &
Vijayalaxmi, 2012). It therefore, becomes a significant cause of concern as it is
symptomatic of rising mental health concerns in India (Nadamuri& Ch,2011). On other
hand, students report experiencing academic stress at predictable times each semester
with the greatest sources of academic stress resulting from taking and studying for exams,
grade competition, and the large amount of content to master in a small amount of time
Abouserie (1994). The school environment on its part also piles up pressure on
the students. The pressure to perform well in the examinationor test and time allocated
makes academic environment very stressful (Erkutlu &Chafra, 2006). In addition to that,
the volume of people within the academic environment also contributes to stress among
students.
Furthermore, stress affect the productivity or the output students make. When students
are stressed up they turn not to give their maximum best when doing school work and as
a result, it manifests in the outputs the bring which are clearly seen in the grades. Stress
makes students spend fewer hours trying to get some school work done and they also do
it in a shabby manner not following the instructions giving the assignments in question.
They also don't make adequate preparation for examinations. In the long term, it can even
affect their plans for the future. Also, stress affects the initiative skills of students. Most
students when stressed upturn to lack the ability to bring up new ideas to solve problems
or issues, thus when students are faced with some challenges which might be even so
easy to solve because they are stressed up to refuse or are unable to rack their brains to
find solutions to that problem.
Activity 2. Group activity.
Formulate the conceptual framework or paradigm of your study based on your review of
related literature and studies emphasizing the variables of your study.
Conceptual Framework
This study presents the dependent and the independent variables that will be apply in the
current study. The conceptual framework is geared by the academic stress and academic
performance of 3rd year BEEd students if ISU-Cabagan.
Normal Eduacation
Academic
Academic Stress
Performance
Level and Extent of Academic Stress Academic Performance
Dysconnectivity -GWA
Financial
Household choirs
Negative attitude of parents
Increased class work load
Examinations
Based on the illustration above, shows the dependent and independent variables in this study.
The first box contains the academic stress which serves as independent variable which will affect
the second box contains the academic performance which serves as dependent variable.
The academic stress is caused by several factors such as disconnectivity, financial,
household choirs, negative attitude of parent, increased classwork loads and examinations. These
factors can affect the General Weighted Average of the learners.
