POOR CONCENTRATION OF STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCES IN VELMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC.

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of Senior High School Department

VELMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Marawi, Camiling Tarlac

In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements

For the Practical Research 2
FIRST SEMESTER S.Y. 2024-2025

Researchers

ASUNCION, THERESA JOYCE M.

MISLANG, SAMANTHA NICOLE D.
PAGARIGAN, JONALENE D.

December 2024
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Poor Concentration is when you can't think clearly focus on a task or maintain your

Attention.Poor of concentration is one of the most common problem when it comes to studying

and sometimes causes the students to lack creativity in their works here in the Philippines.Students

are lacking of concentration in both logical and critical thinking.Here are some reasons behind of

this.

First, sleep deficiency based on nhlbi.nih gov/health can cause problems with

learning, focusing,and concentration.The damage from sleep deficiency can cause not only poor

concentration but also some chronic health problems.

Next, are stress and anxiety,based on medical news today, reviewed by Yalda

Safai,ND anxiety can cause brain fog specially when a students feel anxious causing a difficulty

in concentrating on their task.While based on healthline,medically reviewed by Debra Rose

Wilson,Ph.D.stress causes student to overthink and worrying causing loss their focus on their task.

Lastly, ADHD or Attention deficit/hyperactive disorder,based on news in

health.mh.gov.most student get restless,rowdy and distracted.Students witd ADHD have a hard

time concentrating and following instruction or tasks.They often forgot and lose their things.

Poor concentration is class can have a negative impact on every student’s

performances.This can hider students ability to perform well I'm both academic and normal tasks.
 Most of student loose their concentration inside their classroom because of the noises

lack of sleep,iron deficiency, specially to their health,Poor nutrition leat to poor academic

performances and poor concentration.

Most of student struggle to concentrate to their class inside the school because of

difficulty in understanding some of their subject.

Statement of the problem

Study focuses on student’s poor concentration and how it affects their academic

performance. Specially it aims to answer the following.

1.How may the student of Velman Institute of Technology Inc. can be described in terms of.

1.1 Name 1.3 Religion

1.2 Age 1.4 Socioeconomics Status

2.What makes students losses their concentration?

3.How does poor concentration affects students academic performance?

4.How can students improve their concentration?

Objective of the Problem

Study focuses on student’s poor concentration and how it affects their academic

performance. Specially it aims to answer the following.

To determine the profile of students in Velman Institute of Technology Inc. can be described in

terms of

1.1 Name. 1.3 Religion

1.2 Age 1.4 Socioeconomics Status

To know the effect of poor concentration of the students in academic performance

To Determine the Factors that makes students losses their Concentration

To know hw student Can improve their concentration

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will show how poor concentration affects every students academic

performances, it also show the possible causes of it. This study will benefit the following.

To the learners/students, this study will show the possible cause why you have poor

concentration in class, and how it affect your academic performances.

To the Teachers and School Administrators, this study can be an instrument to them to

know if their student are struggling to focus on lessons.

To the Parents, this study can be an instrument them to know if their kids/children are

struggling. This study will also aware that students are having a hard time on focusing in their

study.

To the future researcher, this study will serve as your reference for your research that

are connected to our topic Poor concentration of Students when it comes to Academic

Performances in Velman Institute of Technology INC. s.y 2024 - 2025.

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

This study is conducted to examine the cause and effect of poor concentration to their

academic performances in Velman Institute of Technology Inc. This study conducted during the

first semester academic year 2024-2025 at Velman Institute of Technology Inc., located at

Barangay Marawi, Camiling, Tarlac.

HYPOTHESIS

There’s no hypothesis in this research .

Definition of Terms

ABILITY-Student's still to do something

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE-Student's achievements

ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) - Mental disorder

includes unable to keep focus and hyperactivity or excess movement that is not pitting to her

setting.

ANXIETY-An episode of wild to hour. severe worry distress or fear that may last for hour

ANXIOUS-Strong decire sometimes mixed with doubt, fear, uneasiness or nervousness

BRAIN FOG-Lack of focus and mental activity

CHRONIC-Weakining

CONCENTRATION Academic major or area of focus within a major. Direction at attention to

single object.

DAMAGE-Loss or harm resulting from injury to person property, or reputation.

HEALTH-The condition of being sound state in physical body, mind, or spirit state

OVERTHINK-To think too much about something to put too much time into thinking about or

analyzing.

POOR CONCENTRATION-Being unable to concentration in school.

SLEEP DEFICIENCY-Lack of sleep

SOCIOECONOMICS-Social standing or class of an individual or group.

STRESS- State of mental or emotional strain.

VELMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC.-Where the research conducted.

 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDY

Review of Related Literature

Local 1.1

Based on Peñeda (2019), Schools impart the necessary knowledge of the young minds

through the help of the teachers and other stakeholders. Siemens (2005) emphasizes that learning

must not detached from outputs of pupils. When there is learning academic Teachers and

stakeholders must take action about the students learning performances of their pupil so that an

intervention in class could made, bearing in mind that the academic performance of a student is

one of the indicators that they can focus and concentrate on their studies.

Local 1.2

According to Aquino (2020), lack of concentration in class can have a negative impact

on student’s performances. When student are not paying attention, they may find it difficult to

absorb the lesson well, leading to a lack of understanding and retention of the material. This can

hinder their ability to perform well in exams and assessments. Many students struggle with poor

concentration when it comes to their academic performance this can be due to a variety of factors,

such as lack of sleeps, stress, distractions, or simply not being interested in the subject matter.

Article shows that students with shorter attention spans tends to perform worse on tests, struggle
to retain information long-term and have a harder time connecting desperate ideas into cohesive

understanding. (Chi, 2023).

Local 1.3

According to Jhoselle Tus (2020), the influence of gadgets has become the most common

reason to why student losses their focus on their task. There are several causes of it, these include

environmental factors such as distractions around the classroom. Additionally lack of sleep, poor

nutrition and technology use can also distract students’ attention. It is important to identify the

causes of it in order to implement effective strategies.

Foreign 1.1

Based on Wooll (2022) focus is important no matter what stage of you’re in r what ask

you’re doing. Students rely on their focus to think clearly and decides properly. Students must

lessen the distractions around them that will make their productivity increased and they also led to

more engaged, creative, and productive work flows. Lack of concentration might point to various

things in our life.

Foreign 1.2

According to oxford learning (2024), child conversation issues in school can happen to

many students. Most students have troubled paying attention in class due to some points. It is

important to know that not every students who has a had time focusing had learning difficulties,

such as ADD and ADHD. In many cases, child concentration issues in school signs that students

having trouble concentrating include, lower grades, dislike of schools and disruptive behavior in

class, these signs don’t automatically mean that students are having learning difficulties but instead

lack of concentration.

Foreign 1.3

According to Bordia (2022), poor concentration in student is big problem since it

affects their education in a negative way. A common developmental difference sometimes affects

a part of the brain that controls concentration and attention, this disorder range from impulsiveness,
restlessness and short attention span, leading to lack of focus. Emotional and physical issues might

be a significant reason for lack of concentration. These issues consist of anxiety, dyslexia, bipolar

disorder or physical disabilities.

Review of Related Studies

Local 1.1

According to Cayas, Deluna, and other researchers (2019), lack of concentration happens

almost everyday in students’ daily lives. Students lack of concentration affects their educational

performances inside the class. Based on their study student stated that most common factor

affecting it are their problems about family an d personal life. Poor concentration became the main

reason of failing and getting lower grades.

Local 1.2

Based on Le (2021), maintaining the student’s focus both a challenge and a motivation

for teachers to change themselves if needed for the better. Even though countless factors can affect

students ability to keep heir focus well, there are some solutions for it. Solution can start n students

themselves on how they will manage to keep their focus on the subject and task given to them. It
have given above maybe not the best to deal with all distractions, especially to the uncontrollable

ones, yet they can be one of the ways teachers can minimize the distractions around their students.

Local 1.3

Based on Yanez (2021), concentration can be improved and active participation of

students through positive interactions with their teachers leads to higher and better learning, in

addition to motivation to listen. Distraction can be internal and external. This is because there are

two types of sounds one is inside the ears and the other one is outside the ears. Internal distraction

occurs when the student is thinking that leads to other things, causing to lose the main topic.

External distraction occurs hen the students concentration caught by something or someone’s

voices and topic far from the lesson.

Foreign 1.1

Lack of concentration is very common problem amongst student. Keeping student

focused during class can be a herculean task at time. D. Bordia (2022), conducted a study and

found that almost adult have an average attention span of only 14 minutes. With rise of technology

and the increasing pace of daily life, it obviously more difficult for children to concentrate on their

classes. The study shows some ways to manage lack of concentration amongst students. He stated
that the more hands on and practical, the better they will be for students. Students should get

enough sleep and have enough activities to keep them energetic; problem-solving and creative

thinking ability activities can improve their concentration.

Foreign 1.2

Based on medical review by Shilda Amin (2023), sleep deprivation, stress, anxiety and

other medications may causes concentration issues. Being unable to concentrate affects the

students’ school performances. Students experience sleep deprivation due to attention problems,

over activity, impaired school performances and misbehavior. Anxiety also affects the

concentration of the students mostly due their mistakes and embarrassing moments. Students feel

stressed mostly because of school works, family problems and other things, making them to spaced

out, losses temper quickly, changes of behavior and substance misuse.

Foreign 1.3

According to Hanh Vy Le (2021), concentration is one of the most influential factors

in students’ learning quality. The higher the students’ level, the less concentration they pay in class

especially senior high school students. This low level of concentration, many teachers finds it hard

to maintain their interest while teaching in this level and those students finds ihard to achieve the

best outcome when getting the grades they want.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• Low grades and poor

POOR CONCENTRATION academic performances

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

Figure 1. paradigm of the study

Poor concentration has negative effects on students’ academic performances. Furthermore, we

poor concentration performances branches out, enters within the category as it was affected by

the problem stated. To be followed by the problem low grade. Wherein those who have this

situation felt unease and restless of finding ways to get their concentration focused on one thing.
 CHAPTER III

Method and Procedure

This chapter present the research design respondents of the study, data gathering tools,

procedure and data analysis that will be used in this study.

Research Design

This study will investigate the poor concentration when it comes to academic

performance in Velman Institute of Technology Inc. It will describe the student discussion

making in choosing their strand among senior high school students of Velman Institute of

Technology Inc.

Local of the study

 This study will be conducted within the premises of Velman Institute of Technology

Inc. located at Brgy. Marawi, Camiling, Tarlac.

Respondent of the study

The respondent of the study will be the student of Velman Institute of Technology Inc.

Data Gathering

The researcher used questionnaire as the main in gathering data in this study. The first

part of the questionnaire are to gather the demographic profile of the respondents suck as age,

family income and interest.

The second part focus on affecting student’s decision choosing how poor concentration

affects their academic performances and what are the causes of it such ; “Do you get easily

distracted with the noise inside and outside the classroom?”, “Do you feel sleepy inside the

classroom?”, “Does the activities make feel pressured?”.

Data Analysis
 All the answer that have been gather and analyzes to determine which answer have

agreed and disagreed on most using percentage. The analyzed data will determine the result of

the study.