POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PERSONALITIES OF PUP GRADE 12

STUDENTS TO THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FOR SY 2019-2020

A Research Study In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for the Subject in Investigation, Inquiries and Immersion

By

ANDRES, Ma. Teresa

ARADO, Shekainna Glory
BAJENTING, Shaira Mae
DIMATULAC, Athea May
PABIONIA, Princess Joy

Academic Year 2019-2020

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CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Personality predicts academic achievement above and beyond intelligence. The

blend of personality traits of a student in school can help them achieve their educational

goals and perform as they want.

Students' academic achievement can fully actualize their talents and capabilities; it is in

line with the basic goals of educational planning. Academic achievement or academic

performance is the outcome of education – the extent to which students , teachers or

institutions have achieved their educational goals. Academic achievement is commonly

measured by examinations or continuous assessment but there is no general agreement on

how it is best tested or which aspects are most important – procedural knowledge such as

skills or declarative knowledge such as facts.

Personality traits are the consistent traits of an individual which makes him different from

other individual. Students are not only different in terms of personality characteristics,

family backgrounds, age and gender, they also exhibit different attitudes and emotional

responses to the environment. Students have distinctive personality characteristics which

make them prepared for having different worldviews, and thus for behaving differently in

various social and emotional settings. Taking these differences can help the educators

recognize their students' individual differences. Educators have always asked whether

people’s personality characteristics can help them attain higher academic achievement.
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The personalities of the students are not the same; this can show their performances to

achieve their goals.

The idea that intelligence, socioeconomic status and personality each affect

socially-valued behaviours is consistent with the proposal that performance in academic

settings is determined by factors relating to capacity to perform.

A notable early study was reported by Webb (1915), who examined the

importance of students’ “character” for academic performance, and provided early

evidence that intelligence was not the only individual difference associated with

academic performance. The association between personality and academic achievement

may be one of charm; people choose environments which are consistent with their

personalities; when achievement criteria and personality characteristics overlap,

personality and academic achievement may be directly related (Caspi, Robert, & Shiner,

2005).

The researchers’ primary goal in conducting this study is to determine the

correlation between the personalities of the students to their academic standing.

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Background of the Study

Personality has always been affiliated with one's academic standing. If you are an

introvert, most likely, you are expected to have low grades due to minimal interaction

with people. An extrovert will be much expected to be on top because they get to join

every curricular activities, participate in class and study well. Based on a study conducted

on 2011 by Viari et al., personalities (which they considered from the Big five personality

traits) and the Academic performance of the student are also contributed by their own

traits. Results were gathered by creating a personality test and analyzing it based on the

academic motivation and performance of each student. Given this information, the

researchers wanted to conduct a study on how does personality affects the academic

standing considering that personality is known as the introvert, extrovert, and ambivert.

The desire to know the answer was to break or prove the social construct planted in one's

mind. The researchers have chosen to conduct the study inside the PUP campus and

choosing the grade 12 ABM senior high school students as their respondents due to the

campus' environment and huge population.

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Theoretical Framework

According to PPKI theory by Phillip L. Ackerman (1996), it attempts to provide

theoretical foundation for understanding the relation between non-cognitive and cognitive

individual differences that underlies between the fulfilment of knowledge and intellect.

Non-cognitive includes personalities and traits that individuals manifest in every

circumstance. There are three main traits that have been associated with the academic

status, namely extroversion, introversion and ambiversion as stated in Carl Jung’s types

of personality.

It said that personality traits play an important role in the development of

knowledge as it becomes individual’s choices. As to the extent that individual is more

likely to stay and take part in different academically activities and settings. Therefore,

this theory claims that personality traits affect the academic performance as well as the

academic standing.

Individuals possessed different types of personalities that vary with the situations

they are engaging as focused more on academically related activities. The researchers

choose this theory to understand what personality they have and recognize the way

students behave and how it influences their standing in terms of academics.

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Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Personality traits: Stay and taking part in - Academic

Introvert school activities achievements
Extrovert - Good academic
Ambivert standing

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to determine the correlation between different types of personalities

of Grade 12 Accountancy, Business, and Management students from Polytechnic

University of the Philippines to their academic standing. Specifically, it sought to answer

the following questions:

1.What is the profile of the students in terms of

- Sex

- Age

- General Average ( First and Second Semester)

2. What is the personality of the respondent?

3. What are the academic achievements of the respondent?

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4. Is there a significant relationship between the respondent’s personality and academic

achievements?

Objectives of the Study

The researchers conducted this study entitled “Correlation Between the

Personalities of PUP Grade 12 ABM Students to Their Academic Standing”. They will

distribute a survey questionnaire in gathering data from PUP grade 12 ABM students. It

aims to determine the relationship of the given variables. Aside from this, the main

objectives of the study are:

• To determine whether students’ personalities affect their academic standing inside

the classroom specifically their academic achievements.

• To provide quantitative data that will be useful as one of the basis to provide

reliable and credible information.

• To provide reliable and credible results that will be helpful to the readers,

students, teachers, institutions, and other future researchers.

Hypothesis

The researchers hypothesize that there is a significant relationship between the

personality and academic performance of the Grade 12 ABM students in Polytechnic

University of the Philippines when they are grouped according to their profiles.
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Significance of the Study

One of the greatest factors which contributes to the students’ academic learning is

their personality aside from their intellectual capability. This research addresses how the

students’ personality affects their academic standing inside the classroom. It focuses

more on extrovert, introvert, and ambivert type of students’ personality. The result of

this study would be very helpful to the readers, students, teachers, and other related

institutions.

The first beneficiary of this study are the students specifically the senior high school

and college students. They would be able to use the results of the study as their basis in

doing a future research that is related to this. This study will provide credible and reliable

data which they may use to gather information that will be very useful to their studies. In

addition, this will also be a pathway to improve their personality especially on how to

interact with others.

The second beneficiary are the teachers. They may use this study to fully

understand the behavior of their students especially the way they think, act, and socialize

to other people. Teachers are usually the one who guide students to achieve a better

performance academically, with this, they must understand how their students behave in

the classroom. This study will focus more on recognizing different type of personalities

that a student may possesses.

Lastly, aside from education institution, this study would be helpful to other

institutions who are into studying individual’s different personalities. This research
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would serve as their guide to have a deeper understanding about one’s different patterns

of behavior specially the students.

Scope and Limitations of the Study

The focus of this study is to determine the Correlation between the Personalities of

Polytechnic University of the Philippines Grade 12 Accountancy, Business and

Management Students to their Academic Standing during the school year 2019-2020. The

results will be further obtained by the responses of the students from the questionnaire

given by the researchers.

The researchers have chosen to explore the problem among randomly selected

students from Grade 12 Accountancy, Business and Management students of Polytechnic

University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila. The researchers did not include students

from grade 11 and other strands.

Operational Definition

• Personalities

- It refers to the differences of student’s characteristics with others in

terms of their patterns of thinking, feeling, socializing, and behaving

within the school.

• Extrovert
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- These are the students who enjoy more on socializing and interacting

with others more specifically with the people around them. They often

regarded as the life of the classroom.

• Introvert

- On the contrary with the definition of extrovert, this refers to the students

who prefer to be alone most of the time. They do not interact more with

others, more of being a reserved person and the one who enjoys solitude.

• Ambivert

- It is a type of personality where the mixed characteristics of an extrovert

and introvert person are being possessed with the student who is an

ambivert.

• Academic standing

It refers to the academic achievements of the students inside their

classroom particularly in attaining honors. The following are the general

weighted average they must attain to get an honor:

With Honors (90-94)

With High Honors (95-97)

With Highest Honors (98-100)

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