TITLE:
Effects of School Proximity on Students’ Performance in Mathematics
AUTHORS:
Emerson D. Peteros, Shiela C. Ypil, John V. de Vera, Gerly A. Alcantara, Margie D. Fulgencio, Dennis B. Plando, Larry B. Peconcillo Jr.
KEYWORDS:
School Proximity, School Distance, Mode of Transportation, Road Accessibility, Academic Performance in Math
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.1,
January
27,
2022
ABSTRACT: This research investigated the school proximity and
the Grade 7 students’ academic performance in Math of a mountain barrio public
national high school in Pinamungajan, Cebu, Philippines. There were 171
respondents who were identified using simple random sampling. They answered a
survey questionnaire describing their proximity to the school while their
Fourth Quarter Grades were used to assess their academic performance in Math.
Data gathered were treated using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results revealed that most of the students are very far from school which they have
to walk to reach school. Most of their houses are not accessible to the road.
They had a very satisfactory performance in Math. Moreover, there was a
significant relationship between the students’ distance to school and their
academic performance in Math. However, no significant relationships between the
student’s mode of transportation, house accessibility to the road, and their
academic performance in Math were found. Thus, it is recommended that school
administrators and teachers design programs that would address students’
challenges in attending school relative to their house to school distance while
the government provides infrastructures that would address concerns on
long-distance travel of the students.