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Abstract:
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The purpose of this case study was to determine the relationship between hours spent on work and academic achievement of students at one high school whether working long hours and school absenteeism affected on students' school achievement or not.
The research instrument was a questionnaire, including school records of students' absenteeism and academic achievement. Lucky draw for random sampling was used to select 96 students (48 poor and 48 non-poor) to participate in the study. Computer software was used to analyze the data in this study. The collected data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested by using independent samples t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient.
The main findings revealed that there were statistically significant differences in hours spent on work, school absenteeism, and academic achievement between the poor and non-poor students. The study also found that working long hours and more frequent absenteeism did negatively influence a students' academic achievement. |