4-DAY SCHOOL WEEK : ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND

IMPACT TOWARDS SHS STUDENTS’ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE IN MARIANO MARCOS
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

GALOPE, EHRIECA B.
12 - HUMSS
 Conceptual
Statement of
Introduction Framework
the Problem
and Paradigm

CHAPTER 1 :
THE PROBLEM Research Scope and Significance
Hypothesis Delimitation of the Study
AND ITS
BACKGROUND
Operational
Definition of
Terms
 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Figure 1. The potential relationship among implementation components, organizational features, and influence
factors. Adapted from “Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature,”
D. Fixsen, S. Naoom, K. Blase, R. Friedman and F. Wallace, 2005
University of South Florida. Copyright 2005
by Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Publication #231.
PARADIGM
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1. What is the profile of respondents as regards to :
1.1 age;
1.2 gender;
1.3 grade level ?

2. What is the effect of 4-day school week to SHS students in terms of :

2.1 academic performance;
2.2 attendance;
2.3 behavior ;
2.4 health; and
2.5 budgetary savings?

3. How students perform in school during 4-day school week?

3.1 academic subjects;
3.2 core subjects; and
3.3 extra-curricular ?
4. How effective is the 4-day school week in SHS considering the ff:
3.1 time management;
3.2 cleanliness and maintenance;
3.3 financial;
3.4 attendance;
3.5 health condition; and
3.6 class schedule?

5. Is the a significant relationship between 4-day school week and academic

performance of SHS students?
SCOPE AND LIMITATION

• SHS Students (11 and 12 )

• 4-Day School Week Effectiveness
• 4-Day School Week Impact to SHS Students Performance
• Mariano Marcos Memorial High School
 Foreign Local
CHAPTER 2: Literature Literature
REVIEW OF
RELATED
LITERATURE
AND STUDIES Foreign Local
Studies Studies
• The Four- Day School Week : Research Behind Trend

• The Advantages of Four-day School Week.

• Four- Day School Week can Improve Academic Performance, Study finds.

• Shortening the School Day.

• 4-Day School Week Proposed.

• DepEd to study proposed 4-day school week in Metro Manila

• Journal of Education and Training Studies Vol. 6, No. 1; January

 Research Design

Population and Sample Size

CHAPTER III
RESEARCH Instrument and Techniques
DESIGN AND
METHODOLOGY
Data Collection and Procedure

Statistical Treatment
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGN - the study talks
about the effectiveness and impact, the qualities of the variables
or factors included such as the 4-day school week and the
performance of the Senior High School students.
 Population of SHS Students: More or less 600 students

 Sample Size Population: 30 SHS Students from GRADE 11 and

GRADE 12 .

 Both academic and vocational track are covered.

 The Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient

Formula:

STATISTICAL
TREATMENT

+1 = a perfect positive correlation between ranks

-1 = a perfect negative correlation between ranks
0 = no correlation between ranks.
 CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION,
ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION
OF DATA
TABLE 3. EFFECTIVENESS OF 4-DAY SCHOOL WEEK
FOR STUDENTS

How effective is the 4-day

Highly Effective Moderately Somewhat Ineffective
school week for students? GWA RANK
Effective Effective Effective
Based on: (4) (3) (2) (1)
(5)

a. Academic 13 14 3 0 0 4.33 1
performance
b. Attendance 14 10 5 0 1 4.2 2

c. Behavior 6 17 5 1 1 3.87 5

d. Health 11 12 4 3 0 4.03 4

e.Budgetary Savings 16 6 4 2 2 4.07 3

 Table 4. Performance of Senior High School students.

How students perform in Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor

(5) (4) (3) (2) GWA Rank
4-day school week? (1)

Based on their:
a. major subjects 8 17 5 0 0 4.8 2

b. core subjects 2 19 8 1 0 2.45 3

c. extra-curricular 1 13 12 3 1 5.13 1
activities
 Table 5. Impact of 4-day School week to SHS students.

YES NO
3. Are students willing to extend time during 4-day school week? 37% 63%

4. Is it easier to maintain cleanliness when classes are only 4 days in 83% 17%
a week?
5. Does 4-day school lessen students’ expenses? 77% 23%

6. Does students willingness and interest to attend classes increase 83% 17%
because of 4-day school week?
7. Does it help students in terms of health condition? 63% 37%
8. Is 4-day school week more effective than 5-day school week? 83% 17%
 Academic
4-Day school Performance(
week (x) Rank y) Rank
(N)
1 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
2 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
3 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
4 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
5 4 15.5 3 29 -13.5 182.25
6 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
7 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
8 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
9 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
10 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
11 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
12 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
13 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
14 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
15 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
16 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
17 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
18 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
19 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
20 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
21 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
22 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
23 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
24 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
25 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
26 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
27 4 15.5 3 29 -13.5 182.25
28 4 15.5 5 7 8.5 72.25
29 4 15.5 4 20.5 -5 25
30 4 15.5 3 29 -13.5 182.25
N= 30
= 1,786
 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

1. Demographic Profile of the Students

The sample of participants that the researchers have taken is in

the age range of 16 to 20 years old. Participants are mostly the ages of
17 to 18 years old. Majority of the participants are male making up 53
percent of the gathered sample. Students were taken evenly from both
year levels with a total of 30 respondents and 15 students for each
level.
2. Effectiveness of 4-Day school week.
All of the factors that the participants are classified whether it is ineffective, somewhat
effective, moderately effective, effective and highly effective the implementation of 4-day
school week for them as students. The 4-day school week is highly effective for the students’
academic performance with a score of 4.33 and the least from the ranking is the health of
students with a score of 3.87.

3. Performance of Senior High School students during four-day school week.

Senior High School students perform excellently in extra-curricular with
5.13 followed by good performance in major subjects which is 4.8 and last was
core subjects with 2. 45 .
4. Impact of four-day school week towards the SHS students and MMMHS.
The cleanliness of environment, willingness and interest to attend classes and
effectivity of 4-day school week than the 5-day schedule before, with 83% of the respondents
answered yes and 17 percent of sample who said no. 77 percent of the respondents agree that
4-day school week lessen their expenses while 23 percent did not. While for the extension of
time spend in school within 4 days, there is 63 percent who said they are not willing to extend
their time and 27 percent said yes.

5. There is a significant relationship between 4-Day School Week and the

academic performance of SHS students.
 CONCLUSION

1. Majority of the participants of this study are male because of larger

number of enrollees in Senior High School, the ratio of male and female is unequal
in every strand. Researcher chose from different strands of grade 11 and grade 12
evenly to answer questionnaires. The students that were part of the sample were
mostly ages 17 and 18.

2. The 4-day school week highly affects the academic performance of SHS
students for they find it very effective followed by the interest and willingness in
terms of attendance .
3. Senior High School Students performance mainly focus on the extra-
curricular with a rate of excellent compared to their performance rate on
major and core subjects.

4. Impact of 4-day school week with the students are subdivided into several
factors such as time management, cleanliness, health condition, interest and
willingness to attend.

5. There is a high positive correlation between SHS' students academic strand

and 4-day school week.