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Factors Affecting Students Factors Affecting Students Academic PerformanceAcademic Performance
By Pat & TylerBy Pat & Tyler
ThesisThesis
Smoking, Alcohol, time spent Smoking, Alcohol, time spent sleeping and stress all have a sleeping and stress all have a great effect students’ academic great effect students’ academic performance.performance.
Our SurveyOur Survey Grade & Gender?Grade & Gender? How many hours a week do you engage in physical How many hours a week do you engage in physical
activity?activity? How many cigarettes do you smoke in a week?How many cigarettes do you smoke in a week? How many alcoholic beverages do you consume in a
week? How many hours of sleep do you get per night?How many hours of sleep do you get per night? How do feel when you wake up on a school day?How do feel when you wake up on a school day? How often do you feel stressed? What is your overall average?What is your overall average? Do you enjoy school?
Grade & GenderGrade & Gender
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How many hours a week do How many hours a week do you engage in physical you engage in physical
activity?activity?
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Collection 1 Bar Chart•When we compared students physical activity to their academic performance, we found that students who had 3 - 5 hours of physical activity per week were almost all between 60 and 90%.•We also found that students generally had the best academic averages when they got between 5 and 7 hours of physical activity per week.•These results however were not forming obvious patterns, which brings us to the conclusion that physical activity does not have a great impact on one's academic performance.
How many cigarettes do you How many cigarettes do you smoke in a week?smoke in a week?
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AcademicAverageCigarettesweek
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•There are many obvious patterns when comparing the number of cigarettes a student smokes in a week and their academic performance.•About half the students who smoke over 45 cigarettes a week have an average between 50 and 60.•However it should also be noted that the other half seems to have an average between 70 and 80, or between 80 and 90.•The academic margin of 90 to 100 had the largest ratio of non-smokers.•Generally, the more cigarettes smoked, the lower the overall average.
How many alcoholic beverages do you consume
in a week?
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AcademicAverageDrinksweek
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Collection 1 Bar Chart•This was one of the most surprising results of our survey.•It was discovered that students with averages between 50 and 60, and students with averages between 90 and 100 drink roughly the same amount.•And students with averages between 60 and 80 seem to drink the most of anybody.•It was also surprising that students with averages below 50 drank less than the average.
How many hours of sleep do How many hours of sleep do you get per night?you get per night?
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AcademicAverageSleeppernight
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Collection 1 Bar Chart•Almost all high school students seem to get between 5 and 7, or 7 and 10 hours of sleep per night.•Very few students who get less than 5 hours of sleep per night have an average of over 60%.•It should also be noted that almost all students who got between 7 and 10 hours of sleep per night had an academic average between 70 and 100.
How often do you feel stressed?
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Collection 1 Bar Chart•Much to our surprise, we found that not one student with an average between 90 and 100 considered themselves ”always stressed".•For the most part, the stress levels are similar in each division. As the population grows so does the amount of stress.•A large portion of those with an average between 60 and 100 claimed they were "sometimes stressed".
Do you enjoy school?
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Collection 1 Bar Chart•It was no surprise that students who enjoy school tend to perform well academically speaking.•Most students with averages below 60 do not enjoy school.•And roughly 75% of students with an average over 90 claim the enjoy school .
Statistics CanadaStatistics Canada
The following data is taken from The following data is taken from The National Longitudinal Survey The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth: transition of Children and Youth: transition into adolescence (NLSCY)into adolescence (NLSCY)
Male & Female Male & Female AchievementAchievement
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Ontario Youths Bar Chart•When comparing the academic performance of males and females we found that they were very similar and there were no distinct patterns.
Importance of Doing Well Importance of Doing Well in Schoolin School
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How_important__to_do_well_in_schoolImportant Not important at allNot very important Somewhat importantVery important
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Importance of Doing Well Importance of Doing Well in Schoolin School
After observing this data, it is very clear that those who consider school to be very important do much better than those who do not consider school to be important.
This was not surprising because of the common sense involved.
We found it interesting that a very small fraction of the students surveyed didn't consider school to be important.
It has been proven many times, by Stats Canada on this particular occasion, those who feel it important to do well in school, end up with the best academic performance.
They are more likely to consider school a large part of their life and something that should be taken seriously.
Get Along with Other KidsGet Along with Other Kids
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I_get_along_with_kids_easily1. false 2. Mostly false3. Sometimes false/Sometimes ... 4. Mostly true5. true
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Ontario Youths Bar Chart
•Generally, everyone surveyed got along well with their peers at school.•The students in the very poorly category had trouble getting along with other kids. This could be connected to why they do not like school. We demonstrated earlier that those who do not like school generally do not do well.
Feeling Left Out?Feeling Left Out?
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Feel_left_out_at_schoolAll the time Most of the timeNever RarelySome of the time
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Ontario Youths Bar Chart
•Just as we had suspected, those who do well and very well in school are “never” left out.•Responses seem to be almost equally dispersed in the poorly and very poorly categories.•As well, it should be noted that those who had average marks were rarely left out “most of the time”.
BullyingBullying
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Bullied_in_SchoolAll the time Most of the timeNever RarelySome of the time
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•It came as a surprise to us that the majority of those who did well and very well in school claimed they are “never” bullied.•We were under the false impression that bullies always picked on the “smart kids”.•We also thought it was odd that almost all kids those who were bullied “most of the time” did poorly or very poorly in school.
How Far Students Will Go?How Far Students Will Go?
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How_far_do_you_hope_to_go_in_schoolCOMPLETE A UNIVERSITY DEG... COMPLETE MIDDLE SCHOOL/J...I DON-T KNOW I WILL COMPLETE COLLEGEI WILL COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL OTHER
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How Far Students Will Go?How Far Students Will Go?
The results of this graph were easily predictable.
The majority of students who do well and very well in school hope to complete a University degree.
And those who were unsure of their post-secondary school future were doing poorly or very poorly in school.
We also found it interesting that the majority of those who hoped to complete High School and or College did average in school.
Students Appreciation for Students Appreciation for EnglishEnglish
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Like_EnglishI DON-T LIKE IT VERY MUCH I HATE ITI LIKE IT A BIT I LIKE IT A LOT
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•A large majority of students either like english a bit or like it a lot.•And obviously those who "like it alot" tend to get the best marks. This can be linked to the idea that enjoying school (or a subject in this case) will result in higher marks.•We also found it very peculiar that almost all students who hate english have average marks.•The very odd thing about these results was that all students who were doing very poorly "like english alot".
Appreciation of MathAppreciation of Math
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Like_MathI DON-T LIKE IT VERY MUCH I HATE ITI LIKE IT A BIT I LIKE IT A LOT
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Ontario Youths Bar Chart•This question came up with very similar results to the english question.•Just as in the previous question, the very odd thing about these results was that all students who were doing very poorly "like math alot".
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