INFLUENCE OF MORNINGNESS-EVENINGNESS PREFERENCE OF EDUARDO MONDLANE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHIMOIO ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

Authors : Christopher RANDLER, Adriano Chiombacanga NAFİTAL

Pages : 65-69

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Publication Date : 2016-09-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The current study aims to diagnose the influence of morningness-eveningness preference of Eduardo Mondlane Secondary School insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EMSS);  students in Chimoio on school performance. The research involved school students of the grade 10 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N= 88); from Chimoio in Manica which 51 were male and 37 female, with ages ranging from 14-22 years old. For data collection was used Horne and Osterberg questionnaire Portuguese version. This research seeks to answer the following questions i); what is the frequency distribution of early and late chronotypes in the population of the studants? ii); is there any relation between the variation of chronotypes and school achievement? Our results show that 60% of students have morningness preference, 35% intermediate and only 5% have eveningness preference. The study reveals a certain correlation between morningness-eveningness preference and school performance on EMSS students in Chimoio thus 85% morningness preference that have morning schedule approved and only 15% reproved. The night schedule students have 75% of approvals and 25% of disapproval. In conclusion, the morningness students attending the morning shift have better school performance in relation to the morning attending the night shift. The competent authorities, parents and guardians should identify the morningness-eveningness preferences on students as they influence positively or negatively on educational performance in our schools.
Keywords : Morningness eveningness, schedule, school performance