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XI - STEM 1
CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION
This study focuses on the impact of academic stress among G11 STEM
students and the relation to their academic performances in school.
According to Lal (2014) Students have to face many academic load, for
example, school exams, performances with same deadlines, showing progress in
school subjects, meeting the high expectations of the teachers and parents,
competing with their classmates. These demands may exceed available
resources of the students. As a result, they can be under stress, since the
demand is correlated to achievement of an academic objective.
According to Marwan Zaid Balainch (2013) it was found out that fear of
failure is major source of stress among undergraduate students. Sohail (2013)
said that results from the literature suggest that higher level of stress to be
correlated with poor academic performance.
The four components of academic stress usually recognizable in a student
are academic frustration, academic conflicts, academic anxieties and
academic pressures. According to most high school students, their greatest
academic stressors include tests, grades, homework, academic and
achievement expectations and parental pressure.
Even as we search into the core of the subject matter, sufficient attention
needs to be accorded the proposal that, introducing successful coping
strategies may help students to avoid the destructive consequences of
excessive stress
Uchil (2017) It becomes imperative to also understand that low stress does
not necessarily ascertain that students will perform better, but in fact under
these circumstances, they would perceive the task as unchallenging and may
also get easily bored.
Parents and institutions relentlessly induce the fear of failure which affects
their self-esteem and confidence.Ang & Huan (2014) reported increased
expectations as one of the factors responsible for increased stress levels.
The main objective of this research is to find the impacts of academic
Stress and how they cope it on daily basis, as they are struggling to reduce and
Conceptual Framework
5. As a STEM student, does your parent's high expectations from you affects your
learning style?
The outcome which this study revealed may benefit certain people or
certain group of people.
• Students. Through the study, students will be more informed about this
study and will make them more aware. This group of students are trying to
cope their academic works.
• Parents. The results of this study will provide them additional information
about Academic stress, the impact and the factors that are causing this
problem, also on how to manage it. To give them understanding on how
they are going give some advice and guidance to their children.
• Future Researchers. They will be able to conduct wider study about this
and fill up the minds of the readers with awareness and knowledge that
could be helpful regarding to this problem.
This study propose to provide additional information and facts about the
factors and impacts that affects the students' academic performances. This
study also aims to give knowledge on how to solve and manage this kind of
problem.
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