The
current study aims to diagnose the influence of
morningness-eveningness preference of Eduardo Mondlane Secondary School
(EMSS) students in Chimoio on school
performance. The research
involved school students of the grade
10 (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.
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Publication Date | September 1, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2016 Volume: 4 |