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: 5 |