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NYK-TDG MARITIME ACADEMY The Effects of One Month Orientation on the Academic

Performance (1st Semester-Preliminaries) of Freshmen

Cadets of NYK-TDG Maritime Academy as Perceived by

Class 2014

THE EFFECTS OF ONE MONTH ORIENTATION ON THE ACADEMICPERFORMANCE (1st Semester-Preliminaries)

OF FRESHMEN CADETS OF NYK-TDG MARITIME ACADEMY AS PERCEIVED

BY CLASS 2014

CALAMBA, LAGUNA, SCHOOL YEAR 2010-2011

A research proposal

Presented to:

Prof. Jesher V. Mapisa

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Subject English 2 (Writing in Discipline)

By

E/Cdt Bepitel, Breylle L.

Crankshaft-1

March 2011

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Chapter I

INTRODUCTION

This chapter discusses the background of the study, conceptual

framework that will be followed in the entire duration of the research, statement of

the problem that will be given corresponding answers as the research goes by,

scope and limitations that would serve as the boundary of the research and definition

of key terms, to give meaning to unfamiliar words used.

Background of the Study

The One Month Orientation Training is a one-month indoctrination

course where freshmen cadets are quartered at NYK-TDG Maritime Academy in the

entire duration of the period. The one-month orientation usually starts at the last day

of May and usually ends on the first week of July. At that period of time, the

freshmen cadets are isolated from their families and friends and prohibited from

entertaining visitors.

A hectic schedule consisting of strenuous training, refresher course in

Mathematics, English and introductory lectures in Navigation or Marine Engineering

makes up the day of every freshman.

Here in NYK-TDG Maritime Academy, academic performance is not

just a simple thing. Academic performance has a great impact to each and everyone.

The extent of cadets learning in academics may be determined by the grades a

cadet earns for a period of learning has been done. It is believed that a grade is a

chief indicator of such learning. If a learner earns high grades it is concluded that

they may also have learned a lot while low grades indicate lesser learning.

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Nevertheless, the researcher found out that the one month orientation had

contributed significantly to the academic performance of the freshmen cadets in their

1st semester-preliminaries.

However, at this point in time, the researcher would like to investigate

and prove the potential relationship of one-month orientation to the academic

performance (1st Semester-Prelims) of first year cadets of NYK-TDG Maritime

Academy. The investigation on this area hence becomes an existent and undeniable

motivation for the researcher to conduct this study.

Conceptual Framework of the Study

Figure 1 Shows the Conceptual Framework of the Study

First Year ONE MONTH

Cadets OREINTATION

Academic Homesickness

Performance Massive Exercise

(1st Semester-Prelims) Stress

The study focuses on the possible factors involved in the one-month

orientation affecting the academic performance of the freshmen cadets, such as

homesickness, massive exercise and stress. In this view, the researcher wanted to

study the factors in which influence the academic performance of the first year

cadets.

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Statement of the Problem

This study intended to find out and study the factors affecting the academic

performance of the freshmen cadets during their 1st semester-preliminaries at NYK-

TDG Maritime Academy.

It also aimed to answer the following questions:

1) Did stress, homesickness and massive exercise affect the academic

performance of the first year cadets on their preliminaries of 1st semester

during their one month orientation?

2) If treatments for these factors were given, will the freshmen cadets grades

become better?

3) Did the freshmen cadets just have a hard time in dealing with their subjects?

4) Did these three factors do bad physically, mentally, and emotionally to the

freshmen cadets?

Significance of the Study

The researcher believes that cadets, particularly of NYK-TDG Maritime

Academy, will be benefited from the findings of this study since the study provides

basis for knowledge and better understanding on their current academic

performance. Likewise, this will give them a more focused and clear perspective on

how those factors affected them during their one-month orientation.

Cadets will be given information on how one-month orientation will affect their

academic performance. The result of the study will make them aware of the

problems they will encounter in the one-month orientation they will undergo.

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School administrators, like subject area coordinators, may also be guided in the

formulation of future modification of the one-month orientation seminar of the

preceding batches.

Instructors will also be helped in understanding better the diversity of learning of

their students (cadets). As such, it is hoped that they could develop more effective

methodologies in teaching their subject matter.

Future Researchers, they may be able to use the result of the study in farther

research similar to what the study is.

Scope and Limitations

This study was conducted on February 2011 at NYK-TDG Maritime

Academy. This study considered only NYK-TDG Maritime Academy and the cadets

in it. The limitations of this research included its respondents which were first year

cadets only. They were the only respondents to be allowed to participate in the

research. This may have an effect on the generalization of the study and its findings.

Definitions of Key Terms

Academic performance- refers to how cadets deal with their studies and

how they cope with or accomplish different tasks given to them by their

teachers.

Homesickness- is the distress or impairment caused by an actual oranticipated separation from the specific home environment or attachment

objects.

Massive exercise- is an intense bodily activity wherein will only be given if a

cadet do something wrong yet it enhances or maintains physical fitness and

overall health and wellness.

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NYK-TDG Maritime Academy-is a technical school built in partnership of

Nippon Yusen Kaisha or NYK Line of Japan and the Transnational Diversified

Group (TDG). It is located in Calamba, Laguna.

One Month Orientation Training- is a one-month indoctrination course

where freshmen cadets are quartered at NYK-TDG Maritime Academy from

last week of May to 1st week of July.

Stress is a normal physiological response of the body to situations or

stimulus which is perceived as 'dangerous' to the body.

Chapter II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

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This chapter includes the purpose of the literature review, a review of

the literature of factors affecting academic performance, and other literature sources.

The chapter highlights recurring themes and recommended practices that evolve

from this literature review.

In the past, academic performance was often measured more by ear

than today. Teachers' observations made up the bulk of the assessment, and today's

summation, or numerical, method of determining how well a student is performing is

a fairly recent invention. Grading systems came into existence in America in the late

Victorian period, and were initially criticized due to high subjectivity. Different

teachers valued different aspects of learning more highly than others, and although

some standardization was attempted in order to make the system fairer, the problem

continued. Today, changes have been made to incorporate differentiation for

individual students' abilities, and exploration of alternate methods of measuring

performance is ongoing.

The tracking of academic performance fulfills a number of purposes.

Areas of achievement and failure in a student's academic career need to be

evaluated in order to foster improvement and make full use of the learning process.

Results provide a framework for talking about how students fare in school, and a

constant standard to which all students are held. Performance results also allow

students to be ranked and sorted on a scale that is numerically obvious, minimizing

complaints by holding teachers and schools accountable for the components of each

and every grade.

Performance in school is evaluated in a number of ways. For regular

grading, students demonstrate their knowledge by taking written and oral tests,

performing presentations, turning in homework and participating in class activities

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and discussions. Teachers evaluate in the form of letter or number grades and side

notes, to describe how well a student has done.

At the state level, students are evaluated by their performance on

standardized tests geared toward specific ages and based on a set of achievements

students in each age group are expected to meet.

The subjectivity of academic performance evaluation has lessened in

recent years, but it has not been totally eliminated. It may not be possible to fully

remove subjectivity from the current evaluation methods, since most are biased

toward students that respond best to traditional teaching methods. Standardized

testing is best responded to by students that excel in reading, mathematics and test-

taking, a skill that is not in itself indicative of academic worth. The tests reward visual

learners, and give no chance for kinesthetic or auditory learners to show their

abilities. The standardized test fails to recognize students with learning and physical

disabilities that do not allow them to complete the test in the same manner or amount

of time as other students. Evaluations from classroom teachers, though they give the

most detailed information, may still retain bias if individual differentiation and learning

styles have not been taken into account. (Michelle Bell, 1995)

One Month Orientation is a one-month indoctrination course where

freshmen cadets are quartered at NYK-TDG Maritime Academy in the entire duration

of the period. The one-month orientation usually starts at the last day of May and

usually ends on the first week of July. At that period of time, the freshmen cadets are

isolated from their families and friends and prohibited from entertaining visitors.

A hectic schedule consisting of strenuous training, refresher course in

Mathematics, English and introductory lectures in Navigation or Marine Engineering

makes up the day of every freshman.

One Month Orientationhad significantly contributed to the academic performance of

the freshmen cadets of NYK-TDG Maritime Academy on their 1st semester-

preliminaries. There are some factors that affect the academic performance of the

cadets and these are stress, homesickness and massive exercise.

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Factors Affecting Academic Performance

According to Mark Crilly (2000), Stress is generally a good thing as allindividuals must have some stress to survive. However, when students have

too much stress in their lives or the stress is perceived as being a negative

event then psychological and physical impairments can sometimes be seen.

There are ways that students can reduce stress in school but they have to

work at what they are doing and learn how to get enough social support,

enough time for leisure and enjoyment, and manage their time correctly. If

students are not able to meet any type of personal need through differentleisure activities or hobbies they may feel as though the stress that they must

deal with in classes and during exams is actually much stronger than what it

really is.

According to Palm Beach Community College (PBBC,

2008),they recommend that students study should have at least three hours

out of class for every hour spent in class. They also said that a student must

have a special place to study with plenty of room to work. And students

should not be cramped. They presupposes that study time will go better if a

learner take a few minutes at the start to straighten things up.

Homesickness is the distress or impairment caused by an actual or

anticipated separation from the specific home environment or attachment

objects. The term is in origin a loan translation of nostalgia, a learned term

coined in Baroque period medicine.

The Oxford English Dictionary describes homesickness as a

feeling one has when missing home. Feelings of longing are often

accompanied by anxiety and depression. These symptoms may range from

mild to severe. Homesickness frequently occurs when one travels and may be

exacerbated by unfamiliar environments or foreign cultural contexts.

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Homesickness is especially common in youth. Young people

may experience a sense of dread, helplessness, or separation anxiety on their

first day of school, summer camp, or on a protracted summer vacation away

from the family. Many first-year students at boarding schools or universitiesalso experience homesickness.

Massive exercise is an exercise done excessively. You know that when you

exercise, your muscles are being used, whether you are swimming, running,

walking, weightlifting or even doing breathing exercises. Whenever you use

your muscles during exercise, demands are being made on the rest of yourbody. For example, your heart is will beat faster so that more blood containing

well-needed oxygen is pumped to your muscles. In addition, your stomach

ceases its works during exercise to reduce the amount of energy that is used

up, thus making it possible for the muscles to have all the energy that they

require. Massive exercise had contributed a lot of bad outputs in the academic

performance of a person who exercise this kind of exercise.

Chapter III

METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the research design used, the sampling

procedure on the selection of the respondents, the data gathering instrument and the

data gathering procedure.

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Research design

This study aims in determining effects of one month orientation on theacademic performance (1st semester-preliminaries) of freshmen cadets of NYK-TDG

Maritime Academy.

The descriptive method of research was employed in the present

research. Descriptive research describes data and characteristics about the

population or phenomenon being studied and with this, the researcher will be self-

assured to gather the answers that will provide for the significance of the research.

Sampling procedure

The Respondents

The respondents of the study were the freshmen cadets of Class 2014.

Respondents were selected by convenience sampling. There were ten (10)

respondents from each section. The sections were as follows, Section Crux, Section

Vega, Section Crankshaft and Section Flywheel.

The researcher identified them by asking permission from the

respondents if they can humanely serve as one of the respondents of the said

research.

The Data-Gathering Instrument

The data-gathering instrument used in the study was survey

questionnaire that can be answered using markings (checklist) and statements from

the respondents.

For the procedure, the respondents should first fill in the information

sheet in the first page with their name, section and course.

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In the questionnaire, respondents should first read the questions

properly and simply put a check on the choices given. The choices were only yes

or no The respondents will just simply put a check which corresponds to their

answer towards the particular question or item asked.

The Data Gathering Procedure

After the questionnaires were answered, the researcher asked

permission from the respondents to administer all the questionnaires that were

provided in order to answer the problems of the study.

The questionnaires were personally distributed by the researcher to the

respondents from different sections. The respondents answered all the questions in

the questionnaires. After the questionnaires were answered, the researcher gathered

the questionnaires and thanked the respondents for their on time and ordered

responds.

And after the researcher gathered the information needed, the

researcher started in analyzing the data gathered.

Chapter IV

Presentations, Interpretation and Analysis of Data

This chapter presents the data gathered, the interpretation and the analysis of

the data that were gathered from the survey that has been conducted from the

research entitled, The Effects of One Month Orientation on the Academic

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Performance (1st Semester-Preliminaries) of Freshmen Cadets of NYK-TDG

Maritime Academy.

Table 1 shows the denomination of the answers of the respondents on

question 1.

QUESTION Crankshaft Flywheel Crux Vega Total Average

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

1. Do you think stress

affected your academic

performance during the

preliminaries on your 1st

semester?

9 1 10 0 10 0 10 0 39 1 97.5% 2.5%

In question 1, 9 out of 10 respondents from Section Crankshaft

answered yes and only 1 answered no. Meanwhile, 10 out 10 respondents from

Section Flywheel answered yes and no one answered no. On the other hand, 10

out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes, therefore, no one

answered no while 10 out of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes

and no one answered no. Over-all, there were 39 out of 40 respondents answered

yes while only 1 answered no.

In average, there were 97.5% of the respondents who favored for yes while 2.5%

favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that stress really affected the

academic performance on the first semester-preliminaries of the freshmen during

their orientation month.


question 2.

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2. Do you think massive

exercises affected youracademic performance

during the preliminaries

on your 1st semester?

6 4 7 3 8 2 8 2 29 11 72.5% 27.5%


answered yes and 4 answered no. Meanwhile, 7 out 10 respondents from

Section Flywheel answered yes and 3 answered no. On the other hand, 8 out of

10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes, and 2 answered no while 8 out

of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes and only 2 answered no.

Over-all, there were 29 out of 40 respondents who answered yes while 11

answered no. In average, there were 72.5% of the respondents who favored for

yes while 27.5% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that

massive exercise really affected the academic performance on the first semester-

preliminaries of the freshmen during their orientation month.


question 3.



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3. Do you think

homesickness affected

your academic

performance during the

prelim on your 1st

semester?

9 1 8 2 8 2 7 3 32 8 80% 20%



Section Flywheel answered yes and only 2 answered no. On the other hand, 8

out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and only 2 answered yes

while 7 out of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes and 3 answered

no. Over-all, there were 32 out of 40 respondents answered yes while 8 answered

no. In average, there were 80% of the respondents who favored for yes while

20% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that homesickness

really affected the academic performance on the first semester-preliminaries of the

freshmen during their orientation month.


question 4.



4. If there were no massive

exercises given to you 8 2 7 3 8 2 7 3 30 10 75% 25%

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that time, could you make

your academics better?




out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and only 2 answered no


no. Over-all, there were 30 out of 40 respondents answered yes while 10

answered no. In average, there were 75% of the respondents who favored for yes

while 25% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that if massive

exercises werent given at that time, their academics will become better.


question 5.



5. Do you think if you have

your cell phone in your

one month orientation,

can you concentrate on6 4 3 7 8 2 2 8 19 21 47.5% 52.5%

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your academics?



Section Flywheel answered yes and 7 answered no. On the other hand, 8 out of

10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and only 2 answered no while

only 2 out of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes and 8 answered



yes while 52.5% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that if they

have their cell phones in their one month orientation, they cannot concentrate on

their academics.


question 6.



6. Do you think if you have

longer time of sleep

during the orientation

month, will it help you 8 2 9 1 10 0 9 1 36 4 90% 10%

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make your grades better?




out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes, therefore, no one

answered no while 9 out of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes and

only 1 answered no. Over-all, there were 36 out of 40 respondents answered yes

while only 4 answered no. In average, there were 90% of the respondents who

favored for yes while 10% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed

that if they have longer time of sleep during the orientation month, it will help them

make their grades better.


question 7.



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7. If you have felt

difficulties/challenges on

your academics, did it

take you a longer time to

adjust?

4 6 7 3 5 5 7 3 23 17 57.5% 42.5%




out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and 5 answered no while

7 out of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes and only 3 answered

no. Over-all, there were 23 out of 40 respondents answered yes while only 17


yes while 42.5% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that they

felt difficulties/challenges on their academics and took them a long time to adjust.


question 8.



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8. Do you think it was just

the subjects that were too

hard to understand?

1 9 7 3 3 7 4 6 15 25 37.5% 62.5%

In question 8, only 1 out of 10 respondents from Section Crankshaft


Section Flywheel answered yes and only 3 answered no. On the other hand, only

3 out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and 7 answered no


no. Over-all, there were 15 out of 40 respondents answered yes while only 25


yes while 62.5% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that the

subjects werent that hard to understand.


question 9.



9. Do you think if these three

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factors (massive exercise,

stress and homesickness)

didnt exist on that time,

will your grades get

higher?

7 3 10 0 9 1 8 2 34 6 85%



Section Flywheel answered yes therefore, no one answered no. On the other

hand, 9 out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and only 1

answered no while 8 out of 10 respondents from Section Vega answered yes and

only 2 answered no. Over-all, there were 34 out of 40 respondents answered yes

while only 6 answered no. In average, there were 85% of the respondents who

favored for yes while 15% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed

that if the three factors (massive exercise, stress and homesickness) didnt exist on

that time, their grades will become higher.


question 10.



10. Did these three factors

(massive exercise, stress and

homesickness) do bad to you

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physically, mentally, and

emotionally?

3 7 6 4 7 3 6 4 22 18 55%

And last, in question 10, only 3 out of 10 respondents from Section

Crankshaft answered yes and 7 answered no. Meanwhile, 6 out 10 respondents

from Section Flywheel answered yes and 4 answered no. On the other hand, 7

out of 10 respondents from Section Crux answered yes and only 3 answered no



answered no. In average, there were 55% of the respondents who favored for yes

while 45% favored for no. Therefore, most respondents believed that the three

factors (massive exercise, stress and homesickness) did bad to them physically,

mentally, and emotionally.

To better understand the data presented above, the researcher made a

table with the tallied results. This will help to easily understand the answers of the

respondents as a whole.

Table 11 shows the response of the respondents to the questions asked as a

whole.

Questions Response/Answer

1. Do you think stress affected your academic

performance during the preliminaries on your 1st

semester?YES

2. Do you think massive exercises affected your

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academic performance during the preliminaries on

your 1st semester?

YES

3. Do you think homesickness affected your academic

performance during the prelim on your 1st semester?YES

4. If there were no massive exercises given to you that

time, could you make your academics better?YES

5. Do you think if you have your cell phone in your one

month orientation, can you concentrate on your

academics?NO

6. Do you think if you have longer time of sleep during

the orientation month, will it help you make your

grades better?YES

7. If you have felt difficulties/challenges on your

academics, did it take you a longer time to adjust?YES

8. Do you think it was just the subjects that were too hard

to understand?NO

9. Do you think if these three factors (massive exercise,

stress and homesickness) didnt exist on that time, will

your grades get higher?YES

10. Did these three factors (massive exercise, stress and

homesickness) do bad to you physically, mentally, and

emotionally?

YES

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Chapter V

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

This chapter presents the summary of the findings, as well as the

conclusion drawn by the researchers after conducting the study. Lastly, it includes

the recommendations of the researcher for the future studies that will be conducted

similar to this study.

Summary

The researcher aims to know about The Effects of One Month

Orientation on the Academic Performance (1st Semester-Preliminaries) of

Freshmen Cadets of NYK-TDG Maritime Academy.

After the researcher identified the first year cadets who will serve as

the respondents of the study, the researcher conducted a survey to them in the form

of questionnaire to know the effects of one month orientation on their academic

performance (1st semester-preliminaries). In addition, the questions were carefullystudied to meet the appropriate answers to the problems raised by the researcher.

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Specifically, it aims to answer certain questions developed by the researcher to know

mainly the effects of one month orientation on the academic performance (1st

Semester-Preliminaries) of freshmen cadets and the factors contributing to it.

Moreover, results showed that most of the freshmen cadets agreed that the onemonth orientation they undergone really contributed to their academic performance

during the 1st Semester-Preliminaries.

Conclusion

Combining all the gathered data from the related studies and the

response of the respondents, the researcher has come into the satisfying

conclusions:

1) Stress, homesickness and massive exercise affect the academic performance

of the first year cadets on their preliminaries of 1st semester during their one

month orientation.

2) If treatments for these three factors (stress, homesickness and massive

exercise) were given except for the cell phone, freshmen cadets grades

become better. The respondents didnt agree that having cell phone on that

time will help them to do well in their academics.

3) Freshmen cadets have a hard time in dealing with their subjects.

4) Freshmen cadets didnt think that the subjects were too hard to understand. It

didnt contribute to the downfall of their grades.

5) The three factors (massive exercise, stress and homesickness), if didnt exist

on that time, freshmen cadets grades will become better.

Therefore, the researcher concludes that there were really effects of

one month orientation on the academic performance (1st semester-preliminaries) of

freshmen cadets. Because of this study, it provides basis for knowledge and better

understanding on the academic performance of the first year cadets on their one

month orientation.

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Recommendations

Through the data gathered and response from respondents, the

researcher has arrived into the following recommendations engaged in the study.

1. The next researcher should consider those cadets who have low grades. He

must conduct a research of those cadets who have failing grades during their

1st semester-preliminaries in line with the orientation month.

2. The scheme of gathering data should be followed up in order to arrive into a

more effective study. In addition, the next researcher should include

feedbacks of the respondents regarding the improvement of the study.

3. Develop the statement of the problems in order to arrive into a more but not

limited efficient results and conclusions that will further improve the research.

4. Further study should be conducted to determine other factors that

affect the academic performance of the freshmen cadet during their

orientation month.

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