A comparative study on the impact of time management on Grade 9 Integrated Science students at two secondary schools in Region 6, Guyana

The objective of this study was to investigate the overall time management between the Grade nine students at Secondary School A and Secondary School B, to determine the amount of time spent studying by the Grade nine students at Secondary School A and Secondary School B, and to establish a relationship between the time management of the Grade nine students at Secondary School A and Secondary School B. A pilot study was conducted at Secondary School C to construct a questionnaire and the Alpha Cronbach reliability test was done for each of the two factors for the questionnaire. A final questionnaire consisting of a four-point modified Likert Scale was prepared and circulated to the Grade Nine students at Secondary School A and Secondary School B. The population consists of two hundred and eleven Grade 9 students-one hundred and fifteen from Secondary School A and ninety-six from Secondary School B. Each of the four Grade nine classes at School A consists of twenty-four students and the five Grade nine classes at School B consists of approximately twenty-three students. The sample for the research consists of Grade nine classes from both public secondary schools. School A comprised of four Grade 9 classes and School B comprised of five. Three classes were randomly selected at both schools. The three classes from School A consisted of sixty-nine students and the three classes selected from School B consisted of sixty-five students. The three classes that were randomly selected at School A consisted of sixty-nine students and the three classes that were randomly selected at School B consisted of sixty-five students. At School B, the three Grade 9 classes that were randomly selected were Grade 9B, Grade 9C, and Grade 9D. At School A, the three Grade 9 classes that were randomly selected were Grade 9A, Grade 9C, and Grade 9D. Results indicated that the students at Secondary School A on average reported better time management skills in improving their end-of-term scores in Integrated Science when they manage their time more efficiently and that the students at School A on average reported better time studying skills than the students at Secondary School B. The T-test results further revealed that the difference in time management, time studying and overall time management between the Grade nine students at both secondary schools was statistically significant.