Factors influencing university students’ academic performance, quality components of higher education. A case study of the Business Administration of Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo

 

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Autores: Esparza Paz, Franqui Fernando, Sánchez-Chávez, Roberto, Esparza-Zapata, Silvia, Esparza-Zapata, Erika, Villacrés-Lara, Ángel
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2020
Descripción:Student academic performance is an essential factor in the quality of education provided by a university. To assess the incidence of factors on academic performance and the quality of education of the students of seven faculties of the Chimborazo Polytechnic School (Riobamba, Ecuador) is the objective of this research. The research design was descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-experimental, relying on a quantitative and qualitative approach; the field study instrument was a structured survey with closed questions applied to a sample of 375 students, based on a student population of 15,032 people. The article is also founded on a bibliographic and documentary study. The results revealed that the most significant factors and the ones with the most incidence on the academic performance and that determined the quality of education the students received were: socioeconomic (30%), family (25%), school-academic (23%), and personal (22%),. Therefore, it is concluded that 95% of the investigated students considered that the analyzed factors directly affect their academic performance and the education received 
País:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institución:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/2893
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/innovaciones/article/view/2893
Palabra clave:Classroom environment
educational quality
higher education
academic performance
university student
university
Ambiente de la clase
Calidad de la educación
Educación Superior
Rendimiento académico
estudiante universitario
Universidad
Ambiente de sala de aula
qualidade da educação
ensino superior
desempenho acadêmico
estudante universitário
universidade