Explaining Academic Performance of First–Year Undergraduate Students in Economics

Abdulhakeem Kilishi

No 9, Working Papers from Department of Economics, University of Ilorin

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of a set of academic performance predictors on first-year undergraduate students of Economics. The academic performance predictors are grouped into preuniversity school characteristics, prior academic achievement, entrance requirements, university and social factors. Stepwise regression technique was employed in the analysis. The results show that performance in O’level Economics and University and Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) consistently have significant positive influence on students’ academic performance. Attendance of tutorial in the university has important influence students’ performance. It is evident that male academic performance is on the average, lower than female performance. However, there is weak evidence that time students spend on social media negatively affect their academic performance. This paper therefore, recommends that admission authority should put more emphasis on O’level grade in Economics and UTME score when considering candidates to study economics; and that tutorial should be well organized by the Department rather than arbitrarily as being organized currently.

JEL-codes: A21 A22 I21 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2021-01-09
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