STUDY HABITS AND GRADUATES. EVIDENCE FROM AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, EGRESADOS DE LICENCIATURA Y HABITOS DE ESTUDIO: EVIDENCIA DE UNA INSTITUCION DE EDUCACION SUPERIOR

Juan Carlos Roman Fuentes, Angel Esteban Gordillo Martinez and Rafael Timoteo Franco Gurria

Revista Global de Negocios, 2017, vol. 5, issue 3, 33-44

Abstract: problems of backlog and poor performance are multifactorial; This paper agrees with those who say that in higher education, inadequate study habits are a leading cause of school failure. Therefore, diagnosing study habits should be an important component of the educational agenda of decision-makers. This research identifies study habits of professional graduates in six disciplines observed in the Unit for Higher Education Management and Accounting Sciences. This Unit is made up of three faculties and three schools belonging to the Autonomous University of Chiapas. We consider 39 reactions with dichotomous responses. We measure eight variables, and three cohorts of six degree programs, totaling 1,970 graduates. The results show that only 7% of graduates report acceptable levels in four or more variables. The variables "application of study techniques" being the best weighted, followed by "physiological state" while "attitude towards study" and "time distribution" are poorly evaluated. This finding stresses the need to incorporate these indicators in the curriculum development processes, so that the areas of opportunity are identified

Keywords: Study Habits; Undergraduates; Higher Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 I21 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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