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IDENTIFICATION OF THE DETERMINING FACTORS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
By: Md Atowarul Haque, Md. Nur-E-Alam-Siddique, Md Mahadi Hasan, Tasnim Ferdous
Key Words: Academic achievements, Academic success, Academic failure and Self-efficacy.
JLES-Vol-19-No-P-57-63, December 2023.
AbstractThis study sought to reveal the determining factors behind undergraduate students’ academic success and failure from their perspectives. Various factors, including motivational beliefs and emotions, influence student academic achievement. Despite being selected for higher education based on their strong intellectual abilities, students’ academic performance can vary significantly. The purpose of the present study was to assess the factors affecting the academic achievement of university students. Sixty respondents (male = 30, female = 30) were selected from Rajshahi, University. A qualitative approach was followed to collect information from the respondents, and this open-ended questionnaire was administered to them. The obtained data were analyzed by percentage. The result showed that the factors for good academic achievement for male students were regular study, reading more books, limited use of mobile phones, and seeking help from the teacher. On the other side, for female students, the factors were regular study, limited use of mobile phones, studying attentively, and attending every class. For bad academic results, the factors for male students were irregular study, not giving enough attention to study, misuse of social media, and objective-type questions. On the other side, for female students, the factors were irregular study, not being admitted to a favorite subject, problems facing understanding the syllabus, and irregular classes. In this study, no gender difference was found.
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Md Atowarul Haque, Md. Nur-E-Alam-Siddique, Md Mahadi Hasan, Tasnim Ferdous
IDENTIFICATION OF THE DETERMINING FACTORS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
JLES-Vol-19-No-P-57-63, December 2023.
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