Factors affecting the academic performance of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration students on Introductory Accounting

Abstract

The objective of this study is to explore the factors affecting the academic performance of business administration students in introductory accounting. These factors include teaching methods, learning facilities, and study habits. The researchers conducted a survey to thirty first- and second-year Business Administration students. The researchers used simple random sampling to give equal chance to each member of the population to be selected. The survey questionnaire identifies the respondent’s profile and the indicators for the study’s independent (which are the factors) and dependent (which is the Academic Performance) variables. Based on the results, most of the respondents are female second year BSBA students, who graduated with a non-ABM senior high program. Among the factors studied, both study habits and learning facilities moderately affect the students’ academic performance. Thus, the factor which would greatly affect the student academic performance is the teaching method.