Impact of extracurricular leadership positions on the academic performances of UP School of Economics students
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2014-12-17
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This study examines whether extracurricular activities exert a toll on students' academic achievements. The sample used were students from the 5 past batches of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. Surveys and waivers were sent out to past and present officials of the student council and organization executive committee members. Their grades were also collected. The students were grouped into five categories: students who have held or currently hold official positions in the student council or one of the organizations; students who
ran for office but did not win; students who were already elected when taking up their introductory classes; students who were elected after taking up the said classes; and students who have not held and have not run for office. Two methods were used. The first method uses linear regression analysis to compare the students' grades in higher economics courses by group while controlling for their grades in lower economics courses. The second method uses the student's grades in their earlier introductory courses to predict their grades in higher courses. Then the the predicted grades were compared to the actual grades and the number of those who exceeded and those who fell short of their predicted grades were tallied by group. The simple regression did not come up with significant results. The second method, which used assigned predicted grades showed that more of those elected students did not reach their potential grades.
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Extracurricular, UP School of Economics, Students