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International Journal of Education and Research
Vol. 2 No. 12 December 2014
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ASPIRATIONS, ATTITUDES AND
STUDY HABITS AS DETERMINANTS OF THE PERFORMANCE
IN LICENSURE EXAMINATION
OF ACCOUNTANCY GRADUATES
Jade Ballado-Tan, CPA, MBA
Chairman, Accountancy Department,
College of Business Administration
University of Eastern Philippines
University Town, Catarman, Northern Samar, 6400
Philippines
jadeballado@yahoo.com
(+63)0998-220-1161
ABSTRACT
The quality of education offered by an institution is often determined by the graduates it
produces. In like manner, the quality of graduates produced by an institution is measured by their
performance in licensure examinations.
The study determined the level of student’s academic performance, aspirations, attitudes
towards accounting and study habits. It also determined the performance of the graduates in the
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensure examination, as well as the relationship of the
academic performance, aspirations, attitudes towards accounting and study habits and the
performance in the licensure examination.
One hundred twenty-four (124) respondents were considered in the study which utilized the
descriptive-correlational method. A survey questionnaire determined the level of academic
performance, aspirations, attitudes and study habits. Official results of the CPA Licensure
Examination were retrieved from the Professional Regulation Commission. The study employed
frequency counts, weighted means, ranking and regression analysis as statistical tools.
The respondents had good academic performance, high level of aspiration, favorable
attitude towards Accounting and good study habits. Performance of graduates is above the
national passing percentage, though, graduates do not make it in the first attempt. Graduates
performed best in Theory of Accounts while the weakest performance is in Practical Accounting I.
Academic performance, attitudes towards accounting and study habits are...