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Fig 1 Conceptual framework of the factors affecting academic performance
Source: Adopted from Koontz and Weihrich (1988:12).
Fig. 1 Conceptual framework model
Fig 1 shows the linkage between different factors and academic performance. It
shows that academic performance as a dependent variable is related to the dependent
variables, which are admissions points, parents’ social economic status and student’s
former school. According to Fig.1, admission points which include direct entry points,
diploma points and mature age points are linked to academic performance. If the
- University
Facilities
- Management of
University
- Quality of
lecturers
Admission Points
- Direct entry
- Diploma entry
- Mature entry
- Parental education
- Family income
- Parental
occupation
- School location
- School ownership
- academic status
- financial standing
Social economic
status
Former School
Background
- Performance in
Tests
- Performance in
course work
- Performance in
examinations
Independent Variable Dependent Variable
Extraneous Variable
Academic
Performance24
admission points are high, then the academic performance is likely to be high and if
admission points are low, then academic performance may be low. This argument is
supported by Geiser and Santelics (2007), Staffolani and Bratti (2002), and McDonald
et al (2001) whose studies showed that previous performance affects future
performance.
Parents’ social economic status, which was conceptualized as parents’ education,
parents’ income and parents’ occupation, is linked to academic performance. The
figure shows that academic performance is dependent on parents’ social economic
status. That is students from high social economic backgrounds will perform better
than their counter parts from low social economic backgrounds as discussed. This is
supported by Dills (2006) and Owens (1999). It is also in line with Hansen and
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