Date of Completion

3-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

academic performance, foreign students

Abstract

The study used descriptive quantitative design. Purposive sampling was utilized to select 41 undergraduate foreign students enrolled at De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute School Year 2018-2019. A self-made checklist was used to obtain demographic data and the factors affecting academic performance. Data was analyzed through percentage frequency distribution, weighted mean, t-test and ANOVA. The following conclusions were drawn: 1) Majority of the respondents were 21-23 years old, male, resided in the Philippines for 1-2 years, first year college student, Korean national, enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and non-Catholic; 2) The respondents agreed that the social, emotional, behavioral, environmental and spiritual factors affect the academic performance of undergraduate foreign students to a moderate extent, while the cultural factors affect the academic performance of the undergraduate foreign students to a mild extent. Overall, the different factors affected the academic performance of undergraduate foreign students to a moderate extent; 3) There were no significant differences on the factors affecting the academic performance of the undergraduate foreign students when they are grouped according to age, sex, residency, year level, nationality and religion. However, there was a significant difference on the factors affecting the academic performance of undergraduate foreign students when grouped according to their chosen course.

First Advisor

Julieta M. Damian

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