Student Enthusiasm as a Key Determinant of their Performance
Abstract
This paper investigates students’ enthusiasm and their performance over the programme they were givenusing 400 observations of new students from faculty of management and social sciences. Using OLS motivation,
the results indicate that number of peers positively influence their performance, while change of student
programme by university management negatively affect their performance. We therefore recommend a free will
option to be given to students to choose any programme of their choice and as well move with peers that will
positively impact on their performance.
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socioeconomic level: cross regional comparison. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1: 1199–1204.
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Journal of research and development in education, 32 (4): 224-233.
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and some variables. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 174: 1623–1629.
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quantitative courses. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 4 (2): 175-190.
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families. Journal of Pragmatics, 41: 1576–1595.
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policies on student performance. German Economic Review, 6 (3): 331–353.
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individual achievements and attitudes in computer-supported collaborative learning. Computers in Human
Behavior, 48: 587–596.
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Economics and Statistics, 85: 9-23.
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dimensions. Centre for European Economic Reasearch.
Economic Review, 6 (3): 377–394.
[2] Adekola, B.O. 2012. Home and school factors as determinants of students‟ achievement in senior secondary
school English comprehension in four South Western States. Research Journal in Organizational Psychology
& Educational Studies, 1 (5): 280-283.
[3] Agarwal, T. 2008. Factors influencing career choice of management students in India. Career Development
International, 13 (4): 362–376.
[4] Agasisti, T., Longobardi, S. (2014). Inequality in education: Can Italian disadvantaged students closethe gap?
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 52: 8–20.
[5] Akiwowo, A.O., Nwoha, P., Ojokwu, M., Uwakwe, C.B.U. and Adekeye, A.O. 2011. Time management, peer
influence and study habits as correlates of academic achievement motivation among adolescents in private
catholic secondary schools in Ibadan archdiocese. Journal of Applied Education and Vocational Research,
8(2): 166-182.
[6] Alfan, E., Othman, M.N. 2005. Undergraduate students‟ performance: The case of the University of Malaya.
Quality Assurance in Education, 13(4): 329–343.
[7] Aluede, O., Idogho, P.O., Imonikhe, J.S. 2012. Increasing access to university education in Nigeria: Present
challenges and suggestions for the future. journal of the African Educational Research Network, 12(1): 342-
323.
[8] Aslam, M., Kingdon, G. 2011. What can teachers do to raise pupil achievement? Economics of Education
Review, 30: 559–574.
[9] Atovigba, M. V., Vershima, A. M., O‟Kwu, E. I., Ijenkeli, E. 2012. Gender trends in Nigerian secondary school
students‟ performance in Algebra. Research Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 4(2): 42-44.
[10] Baker, J. 2011. A comparison of academic achievement high school female athletes vs. non-athletes.
Tennessee: Tennessee Technological University.
[11] Balch, R., Springer, M.G. 2015. Performance pay, testscores, and student learning objectives. Economics of
Education Review, 44: 114–125.
[12] Bergin, S., Reilly, R. 2006. Predicting introductory programming performance: A multi-institutional multivariate
study. Computer Science Education, 16(4): 303–323.
[13] Betts, J.R., Morell, D. 1999. The determinants of undergraduate grade point average: The relative importance
of family background, high school resources, and peer group effects. The Journal of Human Resources,
34(2): 268-293.
[14] Byrne, M., Flood, B. 2008. Examining the relationships among background variables and academic
performance of first year accounting students at an Irish University. Journal of Accounting Education, 26:
202–212.
[15] Chambers, E.A., Schreiber, J.B. 2004. Girls‟ academic achievement: Varying associations of extracurricular
activities. Gender and Education, 16(3): 327-346.
[16] Clark, N. 2013. Education in Nigeria. Nigeria: World Education News & Reviews.
[17] Collinger, J.L., Wodlinger, B., Downey, J.E., Wang, W., Tyler-Kabara, E.C., Weber, D.J., McMorland, A.J.C.,
Velliste, M., Boninger, M.L. and Schwartz, A.B. 2013. High-performance neuroprosthetic control by an
individual with tetraplegia. The Lancet, 381(9866): 557-564.
[18] Dynan, K.E., Rouse, C.E. 1997. The underrepresentation of women in economics: A study of undergraduate
economics students. The Journal of Economic Education, 28(4): 350-368.
[19] Dynarski, S. 2008. Building the stock of college-educated labor. Journal of Human Resources, 43: 576–610.
[20] Eom, S.B., Wen, H. J. 2006. The determinants of students‟ perceived learning outcomes and satisfaction in
university online education: An empirical investigation. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 4
(2): 215-235.
[21] Eren, A. 2012. Prospective teachers‟ interest in teaching, professional plans about teaching and career
choice satisfaction: A relevant framework? Australian Journal of Education, 3: 303–318.
[22] Fantuzzo, J., Tighe, E. 2000. A family involvement questionnaire. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92 (2):
367-376.
[23] Garkaza, M., Banimahd, B., Esmaeili, H. 2011. Factors affecting accounting students‟ performance : The
case of students at the Islamic Azad University. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 29: 122–128.
[24] Gong, X., Ding, Y., Tsang, M.C. 2014. Gender differences of academic performance in compulsory education
in rural Southwestern China. International Journal of Educational Development, 39: 203–214.
[25] Hossain, A., Zeheen, A., Islam, M.A. 2012. Socio-economic background and performance of the students at
presidency university in Bangladesh.
[26] Jehangir, K., Glas, C.A.W., Berg, S.V. 2015. Exploring the relation between socio-economic status and
reading achievement in PISA 2009 through an intercepts-and-slopes-as-outcomes paradigm. International
Journal of Educational Research, 71: 1–15.
[27] Johnstone, J., Jiyono. 198). Out-of-school factors and educational achievement in Indonesia. Comparative
Education Review, 27(2): 278-295.
[28] Joseph, M., Joseph, B. 2000. Indonesian students' perceptions of choice criteria in the selection of a tertiary
institution: strategic implications. International Journal of Educational Management, 14(1): 40-44.
[29] Katsikas, E., Panagiotidis, T. 2011. Student status and academic performance: Accounting for the symptom
of long duration of studies in Greece. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 37: 152–161.
[30] Khonbia, Z.A., Sadeghib, K. 2013. The effect of assessment type (self vs. peer) on Iranian university EFL
students' course achievement. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 70: 1552–1564.
[31] Kim, T., Schallert, D.L. 2014. Mediating effects of teacher enthusiasm and peer enthusiasm on students‟
interest in the college classroom. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 39: 134–144.
[32] Krashen, S. 2005. The hard work hypothesis: Is doing your homework enough to overcome the effects of
poverty? Multicultural Education, 12(4): 16-19.
[33] Kukk, A., Rajalaane, R., Rei, M.L., Piht, S. 2015. Parents opinions on homework in the II stage of primary
school (Estonian example). Social and Behavioral Sciences, 171: 134–144.
[34] Laleye, A. 2015. Educational technology for effective service delivery in educational training and research in
Nigeria. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 176: 398–404.
[35] Lane, A., Porch, M. 2002. The impact of background factors on the performance of nonspecialist
undergraduate students on accounting modules – a longitudinal study: a research note. Accounting
Education, 11(1): 109–118.
[36] Lough, B.J. 2010. The perpetual education fund: Providing higher education loans in the voluntary sector.
International Journal of Educational Development, 30: 345–350.
[37] Martins, P., Walker, I. 2006. Student achievement and university classes: Effects of attendance, size, peers,
and teachers. The Institute for the Study of Labor .
[38] Misran, N., Sahuri, S.N.S., Arsad, N., Hussain, H., Zaki, W.M.D.W., Aziz, N.A. 2012. The Influence of socioeconomic
status among matriculation students in selecting university and undergraduate program. Social and
Behavioral Sciences, 56: 134–140.
[39] Moore, M.G. 1991. Editorial: Distance education theory. The American Journal of Distance Education, 5(3),
1–6.
[40] Muzenda, A. 2013. Lecturers‟ competences and students‟ academic performance. International Journal of
Humanities and Social Science Invention, 3(1): 6-13.
[41] Nam, K. 2014. Until when does the effect of age on academic achievement persist? Evidence from Korean
data. Economics of Education Review, 40: 106–122.
[42] Nyaribo, M., Prakash, A., Edward, O. 2012. Motivators of choosing a management course: A comparative
study of Kenya and India. The International Journal of Management Education, 10: 201–214.
[43] Ogbemudia M.I., Aiasa M.V. 2013. Influence of home environment on the academic performance of primary
five pupils‟ in English Language in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State. Merit Research
Journal of Education and Review, 1(5): 120-125.
[44] Omoregie, N., Abraham, I.O. 2009. Persistent gender inequality in Nigerian education. Delta, 18(301): 450-
786.
[45] Oshemughen, H.O., Oghuvbu, E.P. 2013. Implications of scrapping jamb and UTME from tertiary education
admission process: The educational administrators‟ perspective. Social Sciences and Humanities, 4(4): 469-
476.
[46] Pandeya, S., Tiwari, S. 2014. Education and prosperity through technology - Case of virtual education
limited, Nigeria. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 157: 55–62.
[47] Paola, M.D., Scoppa, V. 2010. Peer group effects on the academic performance of Italian students. Applied
Economics, 42: 2203–2215.
[48] Pellizzari, M., Billari, F.C. 2012. The younger, the better? Age-related differences in academic performance at
university. Journal of Population Economics, 25: 697–739.
[49] Rask, K. 2010. Attrition in STEM fields at a liberal arts college: The importance of grades and pre-collegiate
preferences. Economics of Education Review, 29: 892–900.
[50] Richburg-Hayes, L., Brock, T., LeBlanc, A., Paxson, C., Rouse, C.E., Barrow, L. 2009. Rewarding
persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents. Building
Knowledge To Improve Social Policy.
[51] Sabitova, N.M. 2014. Current issues of financial education in Russia. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 152:
911–915.
[52] Sanzana, M.B., Garrido, S.S., Poblete, C.M. 2015. Profiles of Chilean students according to academic
performance in mathematics: An exploratory study using classification trees and random forests. Studies in
Educational Evaluation, 44: 50–59.
[53] Suryadarma, D., Suryahadi, A., Sumarto, S., Rogers, F.H. 2004. The determinants of student performance in
Indonesian public primary schools: The role of teachers and schools. Jakarta: SMERU Research Institute.
[54] Tawari, O.C., Koko, M. 1996. Student enrolment and educational expenditure in university education: An
examination of trends in Nigeria (1980-1990). International Journal of Educational Development, 16(1): 79-
87.
[55] Thapa, A. 2011. Does private school competition improves public school performance? The case of Nepal.
[56] Tomul, E., Celik, K. 2009. The relationship between the students‟ academics achievement and their
socioeconomic level: cross regional comparison. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1: 1199–1204.
[57] Trusty, J. 1999. Effects of eighth-grade parental involvement on late adolescents' educational expectations.
Journal of research and development in education, 32 (4): 224-233.
[58] Ümmet, D. 2015. Self esteem among college students: a study of satisfaction of basic psychological needs
and some variables. Social and Behavioral Sciences, 174: 1623–1629.
[59] Whittingham, K.L. 2006. Impact of personality on academic performance of MBA students: qualitative versus
quantitative courses. Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 4 (2): 175-190.
[60] Wingard, L., Forsberg, L. 2009. Parent involvement in children‟s homework in American and Swedish dualearner
families. Journal of Pragmatics, 41: 1576–1595.
[61] Wo¨ßmann, L. 2005. Educational production in East Asia: The impact of family background and schooling
policies on student performance. German Economic Review, 6 (3): 331–353.
[62] Zhan, Z., Fong, P.S.W. Mei, H., Liang, T. 2015. Effects of gender grouping on students‟ group performance,
individual achievements and attitudes in computer-supported collaborative learning. Computers in Human
Behavior, 48: 587–596.
[63] Zimmerman, D. 2003. Peer effects in higher education: evidence from a natural experiment. Review of
Economics and Statistics, 85: 9-23.
[64] Zwick, T. 2012. Determinants of individual academic achievement – Group selectivity effects have many
dimensions. Centre for European Economic Reasearch.
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2015-02-07
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ABDULMUMINI, Baba Alfa; MOHD, Zaini Abd Karim.
Student Enthusiasm as a Key Determinant of their Performance.
Journal of Research in Educational Sciences, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 8, p. 26 - 39, feb. 2015.
ISSN 2068-8407.
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