A Study On the Correlation between Social Status and Academic Performance
Spring, 2013
INTRODUCTION
The main aim of this paper is to examine whether there are significant differences in academic performance of students of …………. University with regard to their social background. There are social differences among students that create social inequality, mainly due to the existence of classes in society. Students representing different social classes can achieve different results in their career paths. The paper’s point of departure is that there are great deals of socio-economic factors that can affect the academic performance of the students. These include the education level of student’s parents, family income, the type of secondary education obtained and etc. All these elements altogether can define the social class of a student.
In order to clarify the situation I am going to make a survey research at …….. University. The objects of study or the units of analysis are university students from various departments. I will try to make generalizations out of the sample size of 30 students interviewed. Moreover, I have conducted an extensive literature review on the factors that trigger unequal academic achievements among students. Therefore the aim of this project is to find out if there is a relationship between student’s level of academic success and their social class.
2. EXPLANATORY MODEL
Y: Dependent Variable:
Students’ academic success
X: Independent variables
X1: Student’s gender
X2: Student’s hometown
X3: Level of education of student’s father
X4: Level of education of student’s mother
X5: Student’s family monthly income
X6: Number of siblings
X7: Type of graduated high school
X8: Score from the national university entrance examination
X9: Score from the English Proficiency exam
X10: Receiving scholarship or grant
X11: Student’s residence
X12: Student’s usual place to have a meal
X13: Student’s activities during leisure
INTRODUCTION
The main aim of this paper is to examine whether there are significant differences in academic performance of students of …………. University with regard to their social background. There are social differences among students that create social inequality, mainly due to the existence of classes in society. Students representing different social classes can achieve different results in their career paths. The paper’s point of departure is that there are great deals of socio-economic factors that can affect the academic performance of the students. These include the education level of student’s parents, family income, the type of secondary education obtained and etc. All these elements altogether can define the social class of a student.
In order to clarify the situation I am going to make a survey research at …….. University. The objects of study or the units of analysis are university students from various departments. I will try to make generalizations out of the sample size of 30 students interviewed. Moreover, I have conducted an extensive literature review on the factors that trigger unequal academic achievements among students. Therefore the aim of this project is to find out if there is a relationship between student’s level of academic success and their social class.
2. EXPLANATORY MODEL
Y: Dependent Variable:
Students’ academic success
X: Independent variables
X1: Student’s gender
X2: Student’s hometown
X3: Level of education of student’s father
X4: Level of education of student’s mother
X5: Student’s family monthly income
X6: Number of siblings
X7: Type of graduated high school
X8: Score from the national university entrance examination
X9: Score from the English Proficiency exam
X10: Receiving scholarship or grant
X11: Student’s residence
X12: Student’s usual place to have a meal
X13: Student’s activities during leisure