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Investigating the Impacts of College Students Background Academic Performance

by Yazachew Alemu Tenawy
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 92 - Number 9
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Yazachew Alemu Tenawy
10.5120/16037-4794

Yazachew Alemu Tenawy . Investigating the Impacts of College Students Background Academic Performance. International Journal of Computer Applications. 92, 9 ( April 2014), 12-19. DOI=10.5120/16037-4794

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author = { Yazachew Alemu Tenawy },
title = { Investigating the Impacts of College Students Background Academic Performance },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { April 2014 },
volume = { 92 },
number = { 9 },
month = { April },
year = { 2014 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 12-19 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume92/number9/16037-4794/ },
doi = { 10.5120/16037-4794 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

This paper investigates the influences of background to student's academic performance in Debre Markos College of Teacher Education, Ethiopia. The research was conducted among randomly selected one hundred and seventy students in Debre Markos College of Teacher Education, Ethiopia. The results from data analysis using NCSS 2000 reveals that student's there is no significant relationship between student's academic performances with age, sponsor's monthly income, and parental highest educational qualification. But, there is significant relationship between academic performances (measured in terms of CGPA) and student's family settings and number of children in the family.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Academic performance Cumulative grade point average Background knowledge.

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