Factores que están presentes en el rendimiento académico de los alumnos ingresantes de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNaM

Abstract

This paper presents a study which was carried out to interpret the causes of the levels of academic performance of incoming engineering students at Facultad de Ingeniería – Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Argentina. Quantitative and qualitative research methods were adopted for data treatment. Surveys were administered, interviews were conducted and test results of the entrance courses, i.e. Mathematics and Learning Strategies, were analyzed. The work sought to describe the factors, such as being the first-generation of university students in their family and the social, cultural, and economic dimensions that affect academic performance. Research led to the conclusion that the causes which may influence academic performance are students’ training at high school, their socio-economic situation and the fact of being the first-generation of college students in their family.