Research Article

THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 1, 2017
  • Ayşegül Aydın
  • Demet Ünalan
  • Sinem Somunoğlu İkinci *
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THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study is to reveal the time management skills of the Vocational School students and to search the effect of this skill on their academic achievement.

Material-Method: This cross sectional study was conducted on 300 students selected by ½ simple random sampling method among 600 students studying at 10 different programs Erciyes University Health Services Vocational School in between January–February 2017. A questionnaire form including demographic and socio-cultural characteristics and academic achievements of the students and Time Management Inventory (TMI) were used as data collection tools in the research. Student t test was used to compare independent groups and analysis of variance was used to compare more than two groups in the statistical analysis of the data.

Findings: The point average of the students’ time management inventory was found as 75.8±13.3. 39.3% of the students had a general academic average between 2.51 and 3.00. Time management and time consumings  subscale scores and TMI total scores of the male students, and TMI time planning and time consumings subscale scores and TMI total scores of the smokers were found significantly high (p<0.05). The difference between the groups in terms of TMI and subscale scores according to the time that students spent on the internet and the free time the students had was found statistically significant (p<0.05). In addition, the difference found between the groups in terms of TMI and subscale scores according to the general academic average of the students was statistically significant.

Conclusion: The time management skills of the students reveal significant difference depending on their demographic and socio-cultural characteristics, and general academic average. It is foreseen that the research findings will be useful for further studies on similar cases. 

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English

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Research Article

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Ayşegül Aydın This is me

Demet Ünalan This is me

Sinem Somunoğlu İkinci * This is me

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December 1, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Aydın, A., Ünalan, D., & Somunoğlu İkinci, S. (2017). THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences, 1(2), 39-53. https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH
AMA
1.Aydın A, Ünalan D, Somunoğlu İkinci S. THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. IJSHS. 2017;1(2):39-53. https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH
Chicago
Aydın, Ayşegül, Demet Ünalan, and Sinem Somunoğlu İkinci. 2017. “THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS”. International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences 1 (2): 39-53. https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH.
EndNote
Aydın A, Ünalan D, Somunoğlu İkinci S (December 1, 2017) THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences 1 2 39–53.
IEEE
[1]A. Aydın, D. Ünalan, and S. Somunoğlu İkinci, “THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS”, IJSHS, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 39–53, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH
ISNAD
Aydın, Ayşegül - Ünalan, Demet - Somunoğlu İkinci, Sinem. “THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS”. International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences 1/2 (December 1, 2017): 39-53. https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH.
JAMA
1.Aydın A, Ünalan D, Somunoğlu İkinci S. THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. IJSHS. 2017;1:39–53.
MLA
Aydın, Ayşegül, et al. “THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS”. International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2017, pp. 39-53, https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH.
Vancouver
1.Ayşegül Aydın, Demet Ünalan, Sinem Somunoğlu İkinci. THE EFFECT OF TIME MANAGEMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. IJSHS [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;1(2):39-53. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA49EY68FH