Aileen S. Villalobos, Arlene Jane C. Dulce, Lara Joyce Fontilar,
Darlene Margot C. Gutierrez, Rei-an Craig V. Sawali,
Hadge Almero-Encio
Business Administration Major in Financial Management and Accounting,
Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas City, Philippines
aileenvillalobos1995@yahoo.com, aj_swithart@yahoo.com,
larajoyce.fontilar@gmail.com, gutierrezdarlene@gamil.com,
omay_kano7@yahoo.com
Date Received: January 6, 2016; Date Revised: February 5, 2016
Benefits of Co-Curricular Activities to Academic Performance of Financial and Management Accounting Students 240 KB 3 downloads
Aileen S. Villalobos, Arlene Jane C. Dulce, Lara Joyce Fontilar, Darlene Margot C....
The study aimed to find out the benefits of co-curricular activities of the Financial and Management Accounting Students to their academic performance, skills, attitudes and knowledge; to identify the reasons in joining in activities; to be aware about the benefits of co- curricular activities to their academic performance; and to know the factors that affect in joining co- curricular activities. The descriptive method of research utilizing the normative survey technique was employed in the study. Results showed that majority of the respondents are female, 19-20 years old, with 2.01-2.25 general weighted average. Pleasure and enjoyment are the most common reasons of students why they join the activities. The benefits of these activity matter over the knowledge, skills, attitude and academic performance. Peer, family, student and school are the factors that affect the students in joining co-curricular activities.
Keywords: Academic performance, Co- curricular, Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes