Essay On Student Participation

Involvement in various student organizations, curricular and extracurricular activities are perceived to be detrimental in a student’s academic performance. Contrary to popular belief, more research studies confirmed that student involvement actually benefits them by providing opportunities that will help develop their innate talents and abilities. Through active participation in different organizations and school activities a student is likely proved to have well developed self-concept, better socialization skills and attain a higher grade point average (GPA). Study is conducted to show the significance between academic performance and student involvement.

Introduction

In our society today, students have been associated with a lot of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. A number of student most often transcend these activities to actual application of course expertise, however, some identify these activities as an extra burden. It is universally suggested that factors for student success are frequency of involvement and appreciation of engagement (Di Ramio et al, 2019). In Xavier University we are taught to carry out the Ignatian values that will serve as a guide for our day to day student living, it is even stipulated in our mission and vision which is “to

Highly involved students are more likely motivated to study, spend more hours in the campus, partake and enjoy certain organizations and are more associated with the faculty members and other students (Maurer S., 2007). It is important to note that the study identifies the significant factors that affect the student involvement in relation to their academic performance. Furthermore, the study is limited to one type of student organization, which is the KKP – Student Volunteers of KKP – SIO with respondents from different courses and different year