Factors affecting dropping out of undergraduates in rajamangala university of technology phra nakhon faculty of home economics technology rajamangala university of technology phra nakhon university
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2014-06-25Author
พเยาว์ ดีใจ
น้ำทิพย์ ไชยสวัสดิ์
ชญาภัทร์ กี่อาริโย
จอมขวัญ สุวรรณรักษ์,
พจนีย์ บุญนา
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The objectives of this research were to study and compare factors affecting
dropping out of undergraduates in Rajamangala University of Technology Phra
Nakhon. The finding on four types of factors were launched : personal, educational
institute, family and social factor. Survey research methodology was exploited by
distributing questionnaires to sample group of 638 RMUTP undergraduates in 2012
academic year. And the data was analyzed by the percentage, the standard
deviation, the t-test and one way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results were as
followed : the personal factor as a whole, was at low level, they were : insufficient
background knowledge in their fields, capability in passing the examination, getting
low grade point average, learning without planning, boring of learning, facing
financial problem, negative attitude in vocational field, learning in dislike branch,
absence in class and having problems on family responsibility.
On the institute factors, as a whole, it was at moderate level, the causes
were: inadequate facilities and services of the institute, personal safety, learning
without instruments, lack of helpfulness for the handicapped, institute’s strict
discipline, inappropriate laboratory and buildings the executive management’s
transparency, institute’s relations with students, unsuitable activities for learning,
expensive fee, the students’ entrance without admission system, overloaded
extracurricular activities.
On the family factor, it was at low level as a whole, they were : economics
problems, the family’s poverty, parents’ attitude towards the institute, single-mom’s
burdens, stability of parents career. Finally, the social factor, as a whole, it was at
low level, they were : distance from students’ home, the freshmen’s traditions, self(
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adjustment among peer group, improperly learning environment, quarrels and
conflicts with others and freshmen’s assimilation in new surroundings.
By comparing personal factors to family factors the study found that all
factors were nonsignificantly different at the level of 0.05. While the institute factors
and the social factors were significant different at the level 0.05
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