An Investigation of the Influences of Time Management on Students Academic Performance

Abstract

The major purpose of the study was to investigate the factor of time management on the performance of undergraduates at university level. The research objectives of the study were; to find out the awareness of students regarding time management, to investigate the time management of students regarding management of weekly activities and to assess the impact of time management on undergraduate’s success. The population was selected all students at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan. Among the departments at university, four sample departments were selected through Random sampling technique and the data was collected from undergraduate students regarding the constructs of time management. Britton and Tesser (1991) scale was used to calculate the data and the academic success results of the undergraduates were collected from the Examination section with the permission of the controller of the Universities. Chi-square test was applied to analyses the data following the statistical procedure through SPSS.16. The data was tabulated and interpreted accordingly. The major finding of the study revealed that p-value was statistically significant and was find the positive relationship between time management and the undergraduate academic success. It was illustrated that due to positive association between the time management and academic success of undergraduate the students can enhance their learning capacity. Therefore, it was recommended that seminars and workshops should be frequently arrange for the Undergraduates as well as university teachers to utilize their precious time in academic activities properly.