The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success

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Autor(a) principal: Luís, Margarida Luís Raimundo Serrador
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/160610
Resumo: Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and Management
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spelling The importance of extracurricular activities in academic successAcademic PerformanceExtracurricular activitiesGPASoft SkillsSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingSDG 4 - Quality educationSDG 8 - Decent work and economic growthDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da InformaçãoDissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and ManagementThe perception of the qualifications needed to enter the labor market in Portugal and in other countries is constantly changing. Nowadays, companies are increasingly looking for a new graduate with certain soft skills rather than a new graduate with an excellent GPA. On the other hand, more and more students are participating in extracurricular activities during their degree. This practice is usually often in the form of leisure and personal interest, but also to acquire certain skills that make them have a distinctive role as an individual. The purpose of this study is to understand if the practice of extracurricular activities has any impact on the Portuguese student's academic performance, as well as to understand if by participating in certain extracurricular activities, students are more likely to acquire soft skills that the job market is demanding. Two questionnaires (one for students and other for companies) were developed to obtain the results for this study. By applying certain statistical tests, it was possible to determine the conclusions for this research. Findings showed that participation in extracurricular activities not only improves academic performance but also facilitates the acquisition of soft skills. In addition, it was possible to determine which soft skills are most desired by recruiters/companies, and which soft skills students acquire the most by participating in extracurricular activities. Teamwork was the soft skill that appears in first place in both analyses, which turns out to be an excellent conclusion because it means that students have the requirements that the labor market are looking for.Costa, Ana Cristina Marinho daRUNLuís, Margarida Luís Raimundo Serrador2023-11-28T14:26:40Z2023-10-252023-10-25T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/160610TID:203407199enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:43:21Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/160610Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:58:08.053119Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
title The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
spellingShingle The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
Luís, Margarida Luís Raimundo Serrador
Academic Performance
Extracurricular activities
GPA
Soft Skills
SDG 3 - Good health and well-being
SDG 4 - Quality education
SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
title_short The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
title_full The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
title_fullStr The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
title_full_unstemmed The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
title_sort The importance of extracurricular activities in academic success
author Luís, Margarida Luís Raimundo Serrador
author_facet Luís, Margarida Luís Raimundo Serrador
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Costa, Ana Cristina Marinho da
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Luís, Margarida Luís Raimundo Serrador
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Academic Performance
Extracurricular activities
GPA
Soft Skills
SDG 3 - Good health and well-being
SDG 4 - Quality education
SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
topic Academic Performance
Extracurricular activities
GPA
Soft Skills
SDG 3 - Good health and well-being
SDG 4 - Quality education
SDG 8 - Decent work and economic growth
Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
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