Related factors between academic performance and transportation of students to the University "UNIANDES"

Abstract

Introduction: transport is known as a set of processes whose purpose is displacement and communication. On the other hand, academic performance is defined as different and complex factors that act on the person who learns and has been defined as a value attributed to student achievement in academic tasks. Objective: to identify related factors between academic performance and student transportation to the "UNIANDES" University in the first quarter of the 2022-2023 period. Method: Observational, descriptive cross-sectional study carried out at the Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes "UNIANDES", from January to March of the year 2022. The sample consisted of 27 students who were selected from a sampling technique. intentional non-probabilistic. Variables such as age, place of residence, time in which they most frequently use private transport or public transport, estimated time of arrival at the place of education were used. Results: Regarding academic performance, 74.1% of students consider themselves with regular grades, despite feeling dangerous when transporting, they reflect that it is not the cause of their high or low academic performance, because 65% of students think it doesn't matter. Conclusions: the academic performance of the students is not related to the transportation to the university, therefore, no factors related to this problem are identified.