Impact of Time Management on Academic Performance.

Abstract

In accordance with what was expressed by Rubio et al (2019), when they point out that particularly in Latin America, time management is an element of fundamental interest to positively address deficiencies related to school performance, associated with inequity and limitations in the educational quality of its different systems.

The objective of this research was to determine the level of contribution of time management, as a self-regulation strategy, to increase the academic achievement of students, of the manufacturing block of the educational program of industrial and systems engineering; in the Náinari unit, of the 2016 plan. Therefore, the population studied was the 44 students enrolled in the January - May 2024 semester

For the proper development of the research, the following procedure was addressed: Authorization was requested from the head of the academic department of industrial engineering, the target population was selected and the sample size was defined. Participants were asked for their informed consent; informing them of the processing and confidentiality of the data collected. For data collection, they were provided with the University Time Management (GTU) instrument, which consists of 34 items with five dimensions, in digital format using Google forms. The collected data were processed using the SPSS IBM Statistics software, determining: Descriptive statistics, normality, reliability and validity.

It was found that time management is an element that affects the academic performance of students, so it is concluded that it is necessary to inhabit students with this competence.