...the students took it seriously, but there are other variables that could have affected the results. There was no correlation found between a single parent and a student’s average GPA. There are several factors that influence a student’s school grade point average, also known as GPA. Family life, with either a single parent or married parents, could affect students in school. It’s important to look at this topic to see how kids in school are influenced by family life. This could show why some students are more or less likely to succeed than others, thus being beneficial to see how a child’s family life influences how well they do in school. There are numerous studies closely related to how certain relationship elements can impact a student’s performance in school. Researchers have studied the relationship between teachers and students. There was a positive correlation when the teachers had a good relationship with the students resulting in a GPA in the students. “The teacher-child relationship and classroom participation also partially mediated the relation between effortful control and change in school absences across the year”(Lemery-Chalfant, Reiser, Swanson, Valiente, 2008).There were also other factors like it states above participation and attendance are two things that were very important. The...
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...Can Sleeping Affect Your GPAs? Our statistics project is about how the amount of sleeping hours can affect your GPA. Researchers have shown that lack of sleeping will affect the ability to study of the students. We are told that sleeping is very important as it restores your energy after a whole day working. Having lack of sleep can weaken the ability to concentrate, stay alert, think critically and solve problems of the student and thus, can affect their academic performance. Is it true and does it differs between different major students? In this project we would like to compare students who are majoring in Arts and Business and how lack of sleep or having more hours of sleeping affects their overall GPAs. Our null hypothesis is that there is no significant difference in the relationship of the hours of sleep and the students' GPAs. We are expecting on our alternative hypothesis that there is a significant difference in that relationship. In order to conduct our research, we will select randomly 2 samples of 15 Art students and 15 Business major students. We agreed that less than 4 hours of sleep is not enough to perform well in school and having more than 4 hours of sleep is beneficial for the students to do well academically. Why should our project be considered? We think this is important for students to know whether sleeping can have a significant impact on their academic performance or not. Being acknowledged about the importance of sleep can help the students...
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...Diversity and its relationship to the Liberal Arts, think about how your perspective can be broadened by the courses/exams you choose to take for your degree. For this discussion, list three Excelsior College courses or exams that you would like to take that will add diversity to your college experience. Post this list and explain why you believe these courses will broaded your perspective on diversity and add to your lifelong skills in two paragraphs or more. Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Sociology Introduction to Philosophy I believe the listed above courses cover a broad range of topics directly related to diversity. Psychology studies personality and perceptual mechanisms that influence behavior. Sociology provides an understanding of human social interaction, social groups, social structures, culture, and social inequality. With philosophy, areas such as morality, free will, and the meaning of life are explored. Interaction with other groups will occur throughout life whether it be a job, school, neighbors, social events, asking for directions. A strong and diverse knowledge has always been important to understand why someone may hold a specific view on a topic or to engage a conversation with someone you may not have otherwise socialized with. Since learning is continuous, it is always best to have a foundation of understanding that can help break through the inevitable communication barriers in the future. Module 3 Discussion 2 Preparation: ...
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... Personal Responsibility Even though students with low levels of personal responsibility also graduate, personal responsibility is critical for a successful college career because students who display a high level of personal responsibility have higher GPAs and students with high levels of personal responsibility graduate at a higher rate. It is the belief that a student’s level of personal responsibility is directly proportional to his grades and success. Therefore, high level of personal responsibility will equal a high GPA and high level of success. To achieve a successful college career a student must commit to becoming personally responsible for his success. If we take student A, who from the beginning of college, commits to doing everything in his power to be successful. This student is taking personal responsibility for his college career. He has already made up his mind to be responsible and therefore will achieve success on most levels. Take student B who does not take any personal responsibility for his college career. This student will always have excuses for why his academic success is lacking. Examples can be “the computers were down” or “my teacher is not competent.”. It is a fact that students with a high level of personal responsibility graduate at a higher rate. A student that dedicates three to four hours a day for studying and to complete homework will get...
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...SAT scores should not be a big part in going to college. People think that SAT scores are extremely important but, new studies have revealed otherwise. Many people have come to see that GPA has little or no difference based on how well a student did on their SATs. If you did well or not on a SAT doesn’t justify how smart you are. That is why SATs should not be a big part in getting into the college you want. Preparing to take an SAT test is extremely stressful for students. High school students spend hours upon hours studying to feel prepared for a SAT test. Parents also feel stress about an upcoming SAT. Parents will spend a lot of money for test-prep publishers and tutorial services. It is endless anxiety for the whole family. It is estimated that students and parents are spending 4.5 billion dollars on test preparation and tutoring services (IBISWORLD’s January 2013 Report). Parents say that their money is wasted because their children still cannot prepare for this enormous test. It has also been proven that students with families that have larger incomes do better on SATs because they can pay for extra help. This is unfair for other students that cannot afford to pay...
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...What is a GPA? GPA is an abbreviation for grade point average. It’s a calculated average of the grades that you earn in school. You receive a GPA at the end of each semester based on the grades that you earned. You receive a good GPA by keeping good grades because a GPA is based off of how good your grades are, or how bad they are. The highest GPA you can get is a 4.0 and the lowest is a 0. You actually can get higher than a 4.0 but that’s really hard to get because you have to have extra credit in all of your classes. The highest GPA is a 4.0 but sometimes it can be higher depending on what school you go to. The lowest your GPA can be is a 0, which is really bad, and means that you absolutely no work. If you do no work or anything...
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...I decided to increase my GPA from 2.5 to 3.0 by the end of this fall 2013 semester. I currently take 4 classes, in which I will come up with a plan to achieve my goal to have a 3.0 by the end of the semester. When students earn a below average grade on examinations or a report card, it does not necessarily mean that they did not study hard enough. There are many intelligent children who do not perform well in school, not because they cannot comprehend classroom lessons, but because of external factors that affect their academic success. Many factors have been identified to influence academic performance whether positively or negatively. One of these factors that the researcher’s identified is the living situation of college students. The living situations that a college student experience are varied due to the diversity of housing options and environments available. Some of the aspects of college student living environments may act as stress factors in students’ lives. The stress related to living situations that college students’ experience has several sources including relationships with roommates, the condition of the rooms, apartments, or houses that students inhabit, the neighborhood, area on campus, and general living environment. These sources of stress undoubtedly have an impact on the student’s academic performance. Academic performance is the evidence how well a student meets standards set out by local government and the institution itself. The extent of student’s...
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... or qualify for grants or scholarships. Others, however, are left to pay their own way by means of fulltime or parttime employment. Approximately 80 percent of all college students are employed while completing their undergraduate education (Riggert). Many studies have been conducted to determine the effects of fulltime and parttime employment on the academic success of college students. The purpose of this paper is to summarize some of the general findings and implications of these studies, and to provide suggestions regarding how university studentemployment offices may utilize these data. Effects on GPA A major factor in determining the positive or negative effects of employment on the academic performance of students is their GPA. One would intuitively conclude that, because time and energy are finite resources, jobs would detract from studying and be harmful to a student’s GPA. Most studies conclude that this is only the case when the student’s number of hours worked per week exceeds 20 hours. In fact, students who work fewer than 1520 hours often report...
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...their maximum strength, academics. Some even question, what the purpose of playing a sport? The purpose of this essay is to explain why it is morally justifiable for parents to let their kids be engaged and play sports. Playing sports can help you become a better person for the future and can help students become motivated about academics. I will explain how a student-athlete builds character and the aspects that they learn on and off the field. Being a student-athlete does not only mean you only know how to play a sport or sports but you know how to compose yourself around others, and how playing a sport in high school can help you become a better person in the long run. Participating in team sports helps to develop good character. One of the major characters you learn by participating in athletics is that you learn how to become responsible. Being a student-athlete you must know your priority, and that is that you are a student first, then an athlete. There are many things you must know to being eligible to play. First you must know that student-athletes must attend school the whole day in order to participate in competition. Attendance is a must for an athlete and that means they are on campus almost every day except when they have doctors’ appointments, funeral to attend to, etc. Secondly, in most schools you must maintain above a 2.0 GPA at all times or else you are suspended from playing...
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...Why are you studying it? My father and his twin brother (my uncle) are both computer engineers who entered the field during the older days of punch-cards and Fortran. Some of the earliest memories I have of being around computers was when my dad would take me to his work. I remember the distinct, and possibly toxic, smell of his office from all the new computer parts, and I remember watching him for hours solder components onto a PCB. From a young age I’ve been around computers and I doubt I’d be studying computer science today if it hadn’t been for my dad and uncle. As I grew older though, and as computing grew as well, I began to learn that there was much more to computers than displaying pictures on a screen. I quickly saw the endless uses for computers, from medical research to business to military defense systems, every field I looked at was using computers in some way. So while my father and uncle being computer engineers got me interested in computer science the reason why I chose to continue to study and pursue a career in this field was mainly because I saw what massive impact computers had in the advancement of society and I wanted to be a part of...
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...At every school in America, there are students that go to school and work their hardest each and every day. They take the hardest classes and challenge themselves more than anyone in their school. At most schools these students are rewarded for deciding to take the difficult route and challenging themselves by means of a weighted GPA. However, there are also students like this who go to schools that do not have a weighted GPA, and the difficult classes they take weigh the same as a general level class. This is why state governments should introduce a statewide high school GPA, so that equality is provided to every student, especially when it comes to applying to college. Applying to college is important and a statewide GPA scale would positively affect this because, “Honors and advanced-placement classes and also can positively affect an admissions decision” (Weaver 1) and with this said GPA system each student would have the same opportunity as those who go to a different schools across the state. Grading systems have been around since the very beginning of schooling. Instructors needed some way to rank their students so they had an idea of how their teaching was affecting them.“In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of teachers. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on students' achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year” (Guskey 2). In the beginning...
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...To make an application for PA school standout, one should have a clear, concise statement as to why you chose this career path. In addition, a great statement, one should include multiple hours of job shadowing and community service in the application. Physician Assistant programs accept students with a minimum GPA of 3.0, however to stand out and improve an application one should have a competitive GPA (Kidd, 2012). One can only improve their application if they put the hard work into making it great. Goals All in all, I believe it is key for me to work hard and manage my time well. One goal I have is to maintain an undergraduate GPA of 3.5 or higher. This will only work if I put my studies first before social events. Another goal is to exceed the recommended patient-contact, shadowing and/or volunteer hours graduate schools recommend. Career goals is to be a successful physician assistant most likely in emergency medicine or in the military. Life Never Goes as Planned If I were to decide being a physician assistant was not for me there are many other medical careers and science careers in the world....
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...is the new A Have you ever wondered why your grade has been different from a friend or classmates’ when you both have studied the same material in the same class? Could it be that one of you is a better student or that your instructor is participating in grade inflation? Hopefully by the end of this paper you will have a better understanding of this growing phenomenon. Merriam-Websters dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 2015) defines grade inflation as a rise in the assignment of a grade that previously would have received a lower one. There have been some studies in the past few years regarding grade inflation in American universities and colleges and the affects it might be having on a student’s grade point average (GPA) and on the institutions grading system itself (Abbott, 2008) (Jewell & McPherson, 2012) (Miller, 2014). Some studies have shown that the trend of grade inflation started in the 1960’s (Jewell & McPherson, 2012). A popular theory is that the Vietnam War, which was highly unpopular at the time, played a major role in grade inflation (Miller, 2014). It is believed that sympathetic college professors gave their students higher grades to keep them from being drafted into the military. By having the students keep a higher GPA the students were then able to keep their draft deferments, thus allowing them to avoid the draft and prevent them from being deployed to Vietnam (Miller, 2014). After the Vietnam War the average GPA seemed to stabilize itself for a few...
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...They addressed the research question, “Does test anxiety affect academic performance in college student? If so, how and why does it affect performance?” The researchers addressed three hypotheses in the experiment. The hypothesis consisted of whether there is a potential role of differential study-related behaviors due to test anxiety and whether it affects their academic performance. The remaining two hypotheses were to examine possible differences of study-related behaviors between the students who have high and low test anxiety and to look at the effects of the study-related behaviors on their GPA incorporating both the high and low test...
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...setting goals is a very important step. Having goals not only gives you a clear focus on things, it also helps you to organize your plans by allowing you to give yourself time limits and boundaries. Athletics are very fun, and may help count towards a goal in life. Sports may be fun, but you need hard work to become good at it. There is a chance that one day I may be able to get a scholarship for college. Sports take up time, and at some points are hard and may be a burden, but it is all worth it in the end. Becoming a better athlete is a goal of mine, but there are goals more important and the next one is. In only having sports and not education it would be like owning a car, but with out an engine inside. I want that engine; therefore I must get my education and maintain a high GPA. I could accomplish this by doing all my work. Also not only doing my work, but on time and as neat as I can get it. One goal that I work hard at daily is to try to do well in high school. I try to involve myself in any activity that I can, both academically and socially, so that I can graduate with honors. The reason why I do this is because I plan on going to college, and I would like to be able to get accepted into any school that I apply to. Immediately after I graduate, I want to start my career as an architect. In order to achieve my goal I will have to paying attention in class, and try to do more listening and less talking. All of this makes a great recipe for at least a 3.0 GPA. Right now, I am...
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