STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS INFLUENCED BY THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND OTHER ONLINE ACTIVITIES Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In this age of globalization, the advent of internet is something that has shaken almost all spheres of personal, social and professional human life. Wikipedia.org, 2012 cited that with the rapid growth of people who use or have access to the Internet, millions of people can stay connected together using the web provision called Social
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Child, School, Home: Determinants of Academic Performance* Cecilia A. Florencio Education Research Program Center for Integrative and Development Studies University of the Philippines Email: erp@cids.upd.edu.ph This study was concerned with the determinants of school-related behavior, in particular the relationship between health and nutritional status and academic performance. Such a concern is in place whenever our educational system sets for itself the
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certified by the AJA Registrars Inc. Time, Language, Culture and Attitude: Barriers to Students’ Academic Achievement HEIDI P. BANUELOS ORCID No. 0000-0001-8169-7732 umheidi.banuelos@gmail.com University of Mindanao Davao City, Philippines ANA HELENA R. LOVITOS ORCID No. 0000-0002-4624-2553 lovitos.phd@gmail.com University of Mindanao Davao City, Philippines ABSTRACT Barriers to students’ academic achievement have gained importance in educational research. The primary goal of this study was to
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the new curriculum, K-12 was launched on 2012. As curriculum developers are trying to improve our educational system, students should also find ways to improve themselves by learning in academics. Students play an important role in achieving our goals in education. The range of students’ learning in academics can be gauge by the grades they earn in different learning areas for a period of time. These grades are what they have acquired in different assessment the teachers are giving. When students
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FACTORS THAT CAUSE THE STUDENTS TO SHIFT TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES A Thesis Presented to Ms. Aracelli C. Maligalig Technological Institute of the Philippines Cubao, Quezon City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the English-002 Course MICHAEL DAVE D. LASCONIA JOHN PAULO DELA CRUZ NINO AERON JADORMEO CARL JOHN L. MAGNO YATREN V. ALAYON March, 2015 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The School is an
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Study habits are the behaviors use when preparing for tests or learning academic material. Students have their own habitual practices that they used to help them study and learn. Good study habits can help students achieve and/or maintain good grades. Study habit of every student is one of the most important factors that affect his or her understanding regarding a certain subject. It means, if a student possesses poor study habits, she has a greater chance of getting failing
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International Academy of Management and Economics at Makati City, Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics at Samar State University; and a doctor’s degree, Doctor of Education at Leyte Normal University. He is also an academic scholar qualifier at the National Defense College of the Philippines for the masters degree in Master in National Security Administration Program
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to give every Filipino youth the education they deserve. The proclamation of SB. no. 3412 has been a big help not only to the youth of Metro Manila but also the youth of the whole country. Our government aims to eradicate extreme poverty in the Philippines by investing in health and education. This proclamation would expect to help this situation in coping with everyday life of the Filipino people. Furthermore, it is something new in government program that will not just help today’s family but to
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Ponce, (1996) “Occupational Interest of Selected Freshman Students and their Academic Performance: A Correlational Study”. * Abdon, Eva Maria S. Villaddres, (2008) “Correlation between interest and academic performance as predictors to effective related learning experience: basis clinical counselling”. * TeodoraSalubaybay (1994), “The predictors of academic success of the freshmen college s tudents” (M.A thesis Philippine Normal University) * Rosemary Thompson, “School Counseling Renewal”
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Evaluation Researcher : Helen P. Aquines Degree : Doctor in Public Administration Institution : Polytechnic University of the Philippines Year : 2011 Adviser : Dr. Adela Jamorabo-Ruiz The Problem The main objective of the study is to analyze the readiness of Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and Maritime Academy of the Philippines (MAAP) to Institutional Quality Assurance through Monitoring and Evaluation (IQuAME) by CHED and to propose some governance and management
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