Media Violence and Children CHAPTER 7 Violent Video Games: The A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND Newest Media Violence Hazard PROFESSIONALS Douglas A. Gentile and Craig A. Anderson Hazard Edited by Douglas A. Gentile In creating this electronic reprint, we have attempted to keep the style, pagination, and format as close to the published form as possible. Nonetheless, some errors may have occurred. If you discover a substantial error, please contact Craig Anderson using
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Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses 1932 The Influence of Certain Study Habits on Students Success in Some College Subjects Leslie J. Roch Loyola University Chicago Recommended Citation Roch, Leslie J., "The Influence of Certain Study Habits on Students Success in Some College Subjects" (1932). Master's Theses. Paper 342. http://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/342 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for
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Career Development International Emerald Article: The influence of job and career attitudes on learning motivation and transfer Eddie W.L. Cheng, Danny C.K. Ho Article information: To cite this document: Eddie W.L. Cheng, Danny C.K. Ho, (2001),"The influence of job and career attitudes on learning motivation and transfer", Career Development International, Vol. 6 Iss: 1 pp. 20 - 28 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13620430110381007 Downloaded on: 11-06-2012 References:
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of use in educational psychology, yet few studies have examined the latent factor structure of the entire scale using data from a single administration of the instrument. Although using the subscales individually was encouraged by the creators of the instrument, the practice has produced piecemeal evidence for the latent factor structure. In the current study, we administered all 15 subscales of the MSLQ to a large population of postsecondary students enrolled in introductory geoscience courses
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edition December 2002 i Acknowledgments I would like to thank the following journals and organizations for granting permission to reprint material: Newbury House, the Center for Applied Linguistics, Language Learning, TESOL, the SPEAQ Journal, Academic Press. I have had a great deal of help and feedback from many people in writing this book. Among the many scholars and friends I am indebted to are Marina Burt, Earl Stevick, Heidi Dulay, Robin Scarcella, Rosario Gingras, Nathalie Bailey, Carolyn
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CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACE IN LEARNING ESSAY WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MANGA DISTRICT, NYAMIRA COUNTY, KENYA BY NYANG’AU BENARD NYASIMI E55/CE/14078/2009 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION KENYATTA UNIVERSITY JULY 2013 * DECLARATION This thesis is my original work and has not been presented for degree in any other university. Signature: ______________________________
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groupwork but also its systemic associated problems. In discussing the problems, the paper considers issues such as ‘‘free riding’’ and the ‘‘sucker effect’’, issues associated with ethnic mix in groups, and the social dilemma problem—in which students face conflicting demands between altruism and self-interest. The paper then outlines several models of effective groupwork and makes suggestions for implementing groupwork tasks. The paper also looks at the key assessment tasks which are commonly
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS OF SEKOLAH MENENGAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN PEI YUAN, KAMPAR YONG SHU QIN A RESEARCH PAPER SUBNITTED IN PARTIAL FUOFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY OF ART AND SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN MARCH 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express gratitude for the coaching, guidance and input from several special individual. Firstly, I would like to thank Ms. Low Sew Kim
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Education is the key that unlocks the door to development. Ghana as a developing country has never relented in her efforts to draw up educational programmes to meet the changing demands, needs and aspirations of her citizens as well as the nation as a whole since independence in 1957. The first initiative in education taken by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the Associated Development Plan that aimed at ensuring that every child of school going age
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What is Binge Drinking? Binge drinking is defined as "the consumption of five or more drinks in a row on at least one occasion." In national surveys (in the USA) about a third of high school seniors and 45 percent of college students reported at least one occasion of binge drinking within the previous 2 weeks. March 26, 2004: The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse reports that, “More than five million high schoolers binge drink at least once a month.” As a Floridian who lives near
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