Do Peers Affect Student Achievement

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    getting worst since it is habitually done by most of the students even though in some professional field. In addition, some Filipinos make it very difficult to switch to Filipino time instead they make it as an expression used to say it is a cultural thing not to be on time and not to care. Moreover, many situation occur that tardiness is yet part of their lifestyle. (http:/filipinoaustralian.com.au/tardiness/) Today most of the students incur tardiness for they were not able to wake up early

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    Kpale

    they tend to be influenced by their peers. Negative influence can affect the children way of life. This also applies to young children. Sometimes young children cannot differentiate between what right and wrong. As a parent, we need to guide them and show what is good and what is bad. For example young children sometimes tend to take what doesn’t belong to them because they didn’t know that taking others belonging is consider stealing. So what the parent must do is by giving them advice that taking

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    Mkt 441

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    The Role of Student in Academic Performance

    jeteraps.scholarlinkresearch.org The Role of Student-Related Factors in the Performance of Biology Subject in Secondary Schools in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya Wabuke Joy Mukhwana Chepkoilel University College, Department of Science Education, P. O. Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya. ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper focuses on the student-related factors that influence performance of students in Biology in Kenya Certificate of Secondary

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    The Level of College Adjustment Between Male and Female Freshmen Students of Manila Central University

    performing schools in related to health sciences programs. This school is home of the topnotchers in different fields of medical science. In that note, the growing population of new students, Filipino and even foreign students is observable. Entering into a new university is a big challenge for every freshmen student because they need to adapt to the new setting. For many young people, the transition to college is relatively smooth and they learn to handle their new lives well. But for some, however

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    Conflict Perspective

    The consumers of education are well aware that education is the key to social mobility, but to put a student through college is an expensive undertaking, particularly when indirect costs, such as the loss of the student’s potential earnings, are taken into account. The wealthier a family is, the more able it is to bear such costs. A crucial insight of the conflict perspective is that people do not have equal opportunity to achieve educational success. In practice, their chances are strongly influenced

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    Stress and the College Student

    Exams ~ Classes ~ Sports ~ Work ~ Friends ~ Dating ~ Family ~ Goals ~ Expectations ~ Peer Pressure ~ Responsibilities S t r e s s & T h e C o l l e g e S t u de n t Many people experience stress as they combine busy lives and the demands of study and or work while trying to also save time for friends and family. For some people, stress becomes almost a way of life. We all experience episodic stress – getting ready for a major exam, completing an important paper, perhaps getting ready for an important

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    Academic Performance

    THE STUDENT AND TEACHER FACTORS AND THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS IN TECHNOLOGY AND LIVELIHOOD EDUCAION A Baby Thesis Submitted To: DR. ANTONIO L. DEL ROSARIO In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Research Methodology By: GLORIA P. QUILAO June, 2014 DEDICATION I dedicate this paper to my family and many friends. A special feeling of gratitude to my loving parents, Isidro, Jr. and Gloria Principe whose words of encouragement and push for tenacity ring in

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    Children

    Chapter II Theoretical and Conceptual Framework This chapter presents the relevant theory and related literature and studies, conceptual framework, and the operational definition of terms used in the study. Relevant Theory This study was conceptualize and guided by the following relevant theory: Social Learning Theory. Bandura’s (1993) vicarious conditioning/social learning theory stressed that behavior patterns are developed through observation and direct experience within biological

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    Student Involvement: A Developmental Theory for Higher Education Alexander W. Astin A student development theory based on student involvement is presented and described, and the implications for practice and research are discussed. Even a casual reading of the extensive literature on student development in higher education can create confusion and perplexity. One finds not only that the problems being studied are highly diverse but also that investigators who claim to be studying the same problem

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