Adolescent Food Habits Checklist: reliability and validity of a measure of healthy eating behaviour in adolescents F Johnson1, J Wardle1* and J Griffith1 1 ICRF Health Behaviour Unit, University College London, UK Objective: Amid concerns about the quality of young people’s diets, this paper describes the development of a measure of healthy eating behaviour for use with adolescents. Design: Items for the measure were selected from a larger pool on the basis of responses from a pilot study. The 23-item
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tricky as there are just so many exceptions to rules, irregularities of word forms, and other that even if you do know your grammar rules, you are probably going o need some help hen providing explanations (http://esl.about.com). Accordingly, the study of grammar began with the ancient Greeks, who engaged in philosophical speculation about language and described language structure. This grammatical tradition was passed on to the romans, who translated the greek names for the past of speech and grammatical
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Running Head: TIME MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE 1 The Effects of Time Management on College Students’ Academic Performance Jamie C. Denlinger Ball State University TIME MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Abstract The objective of this investigation was to examine the influence that time management has on 22 of Ball State University’s college students’ academic performance and 2 achievements. By conducting a survey based on gender, grade, major, and extracurricular
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Educational Studies 3(3), 2011 European Journal of Educational Studies 3(3), 2011 © 2011 Ozean Publication IMPACT OF FAMILY TYPE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA AKOMOLAFE, M. JUDE*and OLORUNFEMI-OLABISI, F. ABIOLA. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria *E-mail address for correspondence: judolak@yahoo.co.uk _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: This study investigated
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Marine Engineering Students in one private Asian university. This study aimed to determine the difference on the attitude between Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering students towards the classroom social environment in terms of teachers as to character, subject mastery and teaching strategy; as well as in terms of their interpersonal relationships with other students. Descriptive type of research was utilized in the study. Results showed that the Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HOSPITALITY STUDENTS OF CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY- SILANG CAMPUS Mark Anthony S. Gato Janna Gold D. Lagura An undergraduate research proposal submitted to the Faculty of Cavite State University- Silang Campus in Partial fulfilment of the requirements for graduation for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management. To be prepared under the supervision of Mr. Rizalito
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debates and multitudes of studies, however, prescriptions for best practice remain elusive. Although teachers generally try to develop grading policies that are honest and fair, strong evidence shows that their practices vary widely, even among those who teach at the same grade level within the same school. 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
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years old. My parents taught me to be careful with my card and if I wasn’t they would cut me off immediately. Unfortunately people are now getting credit cards earlier and parents are not teaching kids how to use credit cards correctly. According to a study, “50.9% of students had debt before college” (Jones 2005). This means over half of the people entering college already are in some type of debt. Students must be educated before college so we can alleviate the amount of students in debt. Graduating
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background of the study: We are the student of BBA program in East West University, as a part of ‘classroom teaching’ of course ‘Organizational Behavior’, sec-5, has been highly encouraged to prepare a term paper on the topic – “Type A Type A Personality and Occupation Stress” – A study on United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCBL)’’. Organizational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structures have on behavior within an
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EFFECT OF BROKEN HOMES ON THE LEARNING PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY IN LAGELU L.G.A OF OYO STATE) ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of broken homes on the learning performance/academic achievement in mathematics of Junior Secondary School students in Lagelu L.G.A. in Oyo state. According to the U.S census Bureau, half of all first marriages end in divorce, while 60% of
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