9001:2008 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
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Impact of Information Technology on Activities of the University Information technology has been a focus point on many potential students who are seeking higher education. Based on recent dramatic increases in instructional computer use in American colleges and universities, it would appear that the promise of information technology has a considerable amount of logical appeal (Lamont Flowers, 2000). The mission of colleges and universities as creators and consumers of valuable knowledge and
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to estimate the relationship between parents’ educational level, income level and occupations; with pupils’ educational performance in their mock examinations leading to PLE in St Jude Malaba primary school in the year 2010. Data for the study was collected through the use of questionnaires for pupils, interview with teachers and head teachers, documentary analysis of the school records and observation. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of study were used. The researcher used Tables, charts
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The School Culture Attitudes and Beliefs Attitudes Toward Change Cultural Norms Cultural Norms that Facilitate School Improvement Relationships The term culture has been defined in various ways by many authors as discussed earlier in this paper. Here the culture of the school will be viewed as the existence of an interplay between three factors: the attitudes and beliefs of persons both inside the school and in the external environment, the cultural norms of the school, and the relationships
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POLICY CHOICES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES SEEN FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN AN AFRICAN COUNTRY A CASE STUDY OF TANZANIA MAINLAND AS SEEN BY TANZANIA TEACHERS’ UNION (TTU)1. A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE LAUNCH SEMINAR OF THE NORWEGIAN POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR AFRICA (NPED) ORGANISERS: THE WORLD BANK, WASHINGTON AND MINISRTY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ROYAL NORWERGIAN GOVERNMENT, NORWAY PRESENTER:
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Habits and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Students Abid Hussain Ch.* Abstract The substantive aim of the study was to examine the effect of guidance services on students’ study attitudes, study habits and academic achievement. An experimental study was devised for the purpose. A guidance programme for secondary school students was developed by the researcher. An experiment was conducted to explore the effectiveness of guidance services in terms of improvement in students’ study attitudes
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Variables in our modern world effecting University Students’ academic success Abstract This research investigates the factors and variables that affect students’ academic results. This research paper focuses on variables which include hours of work, gender, high School academic results, hours of study and what relationship it has with our dependent variable which is the GPA. We aim to discover what relationship our variables hold with the dependent variable; if it is significant or in significant
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THE PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAUGHT BY MAJOR AND NON-MAJOR TEACHERS ________________________________________ A Thesis Presented To the Faculty of the School of Graduate Studies University of Nueva Caceres City of Naga ________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Teaching Mathematics _________________________________________ JUMAR R. VELASCO July 2011 APPROVAL
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Psychological Causes of Academic Failure in Students and Possible Interventions Abstract Causes of Academic Failure in Students and Helpful Interventions Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma and about 1.2 million students drop out annually. What factors into this statistic? Academic failure occurs where the primary aims of education cannot be delivered to the degree that there is a fundamental and ongoing breakdown in a students ability to learn
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wiloludjournal.com ADMISSION AS A FACTOR IN THE NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES’ MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS Babatunde Oyedeji Dept of Politics and International Relations, Lead City University, Ibadan ABSTRACT Admission is a necessary foundation building for joining a university institution for study or for scholarship. It is the climax to a string of academic activity starting from the cradle (of applicants) onto the matriculation watershed. Universities therefore take the task of admission of Students into their portals seriously
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