Background of the Study Attitude towards learning, studying, and test taking affects the goals, techniques and strategies that one person use to reach his goals. It also strongly affects one’s level of success in improving learning skills. When you approach a difficult subject with the right attitude, you can study more efficiently, achieve better grades and improve academic performance (Salyers, 2005) In India, particularly in Rajdhani College University, most of the students do not follow effective
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CHAPTER I: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This section contains the background of the study, statement of the problem, hypotheses, conceptual & theoretical framework, and significance of the study, scope & limitation and the definition of terms. Background of the Study Sleep is an integrated part of human health and life and is crucial for learning, performance, and physical and mental health. Sleep deprivation is a serious problem facing individuals in many critical societal roles
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Members” Ashy Fraser, Laura Walker, Sarah Coyne, Larry Nelson and Laura Stockdale (2012), [students at Brigham Young University], in their article “Associations Between Violent Video Gaming, Empathic Concern, and Prosocial Behavior Toward Strangers, Friends, and Family Members”, suggest that video games could affect prosocial behavior towards others. These students support this thesis by doing a study on 780 college and comparing different aspects of prosocial behavior. These authors reference other
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Background: Effective study habits are necessary for high school to excel academically. The student must develop these skills in order to retain information learned in the present for their future benefit. Study habits can be a combination of several techniques, including time management, note taking, self testing, and being wise in the test, to name a few. There is no best way to study therefore, techniques can be tailored to the needs of the students to achieve he most optimal result. However
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Today's college students are less prepared for college-level work than their predecessors. Once they get to college, they tend to spend fewer hours studying while spending more hours working, some even full time (D. T. Smart, C. A. Kelley, & J. S. Conant, 1999). In this study, the authors examined the effect of both time spent studying and time spent working on academic performance. The authors further evaluated the interaction of motivation and ability with study time and its effect on academic
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Rising Student Loan Default Rate: The Next Financial Crisis in the United States Rebecca Richards QBT1 - Language and Communication: Research October 1, 2012 Rising Student Loan Default Rate: The Next Financial Crisis in the United States Introduction Higher education is an important resource for career focused people here in the United States. In order to attend college, most students have to take out loans in order to cover the cost of attending. However, the rising rate
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practical that if a person chooses the course, it does not relate to what they want, but what is 'in demand' or what the course is easy to find a job after college. One year has passed since the K-12 program was passed as a new curriculum in schools, a year ago it gave a big part to help students in choosing their path when they go to college and to reduce the shifting of courses in the middle of their journey in their course. Addition of 2 years may help them to explore themselves in what field
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Background of the Study Successful students come to class, keep up with the reading load, avoid procrastination, manage their time, treat deadlines seriously, and try to enjoy learning; in short successful students have good study habit. However, students face many changes as their learning become bolder and deeper, and by this students should be flexible in order to adjust easily their study habit. An example situation of this is, entering college after high school. High school is very different
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Disorders: A 12-Year Longitudinal Study of Youths After Detention. American Journal Of Public Health [serial online]. May 2016;106(5):872-880. Available from: Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Ipswich, MA. Accessed July 22, 2016. The disparity among young adults who use drugs in the United States of America has been highly an intense topic of studies. The article "Health Disparities in Drugs and Alcohol Use Disorder" was written by a group of researchers who study the racism and the ethnicity of
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CHAPTER 1 The Problem and its Scope In our society nowadays, studying skills play a big part in our studies. Thus, many are vying for the acquisition of this skill but, only relevant worthwhile trainings and exposures can help a person achieve such potential. These worthwhile trainings and exposure obviously start when each individual is still undergoing studies on their different subjects. Like any other skills, studying can’t be honed overnight. It takes time, effort and willingness to enhance
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