| Hospitality and Restaurant Management As an In-Demand Course: | A Survey Study | | Peter Jay Obillo | 10/1/2013 | | CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM Background of the Study In the annual rate of enrollees at Panpacific University North Philippines, The College of Hotel and Restaurant Management takes the place of one of the courses that has a high percentage of enrollments every year in the other courses offered. This result shows that many students are giving interest of taking up
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PARSING THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDYING COLLEGE IMPACTS Patrick T. Terenzini Distinguished Professor and Senior Scientist Center for the Study of Higher Education 400 Rackley Building Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-3203 Voice: (814) 865-9755 Fax: (814) 865-3638 E-mail: Terenzini@psu.edu and Robert D. Reason Assistant Professor and Research Associate Center for the Study of Higher Education Pennsylvania State University Voice: (814) 863-3766
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Effects of Sleep: How does sleep affect your academic performance? Sleep is an important part of our daily lives and the amount of sleep we receive each day affects a number of different parts in our lives which makes sleeping such a vital part of a person’s life. This is why I am so interested in this topic about how sleep affects your performance in school positively or negatively. “An area that researchers study is the impact that a lack of adequate sleep has on learning and memory. When we
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part-time students than full-time community college students. Maccann, C., Fogarty, G. J. and Roberts, R. D. 2012. Strategies for success in education: Time management is more important for part-time than full-time community college students. Learning and Individual Differences, 22 (5), pp. 618--623. Topic This paper studies the relationships between the Big Five personality factors, time management, and A grade-point average in 556 community colleges students. A path model controlling for vocabulary
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SETTINGS Background of the study Orszag (2001) Working while attempting to obtain a degree has become a pervasive lifestyle for today’s University students among the reasons contributing to an ever increasing trend of working during education could be the increasing financial pressures from higher college tuition and fees, the necessity of gaining social experiences, and academic requirements for practical internships. The likelihood of working while in school for college students has been increasing
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Study Habits and Academic Performance of the Selected Freshmen Education Students in Saint Peter's College of Toril Objectives: General: To determine the effectiveness of Study Habits and Academic Performance of Freshmen Education Students in Saint Peter's College of Toril. Specific: Specifically, the study aims to answer the following questions: a. What are the factors affecting the study habits of freshmen education students in SPCT? b. What are the factors affecting
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or scattered sleeping patterns. Regardless of lack of time during the day, the night should be solely left to prepare our bodies to help us through the day to come. Lack of sleep can affect us the very next day, as well as accumulate to result in chronic illnesses. Some problems caused by sleep deprivation that affect all ages are drowsy driving, snoring, and decreased performance. Statistics show that “twenty percent of all serious car crash injuries in the general population are associated with
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University of the East, Manila College of arts and sciences A Study on the Factors Affecting the Failing Grades of 2nd year and 3rd year Tourism Students in the University of the East-Manila For S.Y 2011-2012 In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Tourism Research Method Tour 112 By: Honey Grace R. Gatasi July 2012 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Being in school is one of the best opportunity that everyone could ever have, Studying
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necessarily mean that they did not study hard enough. There are many intelligent children who do not perform well in school, not because they cannot comprehend classroom lessons, but because of external factors that affect their academic success. Many factors have been identified to influence academic performance whether positively or negatively. One of these factors that the researcher’s identified is the living situation of college students. The living situations that a college student experience are varied
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Background of the Study According to a study conducted by National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in Indiana University from U.S., working college students will have a lower Grade Point Average (GPA) than non-working college students. This could be due to, but not limited by less sleep, more stress, and less study time, it affects the grades, time spent preparing for class, involvement in co-curricular activities, time spent socializing and overall enjoyment of their college experience of working
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