UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH JOURNAL Published March 17, 2005 The Effects of College Student Employment on Academic Achievement Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jana Jasinski Lauren E. Watanabe ABSTRACT: With college tuition and the cost of living rising, many students find themselves in the position of needing employment while trying to attend classes. This study examines the effects that employment has on college students’ academic achievement and other possible factors that might have contributed. Republication
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The low understanding level accompanied by discouraging achievements of the students has become cause of great concern of our country and has bothered badly the educationists, parents and government. The educationists have made a number of systematic efforts to find out the causes of deterioration and suggested remedies thereof. Almost all the commissions and education policies The quality of a nation depends on the quality of its citizens. Also qualities of citizens depend on the quality of the
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its effects on achievement and social development in children. It reviews traditional methods of parental involvement, and considers the need for change. It also highlights how technology can be implemented to increase parental participation, and student achievement and social development. Table of Contents Abstract 2 Improving Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education 4 Educational Significance 10 Definition of Terms 11
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research investigates the impacts of social networking websites on undergraduate students’ performance at Technology College Sarawak. The variables identified are age, gender, education, social influence and academic performance. Questionnaire will be design based on the requirement to determine the reasons and factors that affect the students’ performance and will be distributed to 30 correspondents, which consist of students in Technology College Sarawak. Social networking is the grouping of
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION Rationale Both the student and the school consider bullying as one of the major problems that should be dealt with. It randomly chooses people and it happens in every department. The researchers believe that looking for proper solutions would be necessary in order to prevent and solve such problem. Students are often being bullied for their complexion, weight, beliefs, intelligence, preferences, financial status, and language. They are frequently
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Involvement The Effects of Parental Involvement on Academic Achievement An Individual Research Project by Diane Higgins To Dr. Belinda Hartnett Research Methods – RES 531 Section 013 In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education Strayer University Washington, D.C. June 19, 2011 Chapter One: Introduction I. Topic Selected: As a teacher, one of my passions is to make sure that all of my students are able to learn and understand what is being taught
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“Broken Family Term Paper” Chapter I: Introduction Chapter II: Body 1. Broken family: Meaning and Implication 2. The common causes of a broken families are; 2.1. Parents’ divorce 2.2. Death 2.3. Misconception between family members 2.4. Unconditional administration 2.5. Parental or friends influence 3. The consequences of broken family; 1. To the children 2. To the adolescence 3. To the
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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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COMPUTER GAMES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CSC134 STUDENTS IN UiTM TERENGGANU DUNGUN CAMPUS BY: NOR AZILA AWANG ABU BAKAR NAZATUL AZLEEN ZAINAL ABIDIN NORLINA MOHD SABRI MARCH 2008 COPYRIGHT © UiTM Tarikh No. Fail Projek 19 Mac 2008 Penolong Naib Canselor (Penyelidikan) Institut Penyelidikan, Pembangunan dan Pengkomersilan (lRDC) Universiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam YBhg. Prof., LAPORAN AKHIR PENYELIDIKAN "THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER GAMES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CSC134 (COMPUTERS
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curriculum modifications are being made by educators to prepare young students for standardized tests. Since "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) was passed in 2002 (“Is the Use of Standardized,” 2015), there has been a huge increase in standardized testing. Not only are the students in the United States the most tested on earth (Fairtest, 2012), but the US has slipped from 18th in the world in math on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to 31st place in 2009, with similar results in science
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