EFFECTS OF SOME SELECTED FACTORS ON THE READING PROFICIENCY LEVEL OF GRADUATING STUDENTS OF COMMONWEALTH HIGH SCHOOL SY 2012-2013 An Action Research Project Presented to Dr. Victoria C. Naval of the Open University System Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Mesa, Manila In Partial fulfillment of the Requirement of the Course MEM654 Economics of Education By Cleofe R. Manuel CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundations
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your company. I am dependable, and efficient in completing tasks. I abide by the instructions given and attentive to details. I also am a team player that will make sure all task are resolved and completed. I am dependable with tasks. I maintain a high attendance rate, in both my professional and scholar, environments. When a task must be completed, there is no time to miss any available opportunity to work towards completion. This in turn makes dependability a valuable strength. While attending
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and tears I did to get there. I remember the days I had to swim over 10,000 yards in one day. The days I had to wake up at 5am in the morning to work out and swim before school. Everything I did to live up to this moment. Hearing each note of the national anthem crystal clear as i closed my eyes I could see the memories of me as a child at the YMCA being the only advanced one in my swim lessons. I knew i wanted to be good I wanted to be the best. So ever since I turned the age of seven I
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this situation. However, the home life for Barry and her brother is terrible. Barry still keeps optimistic and positive attitude to face life. As Barry says “I felt incredibly happy to see him”(70). Barry through communicates with employees of the school to find the feeling of security. Even though Barry lacks communication with her parents, she still keeps a positive attitude finds chance to communicate with others. Due to Barry’s parents always fighting on money, Barry always want to leave this
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eyes and head. I couldn't play video games because again it would hurt my head just from watching it. I couldn't even read a book, crazy that i actually wanted to. I couldn’t do anything. All i could really do was sleep, and so i did. I was out of school for one week because i couldn't deal with the lighting and the noise and reading books, i just couldn't do it. So my parents lets me stay home for a week to rest and get better. With the
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Introduction Changes in behavior naturally occur in high school students. Nowadays, students spend their vacant time for doing their habits instead of advancing their studies. Some of this habits make them forgot to do their school responsibilities because of enjoyment that it caused to them. Playing computer games, watching their favorite television shows and hanging out with their friends are the common habits of high school students. Good study habits are the key to learning. Everyone
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recruited from four multiethnic schools of England, UK. Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (Brown & Holtzman, 1955) was used to assess students’ study habits and their last year academic grades were used to assess academic performance. Statistical analysis revealed that although White British students had significantly better study habits than the Pakistani British but no significant difference was found in their academic performance. Country of origin and schools had significant interactive
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College life might primarily be the anticipated part of several students because they may encounter more personal freedom during this time of their life. The accountability of the students for their behavior arises since they have no intimate supervision from the professors any longer. However, college is probably one of the demanding part of the life of students especially for freshman students, for it is possibly the period when students experience adjustments in their life. Consequently, one
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and more competitive. Quality of students academic performance has become the key factor for personal progress. It is the desire of all Parents that their children climb the ladder of academic performance as high level as possible. This desire for high level of performance among secondary school students puts a lot of pressure on students, teachers, psychologist and in general, the educational system itself. In fact, it appeals as if the whole educational system revolves round the academic performance
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Some golden memories The best memory I have which is also related to your situation is when I appeared in BA examination in the university I was not a very bright student but I was very hard working. I thought I’ll get the second division but when the result was announced my friends came to me and said that I secured second position in the university I did not believe them and thought they are pulling my legs but that was true that was the happiest day for me that I secured position in so many students
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