RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA BY DR. A. A. ADEOGUN AND G. I. OSIFILA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA - YABA Abstract This study investigated the relationship between educational resources and students’ academic performance in Lagos State public secondary schools. A descriptive research design was adopted. Five schools were randomly selected from Somolu Local Government
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NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Todd Martin | | ED 6001-8 | Dr. Sean Spear | | | Action Research for Education | Assignment 2 Sharing Sources | | | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> -------------------------------------------------
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3(2), 149-156 The Impact of Motivation on Student’s Academic Achievement and Learning Outcomes in Mathematics among Secondary School Students in Nigeria Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education, Osun State, NIGERIA Received 10 January 2007; accepted 19 April 2007 In our match towards scientific and technological advancement, we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort to achieve this, this study investigated the impact of motivation on students’
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Educational achievement is influenced by a variety of factors, each of which is interwoven with another. Gender influences educational achievement for a variety of reasons and in a number of different ways. I intend to describe the ways in which educational achievement differs between males and females and the possible reasons for this variation between the sexes. Social class and ethnicity also play important parts in affecting the achievement of individuals and groups. I intend to discuss their
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students claimed that they had enough financial resources to finish college. Hossler (2006) cited that students have been dropping out for ever since, formal schooling has started. Since dropouts adversely affect finances and credibility of academic institutions, administrators have become increasingly concerned about the decreasing number of students that enrolls.
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assess the primary psychosocial factors that predict problem drinking among college students. Variables examined included demographic variables, personality, drinking history, alcohol expectancies, drinking motives, stress and coping, activity involvement, and peer and family influence. Evidence from studies of college drinking indicated that the variables associated with
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becoming a serious problem in United States. Almost fifty percent of new teachers are leaving their field of study within the first five years (Dill and Stafford 2008). Why is it becoming so hard to find a qualified teacher, and not just based off academic standards? Well, there has never been any real way to determine if a person will be good at teaching, which could be one of the reason that teachers are not staying around long. As these teachers stray away from teaching, they leave behind a dozens
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MARY M. VICENTE D.H.L. President, Bestlink College of the Philippines, for inspiring and impressing in the mind of the researcher to be must diligent to make and also inculcate to the mind of the individual researcher the importance of this research work CHARLIE I. CARINO PH.D, Vice president, Director for instruction, Bestlink College of the Philippines, for his support and guide to make this research work. ENGR. DIOSDADO T. LLENO, School Director, Director for non- instruction
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Impacts of using day care facility on children due to maternal employment Methods of Business Research Submitted by Sumbal Syed MBA 14 14-1220 Research Title: Impacts of using day care facility on children due to maternal employment. Introduction In the past few years there has been an increase in trend for women to be pursuing a career, and hence, working mothers are bound to use daycare facilities to assist them in managing their children along with other responsibilities. These
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learning loss over the summer months. Summer learning programs have the potential to help children and youth improve their academic and other outcomes. This is especially true for children from low-income families who might not have access to educational resources throughout the summer months and for low-achieving students who need additional time to master academic content. Because many students loose learning over the summer and some students need more time on task to master content, participation
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