learns through interactions with the surroundings. Parents are generally the first and key people in a child’s life, so it should come as no surprise that parenting has influences on the development of children’s temperament, which later impacts their school performance. This article is going to explore how parenting varies among different ethnic groups including Asian Americans, African American, Latinos, and European Americans. More specifically, what factors should be included when considering the
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Review of Related Literature 19 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE At initial stage of the present study, a collective body of research work, related to involved variables i.e. academic achievement, cognitive styles, personality traits/factors, and adjustment was examined extensively, so that proper guidelines and directions from objectives, hypotheses, methodologies and findings may be sought to assist the various steps of the present study like determination of objectives, formulation
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Comparison of Study Habits and Academic Performance of Pakistani British and White British Students Shabbir Ahmad Rana Rukhsana Kausar GC University, Lahore Punjab University, Lahore The present study was conducted to compare Pakistani British and White British students on study habits and their academic performance. The sample comprised of 200 science students of 10th class recruited from four multiethnic schools of England, UK. Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (Brown & Holtzman
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to Hong (2012), in order for the parents to furnish the desirable and sustainable parenting skills for their children’s healthy development, it is essential to understand and inquire into the impact of the various types of parenting styles towards their children’s behavior, especially their academic performance in school. According to the developmental psychologist, Diana Baumrind (Verenikina, Vialle & Lysaght, 2011),
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Authoritarian Parenting Style for Chinese Children The authoritarian caretaking is generally criticized to be negative and harmful to children, which is justified in many foreign scholars’ journals and surveys. This parenting style emphasizes parental high control and children’s obedience to parents (Kang & Moore, 2011). As children have any misbehaviors or rebellions, scolding and physical punishment are usually used to discipline children (Chan, 2010). However, this explanation is the stereotyped
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Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2011, Vol. 9, 21-26 Comparison of Study Habits and Academic Performance of Pakistani British and White British Students Shabbir Ahmad Rana GC University, Lahore Rukhsana Kausar Punjab University, Lahore The present study was conducted to compare Pakistani British and White British students on study habits and their academic performance. The sample comprised of 200 science students of 10th class recruited from four multiethnic schools of
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575-Educational Leadership in a Changing World Facilitator: Dr. Audrey Donaldson Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Environmental and contextual factors affect my school and community on a daily basis. One of the most apparent issues would be the lack of parental involvement. This element influences both the school climate, as well as the community environment. In my years of teaching, I have found that students, who have parents that are detached from their school life, have difficulty remaining motivated and
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SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education in School, Family, & Community Connections Annual Synthesis 2001 Emerging Issues SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education in School, Family, & Community Connections Annual Synthesis 2001 Emerging Issues Catherine Jordan Evangelina Orozco Amy Averett Contributors Joan Buttram Deborah Donnelly Lacy Wood Marilyn Fowler Margaret Myers National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools SEDL 4700 Mueller
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SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement Annual Synthesis 2002 A New Wave of Evidence Anne T. Henderson Karen L. Mapp SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement Annual Synthesis 2002 A New Wave of Evidence Anne T. Henderson Karen L. Mapp Contributors Amy Averett Joan Buttram Deborah Donnelly Marilyn
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rejection is always emotionally painful. Some rejection is normal in life, and just about everyone has experienced, or will experience, some sort of social exclusion during his lifetime. Repeating rejection can be malicious or otherwise; can have negative impact on a person. These rejections can be much more devastating for highly sensitive individual, or if fitting in with in a certain person or group is extremely important to the shunned person. Active social rejection can manifest itself in such
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