Chapter 4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the answers to the specific problems earlier raised in the study. Problem 1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of their: 1.1. Age 1.2. Sex 1.3. Year Level 1.4. Social Economic Status 1.5. Honors and Awards Received 1.6. Study Habit 1.1. Profile of the Respondents as to Age The frequency distribution and percentages of the respondents age, gender, year level; and honors and awards
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The middle school years are a critical turning point in young peoples’ lives. At ages 11-14 years, children go through the early adolescence stage. Adolescence is an important period when a child adjusts physically, learns new cognitive abilities, forms positive social relationships, develops a positive sense of self, and forges a personal code of ethics and morality (Eccles, Midgley,1989;Jackson & Davis,2000). Schools, along with peers
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CHAPTER II Review of Related Literature A. Foreign Studies College Students, especially freshmen, are a group particularly prone to stress (D’Zurilla & Sheedy, 2001) due to the transitional nature of college life (Towbes &Cohen, 2003). They must adjust to being away from home for the first time, maintain a high level of academic achievement, and adjust to a new social environment. College students, regardless of year in school, often deal with pressures related to finding a job or
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lose weight, you felt stressed, or you just want to be cool? There are many reasons why you should not-start smoking and why you should stop smoking now. II. Backgroud of the study Smoking is an adaptive behaviour which in most cases acquired when an individual is aware of the effects the associated with the habit. A large number of smokers know both the long and short term, smoking is the major cause of cardiovascular diseases, lung cancer, emphysema, and also premature aging. ‘‘Cigarette
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(SES) and the academic performance of children is well established in sociological research.2 While there is disagreement over how best to measure SES, most studies indicate that children from low SES families do not perform as well as they potentially could at school compared to children from high SES families (Graetz, 1995). Most studies, however, compare students from across all SES backgrounds to reach the conclusion that low SES adversely affects a range of educational outcomes. Another
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10 Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Presented in chapter 2 is a synthesis of research that supports the evaluation of the attendance policy and attendance program of Newport News Public Schools. Included in the chapter is a historical overview of attendance, the importance of attendance, overview of Newport News Public Schools, student theoretical absenteeism, framework, causes of or predictors of descriptions related attendance policies/ programs, and a review of perceptions
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AD OLE SCE N T Research Report S L E E P N E E DS and Resource Guide AND PATTERNS P U B L I S H ED B Y T H E N AT I O N AL S L E E P F O U N D AT I O N AD OLE SCE N T Research Report S L E E P N E E DS and Resource Guide AND PATTERNS P U B L I S HE D B Y T H E N AT IO N A L S L E E P F O U N D AT I O N w w w. s l e e p f o u n d a t i o n . o r g Table of Contents Preface ................................................................................................
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One way of dealing such problem is to educate the patients so that they can self mange their disease or conditions. It can only happen when they have knowledge about the disease they are suffering from.. In this essay, the client or the subject of study is a person suffering from type II diabetes. So what is diabetes education? It is all about assisting the client, their family and their care takers to gain knowledge about the disease, and empower them with skills and motivation power that will help
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Setting: Sampled public and private secondary schools in Nairobi. Participants: All the students in the selected secondary schools were included in the study. Results: Five thousand, three hundred and eleven(74. 1%) secondary school students were covered. There were 3658 boys and 1653 girls in the study. The mean age was 16.7 years SD ± 1.48. The study covered 3065(77.3%) and 2246 (70. 1%) of the public and private school students respectively. A total of 1709 (32.2%) were ever-smokers. The overall
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academic effects of internet usage of MFI 2nd year IT students. Chapter1 Introduction Background of the studies The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve several billion users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies
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