Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction Nutritional status is a measurement of how well the nutrients in your diet are meeting the physiologic needs of your body. Health care professionals like registered dietitians, nurse and physicians are trained to review and assess many different parameters to assess a persons nutritional status. They do this through the use of medical tests and other tools that provide dietary information
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Conflicts among inhabitants of a community is inevitable and the necessity of establishing a formal institution such as trial courts or courts of justice, to address conflict resolution is indispensible. The establishment of this formal institutions is based on the social contract theory wherein the government is duty bound to maintain order in a community and to protect and enforce the fundamental rights of its inhabitants in exchange for the
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daily habit and lifestyle. In this study, STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This study was undertaken to find out the factors that affects the academic performance of freshmen students from the College of Business, Polytechnic University of the Philippines of SY 2012-2013 Specifically, this study sought answers to the following research questions: 1. What are the personal backgrounds of the respondents? 1.1 Class of their family and the capacity to provide financial assistance to their study. 1
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Broken Families CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In the Philippines, Family is defined as the small unit of society where students got their first learning about the world before they engage themselves in the real scenarios of life. It is believed that parents are the first advisers of their kids who will teach them everything about all aspects of life including education. Filipinos nurture the value of family and their importance to one’s life. Filipinos are well-known of having close family ties that
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social networking sites (SNSs), they have quickly become a persuasive way for people to connect and interact online all over the world. The creation of social networking sites is a phenomenal technological evolution in the world Web applications. The study of Jabr (2011) found that SNSs are making tremendous effect nearly in every aspects of life. In fact, it had shifted as tool for extending academic learning and communications, SNSs are web-based application that allows individuals to create profile
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Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background This chapter is the preface about our problem, the relationship between extent of computer technology usage and study habit of students from Rogationist College and the its background. Introduction Nowadays, technology became an inseparable part of our lives. It now rules the life of an average student and in the field of education in any corner of the world. It has taken over the field of education. Its influence has been taken across the world in
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Audacious Katipunan Traffic by Alexandra Fandino So far, college in Ateneo has been a huge adjustment for me, from eating and study habits to travel time and means of transportation. For 11 years, the travel time from my house to school was always under 5 minutes and the only traffic I knew was the 20 minute maximum traffic that went on right outside my village. Before June 2013, I was the South girl from Alabang, unaccustomed to long car rides just to get to school. After four months of traveling
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the suspension of class because of typhoons just like last year, about 25 typhoons, including the Nov. 9 super typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines and also to copy the academic calendar of most countries in order to attract foreign students to study in the Philippines and assist the enrollment abroad of Filipino students and teachers. This will also allow Philippines a greater synchronization with the ASEAN, Northeast Asian and American and European universities since a lot of training programs and
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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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Effects of Study Habits in Academic Performances CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The extent of student’s learning in academics may be determined by the grades that a student earns for a period of learning has been done. It is believed that a grade is a primary factor that indicates of such learning. If a student earns high grades it is concluded that they may also have learned a lot while low grades indicate lesser learning. However, many experiences and studies found out
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