Introduction Student is the primary asset of any educational institutions. Schools, state universities, private universities and colleges are useless if there’s no student. If there are students but the performance of each student in school is low, it's useless. Students’ academic performance is very important in every aspect. It links on the social and economic development of the country. The Students’ Performance (academic achievement) plays an Important role in producing the best quality graduates
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----------------------- Matching Exercise 1 EDUCATION MATCH THE STATEMENTS WITH THE RESEARCHERS BELOW. THE RESERACHERS MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE, AND ALL ARE USED AT LEAST ONCE. |SCHOOL IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PARTICULARISM OF THE FAMILY AND THE UNIVERSALISM OF WIDER SOCIETY | | |PROVIDED IMPORTANT EVIDENCE OF THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY |
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School Context, Student Attitudes and Behavior, and Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Analysis Theresa M. Akey, Ph.D. January 2006 This paper was funded by the William T. Grant Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Principal funding for First Things First comes from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Additional support to supplement the core project comes from the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William
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part of The Denver Public School System (DPS), located at 5420 E. 1st Avenue, Denver Co, 80220, in the Hilltop neighborhood of Denver. According to Denver Office Affairs, the Hilltop area in 2013, annual median household income was $102, 913,00.00. Just under 34% of residents in this area were married couples have children that could attend Carson Elementary. Also, 95% of the Hilltop neighborhood is of the White racial background. Carson is considered a distinguished school, with a score of 81.43%
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theorists study face-to-face interactions where labelling occurs, looking at different ethnic differences in achievement. They focus on the range of labels that teachers will provide them with due to their different ethnic backgrounds. Their studies prove that teachers often see black and Asian pupils as far from being the ‘ideal pupil’. An example of this is that black pupils are often seen as a disruption to the class and the Asians as unreceptive. These negative labels may lead teachers to treat ethnic
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material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that working class children underachieve because they are culturally deprived. Do working class children underachieve because they are culturally deprived? Cultural deprivation is the notion that the underachievement of working class children in exams is a result of their home background and parent’s failure to socialize them into the skills and values required for educational success. The three aspects of cultural deprivation are: Intellectual
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| |E.Durkheim and T.Parsons |Passing on society’s culture: this then unites people together by giving them shared values (value consensus). | | |According to Durkheim schools are societies in miniature - he argues that the key role of education was to teach | | |children moral responsibilities in order to promote social solidarity. Education provides secondary socialisation. |
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For many years, educators and researchers have debated which school variables influence student achievement. As policy-makers became more involved in school reform, this suggestion takes on new importance since their many initiatives rely on presumed relationships between various education-related factors and learning outcomes. Some researches have suggested that “schools bring little influence to bear upon a child’s achievement test is independent of his background and general social context
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ISSN 2239-978X Journal of Educational and Social Research Vol. 3 (1) January 2013 Economic Status of Parents, a Determinant on Academic Performance of Senior Secondary Schools Students in Ibadan, Nigeria Osonwa, O.K1 Adejobi, A.O2 Iyam, M.A3 Osonwa, R.H4 Calabar. Doi: 10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n1p115
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GENDER ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Thesis Submitted to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the DEGREE OF MASTER OF HOME SCIENCE In HUMAN DEVELOPMENT By NUTHANAP.G. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COLLEGE OF RURAL HOME SCIENCE, DHARWAD UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD-580005 JULY,2007 ADVISORY COMMITTEE DHARWAD JULY,2007 (GANGA YENAGI) MAJOR ADVISOR Approved by: Chairman:_______________________
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