Social Networking Sites on the Academic Performance of Students in College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Oman. Saba Mehmood Faculty, Department of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Tarang Taswir Faculty, Depsartment of Communication Studies, Nizwa College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, P.O.Box: 699 --Nizwa PC: 611, Sultanate of Oman. Abstract The research investigates pedagogical
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How to stimulate Middle School Students’ oral English Interest Abstract With the opening-up of China, English teaching has been getting more and more attention, especially since Beijing won the bid to hold the 2008 Olympic Games，the economy and society developed quickly in China and different cultures have come into contact more and more, there is no denying that English will play an important role in communication. As a result, English teaching and reform are coming to a turning point
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out what their particular learning style is would be to take the VARK questionnaire for learning styles. The most common learning style is the multimodal, but the learner can switch from one type of learning style to another depending on what the subject is being learned and or their mood, Fleming (2011). After taking the VARK questionnaire, Multimodal learning styles was assessed as the learning style of choice. The multimodal learning environments allow instructional elements to be presented
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ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AND STUDY SKILLS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, CENTRAL MINDANO UNIVERSITY PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE Danica Faye M. Quinco Bachelor of Arts in Psychology September 2013 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Motivation is the force that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. It is what causes us to take action, whether
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL A STUDY ON THE IMPACT AND ADDICTION BY USING THE TECH-GADGETS BY THE STUDENTS TO THEIR LEARNING PROCESS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SHAHPUTRA: A STUDY ON COLLEGE STUDENTS CHAPTER I Introduction 1.0 Background of the Study The term technology comes from the Greek word “techne”, which means the art or skill used in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input/output relation or perform a specific function; technology is
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Christopher Barefoot Mrs. Stein English 111.4402 20 September 2013 The Internet Brain Have you ever read a chapter in a book just to get to the end and realize you have no idea what you just read? Maybe after reading the first couple of paragraphs of an interesting article, it becomes too much of a struggle to concentrate and finish the whole thing. The rest of the article is skimmed in an effort to find the main points and achieve that instant gratification. These are not unusual occurrences
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION It is a well-known fact that an ‘Education Policy’ sets the vision and strategy for educational development, mobilizing support and cooperation for implementing the vision and strategy from a wide range of constituencies. In Zambia, several education Policies have been developed over time to provide a vision and strategies in the education provision. Major among these policies include the Education Policy Reforms of 1977, Focus on Learning of 1992 and the Educating
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subjective yardstick of the evaluator or assessor. For example, a 70% performance of senior secondary 3; students in junior secondary English language examination is by all standard a very good performance. The concept of poor academic performance is very relative and this depends on so many intervening variables. II. Background of the Study The purpose of this study is to answer the queries concerning the
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VARK Learning Style Analysis Learning is a never ending process. Each individual learns throughout his/her life. There is always something new to learn on each step of life. There is always something new to learn on each step of life. From birth to death everyone has to deal with something new. Aging plays an important role in learning as children. Young adults learn faster than elderly adults. Every person has a different
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and learning strategies, Neil Fleming and Charles Bonwell developed this book on website which will help students to understand the strategies they should use for learning. (Fleming, 2002, p. 1) The individual can compare and change the way of study habits by checking the preferred learning strategies with this model. Multimodal Learning Style The most commonly used method of learning is the multimodal style of learning. According to Fleming, one third of questionnaire scores are combined of all
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