An investigation on how the mode of transport affect study, leisure, social activities, and academic performance of undergraduate students Abstract This study seeks to investigate how mode of transport influences the activities of undergraduate students, and whether it impacts their academic performance. The activity patterns of 50 KPTM students are analysed. The respondent profile indicates that slightly more than half are females; between 21-24 years old; and currently pursuing their bachleor
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The Changing Mathematics Curriculum: An Annotated Bibliography Third Edition April 2005 1 2 The K–12 Mathematics Curriculum Center The K–12 Mathematics Curriculum Center (K–12 MCC) supports school districts as they build effective mathematics education programs using curricula that align with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) and Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000). The K–12 MCC
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rejection can be performed by either an individual or group of people, and it can be active or passive in nature. Since 1990’s, when a whole slew of school shooting began to occur across the United States, there have been numerous studies, centred around social rejection. These studies have shown that this type of rejection can lead to variety of negative psychological effects on the sufferer, including aggression and withdrawal. Humans are social creatures, by nature, and rejection is always emotionally
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Winningham’s Critical Thinking Cases in Nursing: Case Study 20: “Obstructive Sleep Apnea” Directions: * Answer the following questions and statements. * Each question is assigned a point value. * Submit the completed worksheet to the Dropbox no later than Day 7 of Unit 3. * Your instructor will post the grade for this Assignment in the Gradebook no later than Day 7 of Unit 4. Scenario: S.R. is a 69-year-old man who presents to the clinic because his “wife complains that
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traditional choices.1 Children who eat cereal regularly tend to have lower BMIs.*** Studies have shown that the consumption of cereal for breakfast is associated with lower BMI in children, a relationship that holds regardless of the amount of sugar in the cereal.2, 3 Fewer than 4 servings in 14 days 4 to 7 servings in 14 days More than 7 servings in 14 days Percent overweight age 4-6 48% 35% 26% Percent overweight age 7-9 50% 38% 16% Good mornings begin here. The latest science on breakfast cereals
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Nudging students by means of information; reminders and social norms Final assignment Behavioral Economics Tessa Kimmel 10666214 Introduction At university students experience a lot of freedom as the majority of classes is facultative. This means students have a choice to attend the class or not. But people, and thus students as well, sometimes fail to do a good job at making choices because of self-control problems (Thaler and Sunstein, 2003). For example; they invest too little effort in
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Johnathon Henderson HSSU 300 Section 06 Final Project Portfolio 1. This is the list of my other courses and the grades that I expect to receive. Course Title Expected Grade BSAD 0225 |Business Diversity and Ethics | B+ BSAD 0400 |Business Government Relations | B MRKT 0370|Retail Management | A POSC 0200 |American Government Survey | A MIS 305 |Business Application of Software
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question addressed in past literature. The majority of the research focused on the relationship between the Big Five trait domains and academic achievement i.e., academic satisfaction and course change intention (O’Connor, & Paunonen, 2007). Studies consistently found that personality, specifically conscientiousness predicted academic performance (Noftle, & Robins, 2007). In contrast, little research had been done to specifically explore the relationship between academic performance and fit
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affected and profits suffer. Research indicates that we hear only 25 percent of what is said and, after two months, remember only one-half of that. This has not always been the case. In first grade we heard 90 percent of what was said, in second grade 80 percent, in seventh grade 43 percent, and by ninth grade only 25 percent. It is imperative that we strive to improve our listening skills. When having difficulty understanding a document that we're reading, we can reread it for clarification. However
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of the other side, their parents are left with great distress if their children do not perform well. But, judgments of the students’ academic performance can’t be measured hundred percent for there are multiple factors that arise when it comes to studies. These facets need or should be considered for a better understanding of the students’ performances in school. Researchers have found out that determinant “of learners’ performance has been the subject of ongoing debate among educators, academic
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