professional connections. In addition to the above statement Ellision et al (2007) & Lampe et al (2008) also stated that social networking websites may enable collaborative sense making among students as it is used by majority of students. A number of studies have found relationship between social media and student commitment in higher education including King & Robinson Impact of Social…. Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 5 No. 2 Shahzad Khan 65 (2009) who found
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andreward their employees, many of whom are volunteers, without having access to large funds touse as reward. This is why these leaders must possess an expertise in skills such as inspiring andmotivating their followers. Also, because nonprofits tend to have fewer resources, leaders arechallenged by learning how to utilize effective leadership skills which requires them toencourage empowerment, decide on the best use of all available resources, and encourage participation from all to come up with innovative
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Perceived Effects of Online Games to the Academic Performances among Students under the College of Business Administration Education at University of Mindanao (UM) Leynard Bangkulit Romeo Dimiao Russel Anthony Junsay Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In 1958, the world’s first world computer game, a rudimentary two-player tennis game, was created to entertain visitors on the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Since then, the computer/video game industry has become one
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civilization (Pervaiz et al., 1994). The traditional goal of education is transmission of the culture, the preservation of the past and the present and the development of intellect (Farooq, 1994). Education should help in improving the capabilities and skills of the students and introduce new ideas and values among them (Khalid, 1983). Education is the process through which knowledge is transmitted from one individual or section of society to another individual or section. The teacher is the most important
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law that gives the parents an opportunity to choose schools in which they want their children to be admitted. Thereby, rational that was followed while designing this law was that all children and students within schools would achieve their full academic potential because of improved programs provided in these schools under “No Child Left Behind” act (Amrein-Beardsley, 2009, p.2). This law is based on standards based education reforms, which states that if higher standards are set in schools along
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THE EFFECTS OF computer games on the academic performance Introduction The term computer game is in sharp competition with video games, console games, and arcade games. Video games and console games usually mean gamesconnected to a TV, whereas arcade games means games placed in public spaces.Computer games on the other hand, are occasionally used to mean games played on apersonal computer. However, since all of these areas have been developed inclose parallel and because all of these games are
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failure" (p. 67). The Impact of Culture An examination of school culture is important because, as Goodlad's study (1984) points out, "alike as schools may be in many ways, each school has an ambience (or culture) of its own and, further, its ambience may suggest to the careful observer useful approaches to making it a better school" (p. 81). Krueger and Parish (1982), in their study of five districts implementing and then discontinuing programs, postulate that the key to program implementation
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Development (SCT), some of it previously unpublished, is reviewed. The substantive component is substantiated both by intuitive plausibility and by the fact that rating skill can be communicated through written instructions. Internal consistency is shown by alpha coefficients of about .85. Evidence for sequentiality is provided by studies showing cross-sectional gains with age during adolescence, similar profiles of item scores for adjacent total protocol ratings, substantial correlations over long time
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learning strategies, plan their learning, and monitor the effectiveness of these strategies. Nonetheless, many younger students may not yet have this skill. Thus, teachers must help direct students’ learning. It is the awareness of cognitive resources individuals can apply to meet the demands of particular tasks but also their understanding of knowledge and skill about how to control engagement in tasks to enhance education progressions and results (Winne & Perry, 2000). Researchers share a common agreement
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Student’s Academic Achievement and Learning Outcomes in Mathematics among Secondary School Students in Nigeria Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education, Osun State, NIGERIA Received 10 January 2007; accepted 19 April 2007 In our match towards scientific and technological advancement, we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort to achieve this, this study investigated the impact of motivation on students’ school academic achievement in mathematics
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