1. Background Academic performance is the priority to students as well as the teachers in any school system. Some of the socio-cultural factors which affect the students achievement are parents’ educational status (M. Khata‚et al. 2011). Parent educational status is used as an indicator of Socio Economic Status (SES) to reflect the potential for social and economic resources such as household incomes that are available to students because it tends to remain the same over time ( Sirin 2005). Moreover
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A STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS OF SEKOLAH MENENGAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN PEI YUAN‚ KAMPAR YONG SHU QIN A RESEARCH PAPER SUBNITTED IN PARTIAL FUOFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY OF ART AND SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN MARCH 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express gratitude for the coaching‚ guidance and input from several special individual. Firstly‚ I would like to thank Ms. Low Sew Kim‚ my supervisor
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HEADS AND STUDENTS OF SECONDARY ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT OF SINDHURG‚ MAHARASTRA‚ TOWARDS SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES ABSTRACT The present study title‚ “A Study on the Opinion of Heads and Students of Secondary English Medium Schools of the District of Sindhudurg‚ Maharashtra towards School Assemblies‚” is a descriptive survey study. Here the investigator has tried to find out the Opinions of the Heads and Students of Secondary English Medium Schools towards their School Assemblies
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CHARECTERISTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KENYA’S CONTEXT Introduction Contrary to earlier research that argued that schools do not have any effect on students’ behaviour (Coleman‚ Campbell‚ Hobson‚ Mcpartland‚ Mood‚ Weinfield & York‚ 1966)‚ there is currently a growing acceptance that schools have a significant impact (Reynold & Creemer‚ Firestone‚ 1991). School effectiveness (SE) concern is that schools do have major effects upon children development. This is reflected by
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School shootings are a topic of much fascination in the U.S. They invoke such attention in the media circus of ’why’s’ and ’what’s’ that there’s often little time to even mourn for the victims. Perhaps it’s the immense shock that comes from the idea of our youth shooting up their peers indiscriminately‚ but it is a fair question nonetheless. What causes school shootings? Well‚ a variety of things. But the discussions that follow are often along the lines of: "did they play too many violent video
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Students and School Uniforms The implication of school uniforms on the public school system would make a dramatic positive change for the students now and in the future. Currently the public school system allows casual dress code attire throughout the United States. Differing from private school institutions‚ where uniforms are mandatory. School uniforms are beneficial to the students and to the parents of these students. Secondly‚ uniforms provide structure and unity within the schools
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Alfonso Orozco Owen Rafferty Pre Degree III 4 September 2014 Alcohol Consumption among International Students INTROUDUCTION Norms are not the same for every culture‚ the legal drinking age differs creating a gap between the number of adults and youth who consume alcohol. Also‚ in some countries people drink very often for different reasons such as celebrations‚ in order to gain confidence‚ and also to get rid of stress‚ or just because they like its flavor. Moreover‚ some religions don’t
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Culture Shock among International Students by Lyuba Makarova Group A-52 Instructor Olga Chuprakova 1 October 2013 Makarova i Culture Shock among International Students I. Introduction II. Culture Shock 1. Definition 2. Stages 3. Main aspects III. Culture Shock among international students 1. Reasons for fast overcoming Culture Shock 2. Different extent of effects of Culture Shock 3. International students are well-prepared for Culture Shock IV. Conclusion
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Career Preferences of Senior High School Student An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Asian Computer College-Mayapa In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Fourth Year Students Presented By: Aizel Hernandez Benpar Lo Reyes Jhose Mariz De Roca January 2012 APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Technical Writing‚ this thesis entitled “ Factors Affecting Career Preferences of Senior High School Student” has been prepared by Aizel Hernandez
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Catholic School Students Kyle Dorosz Composition 160 Professor C. Smith March 31‚ 2011 Abstract I went out to find what students thought about a catholic education. I wanted to see how students thought a catholic education compared to other educations. I went out and interview multiple people who had some sort of catholic education background. Some were catholic students their whole life and some had transferred between catholic schools and public schools. From the interview I had a lot
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