race or cultural background” (Garrett‚ 2001). On typical late November nights on university of Ghana campus‚ one would find students at various places even in awkward positions cramming obligated to catch up on studies for papers due in December. This is because deadlines and due dates are non-existent for students until the night before their papers. They engage in student activism‚ sports‚ partying and overall good times which lack libraries and study sessions which expel more excitement than the
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The Correlation of the Academic Performance of the Senior Students and the Use of Internet as a Form of Entertainment Chapter I The Problem and Its Scope Background of the Study Now‚ almost three decades on from the internet’s first inception‚ the World Wide Web has become a mandatory entertainment sourcing tool. Having been involved with the internet since its infancy‚ Splash (which is older than Google) had the good fortune to observe the web evolve‚ to the point that there is now a
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The Effects of Internet Usage to the Academic Performance of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University BSBA College Students A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Education Notre Dame of Dadiangas University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English 21 Group 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to extend their utmost gratitude to the people who supported the completion of the study. The study would not be possible if it was not for the following
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to the Academic Performance of Students in the Statistics Course in Psychology ` ´ JOAN GUARDIA∗ ‚ MONTSERRAT FREIXA‚ MARIBEL PERO‚ JAUME TURBANY‚ ANTONIO COSCULLUELA‚ MAITE BARRIOS ` and XAVIER RIFA Dept. de Metodologia de les Ci` ncies del Comportament‚ Facultat de Psicologia‚ Divisi´ de e o Ci` ncies de la Salut (IV)‚ Universitat de Barcelona‚ Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron‚ 171‚ 08035 e Barcelona‚ Spain Abstract. Many studies have examined the factors that influence academic performance
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study was conducted to discover whether or not there is an association between academic performance and involvement in a romantic relationship amongst high school students. The variables looked at were dating status (single or involved)‚ level of involvement in the relationship‚ and grade point average. Variables were calculated on a survey measuring relationship and school satisfaction. Seventy-five high school students studying in St. Joseph College were surveyed. Approximately fifty-one percent
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Effect of Student Government to Academics The idea of putting leadership related organizations in every high school has establish a great array of opportunity for young and aspiring students to become a good leader of their generation. Supreme Student Government is now a popular institution that later on became a great part of student’s academics. Being part of the said organization‚ it was an absolute opportunity
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DOTA ADDICTION - FACTOR AFFECTING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN STI EDUCATION SERVICES GROUP INC. 2nd SEMESTER SY 2012-2013 A Research Paper Presented to the General Education STI Education Services Group Inc. Cagayan de Oro City In Partial Fulfillment Of the requirements for the Communication Arts II Juila Hanah Z. Bayson Raschel M. Dais March 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We‚ the researchers‚ would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the particular individuals and
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“Effects of computer usage to the academic performance of students” Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE The scope of Computer effects derives a wide scope of related literature that is worth mentioning. In this regard‚ this literature review concerning the effects of computer usage to the academic performance of students‚ will address the following areas relevant to this study: History of the Computer; Importance of Computers‚ Negative Effects of Gaming; Computer Crime; Computer Use
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Reasons may vary on why most students have poor academic performance. Is it because of biceps such as smoking‚ drinking alcohol or even taking unnecessary drugs or is it because of peers? Peers which forces or influences you on how you are going to react and participate on class discussions or participations. Other reason could be: that particular student is a working student that instead of focusing only on his/her studies he/she would also make time and effort on his/her job duty. With this
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National Study‚” CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study The youth of today no longer seem to spend their leisure activities like in the olden days; outdoor games or playing with toys‚ instead‚ they spend their free time in their homes‚ internet cafés or computer shops simply to satisfy their hunger; and that hunger is Online Gaming. Online gaming has such a profound impact on not only the young‚ but dynamically every age group as well. So far‚ virtually anyone is able to go on a computer
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