On February 2013‚ a survey was given out to the Social Work 411 class. The purpose of the survey was to determine how the lack of sleep affects a student’s academic performance. A series of questions were asked to determine the average amounts of sleep students get on a weekly bases‚ and if they encountered any difficulties sleeping. A total of 26 surveys were handed 25 were completed during this study. Of the individuals surveyed‚ 96 percent of participants are female‚ and (4) percent were male
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Gender Differences in Students’ Academic Performance Students with urban and suburban backgrounds consistently outperformed students from rural and small-town areas. Parental education levels correlated with academic success. Considering the background of the study’s female participants one could reasonably expect women to outperform men. However‚ in spite of the higher indicators of success possessed by women‚ this expectation was not fulfilled. Data and background predictions did not match up
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How Does Facebook Affect Students? Ziyad Sultan Middle Tennessee State University Abstract The purpose of this review is to observe the effect of Facebook on students. Facebook becomes an important part of everyday life for many people at any age. It keeps them connected to friends and family‚ but it also influences students in interesting ways. Although usage of Facebook has been blamed for everything from shorter attention spans to increase stress and obesity‚ in this review we found that
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advancement in the world of information technology and has become a useful instrument that has fostered the process of making the world a global village. It is the source of information that plays a significant role in the society especially among students. Based on the Merriam-Webster (2012)‚ Internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. It provides an environment in which millions of people participate and
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measure the true capacity and measure student performance. To get a good score on standardized tests‚ students just try to memorize all contents of what teachers told and taught them. By this process‚ students do not only try to understand deeply about the contents‚ but they also just memorize things whose notions that they do not know and comprehend well. This may cause students to forget the substances so easily. Moreover‚ in multiple-choice tests‚ students can guess if they don’t know answers of
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Analyzing LEP Students’ Academic Performance at Donna High School EDUL.6331.01 Analyzing LEP Students’ Academic Performance at Donna High School The current reality for public educational institutions in Texas is the new assessment tool used by the state‚ STAAR / EOC. The test has raised the bar in terms of what students need to be proficient in by the time they graduate from high school. With the change of assessment‚ there must come a change in the way instruction
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Syracuse University SUrface Child and Family Studies - Dissertations David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics 12-1-2011 E Effects of Internet Use on Academic Achievement and Behavioral Adjustment among South Korean Adolescents: Mediating and Moderating Roles of Parental Factors Soohyun Kim Syracuse University‚ skim67@syr.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://surface.syr.edu/cfs_etd Part of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Kim‚ Soohyun
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Correlates of Academic Procrastination and Mathematics Achievement of University Undergraduate Students Mojeed Kolawole Akinsola University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ BOTSWANA Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education; Ila-Orangun‚ NIGERIA Adeyinka Tella University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ BOTSWANA Received 3 November 2006; accepted 19 April 2007 Procrastination is now a common phenomenon among students particularly those at the higher level. And this is doing more harm to their academic achievement
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How Sleep Deprivation Affects Psychological Variables Related to College Students Cognitive Performance Jenny R. Downs Fall07‚ PSY 1513 41 General Psychology (MSVCC) (2575) Sleep deprivation is very common for college students. A pattern is usually developed with sleep deprivation peaking during the week and even more during exam periods. Performance levels are significantly lower during these periods even though the students beleived that their performance was better. Many studies have
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where you study and do homework. The manner with which you consistently use to study for school or college or even for next day lesson plans if you’re a teacher. Study Habit of every student is one of the most important factors that affect his or her understanding regarding a certain subject. It means‚ if a student possesses poor study habits‚ she has a greater chance of getting failing grades‚ if compare to a student’s who has a good study habit. But “habit” as it was defined from the Introduction
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