Academic Procrastination: A Percieved Notion Among Students BODY I. What is Academic Procrastination? Procrastination is behaviour of delaying a task that can be done earlier but chooses to do it last minute. This behaviour problem exists in almost every aspect in our daily lives‚ be it in academic‚ financial or even in health management. Ryan‚ M. (2007) stated that the habit of procrastination can reach such chronic levels that it can have negative effects on their lives. As discussed
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The mass media exert great persuasive effects on the thoughts and behaviors‚ by encouraging people into new lifestyle patterns‚ fashion‚ etc. Among all media‚ films play a major role in affecting the thinking pattern of the society (Evra‚ 1990). Films also referred to as motion pictures‚ involves projecting a series of images into the screen to create an illusion of motion. It is one of the most popular forms of entertainment‚ enabling people
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compared with just 46 percent in 2004 (Jupiter Research Survey‚ 2005). A research by Gardyn (2002) reported that University Students‚ a population 90 percent of which access the internet daily‚ spends about $200 billion a year in the buying power to the US market‚ with an average student’s available discretionary spending totalling to $287 each month. Due to the students’ purchasing power in the marketplace‚ it is critical for e-retailers and consumer behaviour marketers to fully understand the
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TITLE: DO COLLEGE STUDENT READ ENOUGH? “Today a reader‚ tomorrow a leader” said by Margaret Fuller (Anonymous‚ 2014) indicate how much important is reading that can make a college student achieve successful position during their studying period and career period. According to statistics by Dr. Abu Hassan Hasbullah‚ a lecturer who works in University Malaya in Mass Media Department‚ Malaysian graduates only reads four books throughout three years of their studying period which shows Malaysian students
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March 2008 Why Do College Students Cheat? Cheating among students in college has worsened over the years and not much is being done to stop it. Where is the line drawn when it comes to cheating in the classroom? And why do kids do it? In today’s world people are growing lazier and always looking for ways to do less work and a lot of that has to do with improved technology. Improved technology has also made cheating easier. Students can send each other e-mail’s back and
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Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations 2011 An Examination of Internet Pornography Usage Among Male Students at Evangelical Christian Colleges Paul Olaf Chelsen Loyola University Chicago Recommended Citation Chelsen‚ Paul Olaf‚ "An Examination of Internet Pornography Usage Among Male Students at Evangelical Christian Colleges" (2011). Dissertations. Paper 150. http://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/150 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access
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reality that can date back to years in your life that you must strain to remember. From show and tells to college term papers‚ education is one of the longest lasting and most defining events of your life. Education can be defined as the knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process. This knowledge‚ of course‚ is in the hands of a particular teacher to pass on to a group of students willing to learn. Whether it be an introductory art class or an advanced math course‚ it has been equally
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“College is Not a Waste” In Bird’s article‚ “College is a Waste of Time and Money”‚ she approaches the topic of higher education as‚ “a ticket to the big show”‚ rather than the continuation of education in a chosen career field culminated with the tools to hone oneself socially and professionally. Furthermore‚ it would seem that personal accountability counts for naught‚ as she assigns the blame to societal values that influence attendance of these learning institutions. Social values play
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Jeremy Johnson McMullen Thesis 10/17/13 NCAA vs. Student Athletes: A change to come Here we go again; a stand-out high school athletic star has a choice that will determine the rest of his life. This is what happened to Koby Clemens son of baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens. He intended to play baseball on full scholarship at the University of Texas a NCAA college baseball power house. After graduating high school he was drafted into the MLB‚ an eighth round pick by the team his
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Inc. DOI: 10.1002/pits.20473 THE EXPERIENCE OF BULLYING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CHRISTINA ATHANASIADES AND VASSILIKI DELIYANNI-KOUIMTZIS School of Psychology‚ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The present study was designed to qualitatively investigate secondary students’ interpretations and experiences of bullying (and victimization) in Greek schools‚ with a focus on gender similarities and differences. Overall‚ 95 students (50 boys and 45 girls)‚ 15 or 16 years old‚ participated
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