often strong enough to find a different peer group that will be more positive. Michelle Borba‚ (2012)‚ shared‚ “Pals play an enormous part of our kids’ self-esteem‚ and research also reveals that who our kids support can affect their study habits and their overall academic success. The truth of the matter is that peer pressure can have both positive and negative consequences on a child’s education. If your child chooses friends who believe that education is important‚ chances are he/she will adopt
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by West Virginia to Improve Education Bits & Bytes Online Games Tapped by West Virginia to Improve Education Students love to play computer games‚ and the West Virginia Department of Education is tapping into that love through a website called Learn21. The site offers all kinds of games that help students in every grade level brush up on their studies. Fifth grade students in Dottie Pownall’s classroom at Orchard View Elementary in Martinsburg have played Probability Pond‚ a math game offered
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EFFECTS OF HAVING A BROKEN FAMILY ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE 4TH YEAR STUDENTS OF OUR LADY OF PEACE SCHOOL FOR THE S.Y. 2012-2013 ____________________ A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of High School Department Our Lady of Peace School Antipolo City ___________________ In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for English Elective ___________________ by MARELLA KATE B. NATIVIDAD IV - St. Catherine of Siena JANUARY 2013 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM The family is
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learning Stress‚ particularly family related stress can have an impact on a student’s academic performance. College students have many obstacles to overcome in order to achieve their finest academic performance. Different stressors such as time management‚ financial problems‚ sleep deprivation; social activities can all pose their own threat to a student’s academic performance. The way that academic performance is measured is through the ordinal scale of general weighted average (GWA). A student’s
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by academic performance. Over the years‚ the importance of students doing well in school has become the common concern of parent‚ legislators‚ teachers‚ counselors and psychologist. According to Bell (2002)‚ parents devote a lot of resources to their children ’s education because they believe that good academic performance will provide a stable future for them. Also‚ Wilkins (2001) opined that many educational authorities have sought to find out reasons for the downward trend in the academic performance
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AFFECTING STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE There are various factors that can influence a student in their academic performance whether it is negative or positive Parent’s Motivation should be there to teach their children to appreciate their hard work and guide them as they move along. A student must learn to devote their time and effort and exercise diligence and patience while studying; parents and their family has a very strong influence that affects heavily their performance. The children’s
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How College Student Motivate Their self in Academic Submitted by: Villar‚ Marie Angelica L. BSTM-NT 3-0 April 26‚ 2012 I. INTRODUCTION Motivation is the combination of desire‚ values‚ and beliefs that drives you to take action. These three motivating factors are at the root of why people act the way they do. Because they ultimately control values‚ beliefs‚ and desires‚ it can influence motivations. This means‚ if you consider something important and assign value to it‚ you are more
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| EFFECTS OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE MATTHEW E. KOPFLER DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY LOYOLA UNIVERSITY Sponsored by: MUKUL BHALLA (bhalla@loyno.edu) [pic] ABSTRACT This study was conducted to discover whether or not there is an association between academic performance and involvement in a romantic relationship amongst undergraduate college students. The variables looked at were dating status (single or involved)‚ level of involvement
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simpler with proper time management. The tracking of academic performance fulfills a number of purposes. Areas of achievement and failure in a student’s academic career need to be evaluated in order to foster improvement and make full use of the learning process. Results provide a framework for talking about how students fare in school‚ and a constant standard to which all students are held. Performance results also allow students to be ranked and sorted on a scale that is numerically obvious
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Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Academic Performance Name Instructor Introduction Problem statement America today faces an issue of epic proportion that is critically essential. An issue that continues to affect her economy‚ challenge her highest ideals as well as reducing the competitiveness of her workforce‚ an issue that is deeply rooted her history‚ her society as well as her culture. The issue in question here is education inequality. This project explores the belief that
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