a vehicle for students to create and maintain social ties that were relevant to the university experience [6]. Today‚ Face book has become the SNS of choice for high school and college students. Within the college community it is difficult to find a student who is not on Face book. Ellison et al.‚ report that in 2007‚ as many as 94 percent of undergraduate students in the United States were Face book users [6]. Not only does social media have wide spread use among college students‚ the amount of
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254 3577General Line 254 3383 E-mail: arusha.centre@jkuat.ac.ke Website: www.jkuat.ac.ke A Research on; “ The Impact of ICT on Students’ Performance” ‘CASE STUDY ; JOMOKENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY’ COURSE : DBITY2 COURSE NAME: RESEARCH PROJECT/REPORT COURSE CODE: HCT 0222. FACILITATOT: SHARIPHA MBAGA; STUDENT NAME: FURAHA B SONGA TABLE OF CONTENT PAGES
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America‚ the teaching competencies of under- certified school teachers were compared to the teaching competencies of regularly certified school teachers. Results indicate that the student’s academic performance of under-certified teachers did not perform significantly well compared with the student’s academic performance of the certified teachers. According to the professional standards of teaching profession in Quezon City‚ the teacher competence was set for the professional guideline‚ consists of nine
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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OWERRI P.M.B 1526. DEPARTMENT OF POLYMER AND TEXTILE ENGINEERING THE CRISIS IN THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR AND THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA STUDENTS. A TERM PAPER OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE: ENG 313: ENGINEERING WRITING AND PRESENTATION WRITTEN BY: ANIAGBAOSO IKENNA KINGSLEY REG NO: 20101728843 SUBMITTED TO: DR. R.C. IHEJIRIKA MARCH‚ 2013. DEDICATION I dedicate this work to His Excellency president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan‚ under whose regime this work
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Introduction Man is a social being who derives satisfaction from belonging to a group‚ it creates a feeling of general well-being in individual. Students cluster together inside the campus this informal group is regarded as “peer groups”. Peer influence on behavior gradually becomes more dominant. Harris (1998‚ 2002) and Rowe (1994) maintained that peer groups have an even stronger influence than that of parents‚ although that extreme position has been refuted by other researchers (Berk‚ 2005).
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Any circumstances that may have affected your academic performance in high school (e.g.‚ family‚ work‚ personal‚ economic) may be included below. (Maximum 4‚000 characters.) Circumstances that have affected my academic performance in high school are the English language and cultural differences. Although I acquired U.S. citizenship‚ I didn’t know how to speak English; I could only say “How are you?” Also American culture shook up my values. In august 2009‚ I had my first international trip from
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DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Jigme Singye ‚ Rattu School of Social Science‚ Sherubtse College‚ Kanglung‚ Bhutan jpyangchen@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper intends to study the demographic and socio-economic factors associated with the academic performance of students in Sherubtse College. Pri- mary data was collected through a structured ques- tionnaire through multi-sampling procedures and sec- ondary data obtained from exam cell for the
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13/10/2012 The Causes and Effects of Academic Cheating Cheating has been an issue for years in academic settings‚ whether in the primary grades‚ high school or college. However‚ definition of cheating remains unclear. It is so widespread and it overlaps with so many academic activities that it does not have a specific‚ clear‚ uniform policy on what constitutes academic dishonesty. Parental pressure can also lead to cheating. According to Professor
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INTRODUCTION Many undergraduate students considered working as one of their fundamental responsibility. Most of them strive to meet multiple and simultaneous demands of school roles‚ work‚ and as a member of the family. Thus‚ managing work and academics is one of the most challenging and difficult role of a working student. Initially‚ it may seem easy for them to study and work at the same time but as time goes by‚ it becomes harder for them to handle both schedules that often create high levels
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Background Study of the Effect of Study Habit on the Academic Performances of 3rd Year H.S Students S.Y 2012 - 2013 Study habit is a technique or a strategy used every time a person is studying. Some students would have the same study habit or may have a different one. It depends on whether a specific study habit is effective for them. The stress on good study habits will undoubtedly improved the students’ level of performance. Study habits are important on the part of the students so that it can make
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