Effects of Computer Use on High School Students’ Sense of Community MERVYN J. WIGHTING Regent University‚ Virginia ABSTRACT The author used a mixed-method design to determine whether and how use of computers in the classroom affects sense of learning in a community among high school students (N = 181). The results indicate that using computers in the classroom positively affects students’ sense of learning in a community. Analyses revealed that students believed that connectedness with their
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more efficiency. Games also‚ from being just an ordinary one-set game or a video game with the use of joysticks now had evolved into a modernize online games‚ which links players from across the world together in the same type of game. The popular term‚ online‚ was originally called the Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG or MMO). MMOG is capable of supporting hundreds or even thousands of players simultaneously‚ and is played with the internet. Typically‚ this type of game is played in a giant
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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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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the study The concept of time is self-evident. An hour consists of a certain number of minutes‚ a day of hours and a year of days. But we rarely think about the fundamental nature of time. Time is the most important thing in this world. As the old saying goes “Time and tide never waits for someone". We can’t stop time if we could stop time‚ we’d be able to stop anything in this world. We should know how important time is and care for every
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN ENHANCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY‚ SOKOTO BY IBRAHIM AMINU‚ MBA TRAINING‚ RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY NETWORK (UDUNet) SOKOTO ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of ICT in motivating academic performance with special reference to the academic staff of Usmanu Danfodiyo University‚ Sokoto. A cross-section survey design was adopted in the study to enable
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Running Head: Effects of College Life on Students 1 Effects of College Life on Students Jeremy Hammock English 102 Nevada State College-related Running Head: Effects of College Life on Students 2 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to give an explanatory synthesis to the 2007 article “
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difficulties‚ loneliness and depression are much more common among college students than their peers who are not in college. Specifically‚ adjustment difficulties arise from unresolved family problems‚ the differences between the expectations and the realities of college‚ academic deficiencies‚ financial difficulties‚ and the lack of developing sufficient social support in the campus. When adjustment difficulties arise‚ many college students try to resolve such problems through unwise and sinful behaviors
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From the time computer games made their way into family homes‚ parents have wondered if violent video games may negatively affect children and teenagers. Today‚ parents still worry about the effects of violent computer games and of course it also remains a popular topic for the media. However‚ with a growing number of children and teens spending excessive time playing computer games‚ perhaps parents should be more worried about teenagers addicted to computer games than the effects of violent video
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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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“THE EFFECT OF STUDY HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FRESHMEN EDUCATION STUDENTS IN XAVIER UNIVERSITY‚ CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY‚ SCHOOL YEAR 2008-2009” A research proposal Presented to: Dr. Amphie V. Dinagsao In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements for the Subject Educ 51 & 52 Educational Research By Bagongon‚ Christian K & Edpalina‚ Connie Ryan April 25‚ 2009 Table of Contents Chapter
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