the academic sector‚ people in the pedagogical field procrastinate in pursuing their graduate studies and students procrastinate in every possible way from doing their assignments to completing their on-the-job training. The researchers have been motivated by the above scenario to undertake a study on academic procrastination among Hotel and Restaurant Management students of the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD-Las Pinas)‚ the causes of their procrastination and the effects on their
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measured by the student’s academic performance or how well a student meets standards set by the local government and the institution itself.[1] As career competitions grow even fiercer‚ the importance of students – specifically graduating students – doing well in their studies has caught the attention of parents‚ legislators and educational departments.[2] A good academic performance‚ however‚ is not the only determinant of triumph in the working world. Non-academic factors also matter. The aptitude
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1.0 Introduction Banking reforms have been an on going phenomenon around the world right from the 1980s‚ but it is more intensified in recent time because of the impact of globalisation which is precipitated by continuous integration of the world market and economies. Banking reforms involve several elements that are unique to each country based on historical‚ economic and institutional imperatives. In Nigeria‚ the reforms in the banking sector preceded against the backdrop of banking crisis
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Journal of Youth and Adolescence‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 3‚ 1997 Expectations Regarding DevelopmentDringt Adolescence: Parental and Adolescen Perceptions Maja Dekovic‚1 Marc J. Noom‚2 and Wim Meeus3 Received August 20‚ 1995; accepted August 26‚ 1996 The aims of this study were (1) to compare the age-related expectations of parents and adolescents concerning the timing of achievement in a number of developmental tasks‚ (2) to examine whether personal characteristics of the adolescent affect developmental
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The effect of teacher interpersonal behaviour on students’ subject-specific motivation Perry den Brok‚ IVLOS Institute of Education‚ Utrecht University Jack Levy‚ Graduate School of Education‚ George Mason University Mieke Brekelmans‚ IVLOS Institute of Education‚ Utrecht University Theo Wubbels‚ Institute of Educational Sciences‚ Utrecht University Re-submitted to: Journal of Classroom Interaction January 2006 Corresponding author: Dr. P. J. den Brok IVLOS Institute of Education Utrecht University
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Practices: Mobile text-messaging among Hong Kong College Students Angel Lin Faculty of Education‚ Chinese University of Hong Kong Mobile text messaging—variously known as SMS (short message service)‚ text messaging‚ mobile e-mail‚ or texting—has become a common means of keeping in constant touch‚ especially among young people‚ in many parts of the world today. The research literature abounds with studies on the social‚ cultural‚ and communicative aspects of mobile text messaging in different sociocultural
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part of the market economy. The identification of factors that determine new venture performance such as survival‚ growth or profitability has been one of the most central fields of entrepreneurship research (Sarasvathy‚ 2004). A multitude of research papers has focused on exploring various variables and their impact on performance (Bamford et al.‚ 2004). However‚ in order to be able to analyze and model the performance of new ventures and SMEs‚ the complexity and dynamism they are facing as well as
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Dr Yahya Hassan Bajwa (Baden‚ Switzerland)1: The Pakistani School Textbooks Project I. Foreword Pakistan is a country where religion – here Islam – plays an imminent role. More then 98% of its population belong to one of the Sunnite or Shia sects. 2 Important to know is also that more then 60% of its population is illiterate. Also out of the Mullahs‚ the religious leaders‚ many are not able to read or write! They just now a little of the Holy Qur’an by hearth and that is enough to play an important
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ASSIGNMENT: ABRIDGED PROPOSAL RESEARCH TOPIC: AUDITING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS IN NIGERIA NAME: IJASANMI PHILIP TIMILEYIN COURSE TITLE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSE CODE: MBA 632 LECTURER: PROF. ADETAYO DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE IFE ‚ OSUN STATE. OCTOBER 2012 Proposal table of content 1.1 Background to the study 1.2 State of the problem 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Objective of the study 1.5 Hypothesis
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INTRODUCTION Rationale It is true that some of us get more forgetful as we age. It may take longer to learn new things‚ remember certain words‚ or find our glasses. These changes are often signs of forgetfulness. Brain scientists believe that the effects of normal aging on memory may result from the subtly changing environment within the brain. With aging‚ the brain seems to lose cells in areas that produce important neurotransmitters‚ upsetting the brain’s delicate balance of these chemical messengers
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