program in schools. Basically‚ counseling is about giving the students advice on how to face with emotional crisis and personal issues in school as well as in their daily routine. Apart from that‚ there are also career guidance sessions where students are advised in choosing their path in the future. According to our recent research about students’ interest in counseling program‚ majority of the students agreed with the idea of the establishment of the counseling program in their school. We have conducted
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PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION IN THE 21st CENTURY Volume 6‚ 2008 71 FACTORS INFLUENCINg READINg LITERACy AT THE PRImARy SCHOOL LEVEL andrejs Geske‚ antra ozola University of Latvia‚ Riga‚ Latvia E-mail: andrejs.geske@lu.lv‚ antra.ozola@lu.lv abstract The objective of this paper is to find out the reasons behind the low level of reading literacy among primary school students. The data from IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) Progress in International Reading Literacy
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Economy Affects Students’ Academic Performance as Well as Spending Decisions Some forgo buying books‚ survey finds; many seniors‚ especially in minority groups‚ chose majors based on job prospects By Libby Sander Like many Americans caught up in the economic downturn‚ college students are worried about money. Now research indicates that financial worries may affect their academic performance. This year’s National Survey of Student Engagement‚ released on Thursday‚ reveals that more than a third
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review of related literature pertaining to variables under study‚ namely academic achievement‚ parental encouragement‚ achievement motivation and intelligence is presented here under. 2.1 STUDIES RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Krishnan (1977) conducted a study on non-intellectual factors and their influence on academic achievement. The sample comprised of 180 students of sixth to ninth class studying in central school Tirupati and was divided into three groups depending on their parents‟
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adjustment of high school students during their high school years is an area of increasing concern for most institutions of higher education. The transition from elementary is a major life change for many adolescents. Entering secondary education may mean getting new learning experiences and opportunities for psychological development. At the same time‚ students may find high school life stressful because of the increasing academic demands and the establishment of new social relations. Academic adjustment
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How inclusive is Frederick Bird Primary School as a learning community? ‘Inclusive education is an unabashed announcement‚ a public and political declaration and celebration of difference.’ (Corbett‚ J. 2001:134) The principles of inclusion and their implications on school practice have been fiercely debated by leading educational experts for many years. In 1994‚ delegates from 92 governments met at the world conference on special needs education‚ to consider policy changes that would enable educators
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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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| Single-Parent Homes | The Effect of Single-Parent Homes on Academic Achievement | | | Abstract Children from single parent homes are not as negatively impacted academically as some in the popular media suggest. The number of children living in single-parent homes has risen dramatically over the last 10 years. Despite prior research stating that single-parenting itself has a negative impact on academic achievement‚ new findings show that it is other social and environmental factors that
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This study was conducted to discover whether or not there is an association between academic performance and involvement in a romantic relationship amongst high school students. The variables looked at were dating status (single or involved)‚ level of involvement in the relationship‚ and grade point average. Variables were calculated on a survey measuring relationship and school satisfaction. Seventy-five high school students studying in St. Joseph College were surveyed. Approximately fifty-one percent
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literacy in schools. It was not until the publication of The Rose Review in 2006 however‚ that a standard strategy for teaching reading was devised. In his report‚ Rose reviewed the way early reading was taught and advised that all children should have a secure foundation of phonics knowledge so that they are able to link graphemes to phonemes and blend these into words. As a result‚ it became statutory for schools to use a daily‚ systematic‚ synthetic style of teaching phonics. To help schools instigate
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