internet an online encyclopaedia‚ it is also a fast way of communication between students and their professors. While the internet could be a very useful source of information‚ students that use it for socializing and online gaming‚ show poor academic performance‚ because most students get attempted by the different entertaining websites while they are using the internet. And students use the internet mostly in internet cafes in which they have the full parental regulation on the time they spend on
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Class Status and Academic Performance Introduction “Who fails and who succeeds in America ’s schools? For sociologists of education‚ the significance of this question rests with the fact that academic performance is socially stratified” (O’Connor‚ 2001‚ p. 159). Unfortunately‚ this paper will reveal facts that confirm this claim. Throughout this paper‚ I will discuss the idea of class and how it perpetuates itself within the classroom. As well‚ I will investigate recent studies into class
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Effects of Video Games to the Academic Performance of Second year High School Students of Miraculous Medal School‚ School Year 2010-2011 The Problem and its Setting Introduction A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Different platforms can be used to play video games‚ an example is personal computers. Video games typically use other ways of providing interaction and information to the players
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it should be noted that the impact of Internet access on on-campus instruction is the influence of Internet on Academic Performance of students differs depending on population. Some studies reported no significance effect‚ however‚ other studies affirmed effect of Internet access of students with a post test results according to Ehrman (1995). In contributing to the academic performance of students‚ Wagner (1998) saw internet as a forum that promote group discussion which is time and distance independent
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Title: Go Ask Alice Anonymous Krizzia Del Rosario Author: Alice Anonymous Text type: Novel Date: 20/02/13 Go Ask Alice Anonymous is based on a true story about a 15-year-old girl who gets given LSD at a party and loves the feeling of the drugs. Alice was once a shy innocent girl who got sucked into the world of drugs because of her need to be accepted. Although she did not even know what was happening to herself and did not plan drug use. But her ‘friends’
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Factors Affecting Students Academic Performance By Pat & Tyler Thesis n Smoking‚ Alcohol‚ time spent sleeping and stress all have a great effect students’ academic performance. Our Survey n Grade & Gender? n How many hours a week do you engage in physical activity? n How many cigarettes do you smoke in a week? n How many alcoholic beverages do you consume in a week? n How many hours of sleep do you get per night? n How do feel when you wake up on a school day? n How often do you feel stressed
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All adolescents‚ teens‚ and young adults have one thing in common‚ that one thing is‚ and you guessed it‚ peer pressure. Peer Pressure is the influence exerted by a peer group to change his or her attitudes‚ morals‚ or actions in order to fit in or please others. This one little thing has a broad affect on everyone‚ but mostly youth. (Ages nine through twenty-three)Statistics show that approximately fifty percent of youth ages twelve through seventeen feel pressured in sex according to the Kaiser
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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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International Peer Reviewed Journal Preferences of Study Time and Academic Performance among Third Year Nursing Students DEMLYN ZANDRA DOTILLOS ALTHEA PAZ ORONG ALEXANDRO PAYANGGA MHALCOMB PROEL XENIAH MAE SIMYUNN CYRUS DAN TORREGOSA College of Nursing Liceo de Cagayan University Abstract - The study aimed to identify the study time preference of the Nursing students in Liceo de Cagayan University. With this study‚ the researchers determined the academic performance among the respondents
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Peer pressure is not bad thing. We all are influenced by our peers‚ both negatively and positively. It helps define who we are and how we feel about subjects in our lives. It is how we chose to react to peer pressure that defines who we are as an individual. Are we a leader or a follower? Both types of people are needed to make the world go around. ’A healthy part of every child’s development is involvement with their peers. This is especially true during adolescence as teenagers develop a sense
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