Youth and School Performance The issue under review is the academic under-performance of foster care youth and the possible interventions that are available to improve school performance of foster care youth. Foster care youth are not only at risk of academic failure- they are in fact performing far behind their normative peers (Zetlin & Weinberg‚ 2003). Foster care youth are faced with many risk factors and a lack of protective factors that lead to their lower school performance. Common risks
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ISSN 1329-2676 THE IMPACT OF PAID WORK ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA* by Craig Applegate and Anne Daly Division of Business‚ Law and Information Sciences University of Canberra * The research reported in this paper was approved by the Human Ethics Committee at the University of Canberra. We also discussed the project with the Student Association and Student Administration at the University. We would like to thank Tim Bradley
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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 expectations‚ and (3) to examine whether discrepancies between the adolescent’s and the parent’s expectations are related to the amount of parent-adolescent conflict. The sample consisted of 508 families with adolescents (12-18 years
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Number 1 (2008) Impact Assessment of Business Process Reengineering on Organisational Performance Mrs. Adeyemi‚ Sidikat Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Business and Social Sciences University of Ilorin‚ P. M. B. 1515 Ilorin‚ Kwara State‚ Nigeria E-mail: sidiadeyemi@yahoo.com Tel: +234 8054451111 Mr. Aremu‚ Mukaila Ayanda Department of Business Administration‚ Faculty of Business and Social Sciences University of Ilorin‚ P. M. B. 1515 Ilorin‚ Kwara State‚ Nigeria E-mail: aremuilalaa@yahoo
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PEOPLES DISPOSITION TOWARDS ECO-FRIENDLY ENERGY (CASE STUDY OF GENERATING SETS USAGE IN ETIOSA EAST L.G.A) PROJECT DONE BY JOSHUA AWE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS‚ AKOKA DURING INTERNSHIP AT THE NIGERIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INTRODUCTION WHAT IS ECOFRIENDLY ENERGY? Eco-friendly energy is energy that does not disrupt or disturb ecological processes or the earth’s biogeochemical cycle. Advances in civilizations have always been closely linked with availability and exploitation
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Factors affecting the academic performance in English 11 of first year AB-English students of the School of Arts and Criminology Introduction Academic performance is one of the crucial areas of a learner’s life. Some learners may not be bothered if they progress or not‚ however‚ their parents are left with great distress if their children do not perform. This is because families‚ as well as the government invest in the education of child. On top of that‚ generally all parents would want their children
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Gender Differences in Students’ Academic Performance Students with urban and suburban backgrounds consistently outperformed students from rural and small-town areas. Parental education levels correlated with academic success. Considering the background of the study’s female participants one could reasonably expect women to outperform men. However‚ in spite of the higher indicators of success possessed by women‚ this expectation was not fulfilled. Data and background predictions did not match up
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How should I study to improve my academic performance in school? Studying is not reading. It requires a more intense and organised effort. To study effectively‚ you must have good planning‚ memory‚ reading‚ note taking and time management skills. To study effectively you must master certain skills: planning‚ memorising‚ time management‚ note taking‚ and sometimes managing stress. Everyone has a different “learning style”. Consequently‚ everyone has a different “studying style”. But the way
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Allstar’s Argentina Marketing Plan By: Josh Resnick & Kirk Wegner March 6‚ 2009 Introduction to Allstar Brand Allstar Brand is a United States based consumer products company that produces and sells ethical (prescription) pharmaceuticals‚ OTC (over-the-counter or nonprescription) drugs‚ and consumer products. It is an $8.9 billion firm that was formed in 1924 and competes with a variety of larger and smaller firms‚ depending on the product market. It has a number of leading brands
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Effects of the Sleeping Habits in the Academic Performance on the Second Grading Period of Second Year Students from the Special Science Curriculum(SSC)‚ S.Y. 2012-2013 Partial Fulfilment in the Requirement For Advance Statistics A Thesis Presented to Engr. Gerson Dumpasan Statistician/Thesis Adviser Panabo National High School Cenny Laye T. Attos Proponent February 2013 CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Review of Related Literature BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Sleep may be one of the most important
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