Effects Of Playing On-Line Computer Games In Academic Performance Of Students Introduction Online gaming has emerged as a popular and successful source of entertainment and play for people of all ages‚ especially for the students. It refers to the games that are played over some forms of computer network‚ typically on the internet. These games are played online‚ in which you can connect with multiple players. It is normally platform independent‚ relying on the web browser and appropriate plug-in
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Demotivation: A Qualitative Study of Chinese English Learners at the Tertiary Level Abstract: Motivation has been widely researched. But its negative side — demotivation — has been a neglected area although it is “a salient phenomenon” (Dornyei‚ 2001‚ p.155). Little research has been done‚ so far‚ to investigate what demotivates students or what differentiates motivated from demotivated students. This paper explores tertiary-level EFL (English as a foreign language) learners’ demotivation through
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IMPORTANCE OF THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS By Darius Muyendeka (The University of Zambia -B.Sc.Ed – Chemistry with Education) Everything built by man requires preventive maintenance especially schools built for the education of a country’s citizens. For Primary Schools to continue being ideal places of education for pupils and teachers alike‚ preventive maintenance should be regarded as an important aspect of the schools program. Commenting on preventive maintenance‚ PC
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HSIS FALA09 Master Patient Index and Primary Keys The Master Patient Index (MPI) is an electronic medical record system for every patient registered in a health care organization. The MPI is stored in a database and contains a unique identifier‚ known as the Primary Key (PK). The PK is unique and identifies each record in the database. The MPI is considered the most important resource in a healthcare facility (AHIMA). The MPI will contain the core elements about a patient such as name
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Although they don’t appear as important characters‚ secondary characters serve an important purpose through the interactions they have with the main characters. The secondary characters we meet in A Raisin in the Sun all represent different aspects and people in the Younger family. George Murchinson and Joseph Asagai show us more about Beneatha‚ while Willy Harris shows us more about Walter‚ and Mr.Lidner and Travis show us more about the whole family. George and Joseph are Beneatha’s two boyfriends
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Potter 1 Rebecca Potter Gray Section 4975 12 May 2015 Primary Source Analysis on The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique is the title of a book written by Betty Friedan who has also founded The National Organization for Women (NOW) to help US women gain equal rights. She describes the "Feminine Mystique" as the heightened awareness of the expectations of women and how each woman has to fit a certain role as a little girl‚ an uneducated and unemployed teenager‚ and finally as a wife and mother
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Eurasia Journal of Mathematics‚ Science & Technology Education‚ 2007‚ 3(4)‚ 363-370 Correlates of Academic Procrastination and Mathematics Achievement of University Undergraduate Students Mojeed Kolawole Akinsola University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ BOTSWANA Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education; Ila-Orangun‚ NIGERIA Adeyinka Tella University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ BOTSWANA Received 3 November 2006; accepted 19 April 2007 Procrastination is now a common phenomenon among students particularly
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Primary qualities are elemental properties of an object‚ which the object possesses by nature. These qualities can not be taken away or destroyed‚ even through an alteration of size or shape of the object. Primary qualities are the properties which are fundamental in all objects known to man‚ and are constant from perceiver to perceiver‚ whether human or animal kind. They do not alter at any point in perception. Primary qualities are observable and consist
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As I Lay Dying is a 1930 novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner said that he wrote the novel from midnight to 4:00 AM over the course of six weeks and that he did not change a word of it.[1] Faulkner wrote it while working at a power plant‚ published it in 1930‚ and described it as a "tour de force." Faulkner’s fifth novel‚ it is consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th-century literature.[2][3][4][5] The title derives from Book XI of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ wherein Agamemnon speaks
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The struggle young people go through trying to find a balance between responsibility and freedom in their life is displayed in Lasse Hallstorm ‘s film “what’s eating Gilbert Grape”. This film portrayed the story of a young man‚ Gilbert Grape who has to find a balance between responsibility and freedom in his life. The essay’s intention is to describe important internal conflict that existed in Gilbert. The verbal and visual features in the film helped me understand why the internal conflict going
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