Students and Teachers’ Perception of the Causes of Poor Academic Performance in Edo State Secondary Schools Introduction The differential scholastic achievement of students in Nigeria has been and is still a source of concern and research interest to educators‚ government and parents. This is so because of the great importance that education has on the national development of the country. All over the country‚ there is a consensus of opinion about the fallen standard of education in Nigeria
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Relationship between Creativity & Entrepreneurship Creative Problem Solving Course work MODULE NAME : Creative Problem Solving COURSE TITLE : MSc International Business Total word count (excluding references and appendices) : 3475 Creativity and Entrepreneurship What is creativity and what is Entrepreneurship? Is there any relation between creativity and Entrepreneurship? If so‚ what is the relation and what role does creativity play in entrepreneurship? The purpose of this essay is
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Developing a Culture of Employee Engagement July 7-11‚ 2014 Professor Julie Felker Employee Engagement • What is it? • How does engagement ‘feel’ and look? • What is a culture of engagement and how can it be measured? • How can a culture of engagement be developed and sustained? • Is there a “dark side” to engagement? 2 Questions to ponder… • When you hear the term employee engagement‚ what do you think of? • What does it look like when people are engaged at work? • Why do you believe that
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Lieberman DA‚ Gemeny BA‚ Fan YC‚ Wilson DM‚ Pasta DJ: Educational video game for juvenile diabetes care: Results of a controlled trial. Med Inform 22:77-89‚ 1997. 27. Lieberman DA: Interactive video games for health promotion: Effects on knowledge‚ selfefficacy‚ social support‚ and health‚ in Street RL‚ Gold WR‚ Manning T (eds.): Health Promotion and Interactive Technology: Theoretical Applications and Future Directions. Hillsdale‚ NJ‚ Lawrence Erlbaum‚ 1997‚ pp. 103-120. 28. Bruvold WH: A meta-analysis
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http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19951806800.html;jsessionid=8F2A50722F9AA080609C024EDAAB8508?gitCommit=4.13.19-9-g409ea67 Document details Title An investigation of the different motivations of marathon runners with varying degrees of experience. Authors Masters‚ K. S.; Ogles‚ B. M. Journal Journal of Sport Behavior 1995 Vol. 18 No. 1 pp. 69-79 ISSN 0162-7341 Record Number 19951806800 Abstract The factors which motivate someone to initiate an activity are often different from the
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Performance Sabine Sonnentag‚ Judith Volmer and Anne Spychala Individual performance is of high relevance for organizations and individuals alike. Showing high performance when accomplishing tasks results in satisfaction‚ feelings of selfefficacy and mastery (Bandura‚ 1997; Kanfer et aL‚ 2005). Moreover‚ high performing individuals get promoted‚ awarded and honored. Career opportunities for individuals who perform well are much better than those of moderate or low performing individuals
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A B A C K G R O U N D PA P E R Youth Development & Youth Leadership PAPER PREPARED BY: Andrea Edelman Patricia Gill Katey Comerford Mindy Larson Rebecca Hare National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth June 2004 C1 The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) is composed of partners with expertise in disability‚ education‚ employment‚ and workforce development issues. NCWD/Youth is housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership
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structural equation modelling (SEM) with both measurement and structural models. Results show that performance expectancy‚ attitude and enjoyment factors were positively significant towards behavioural intention to use ECG while effort expectancy‚ selfefficacy and anxiety were found otherwise. The findings are useful for ECG developers to understand their target users’ preferences and also for university administration for any integration of technology in the future. 1 INTRODUCTION Educational games
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Session 13a6 Reflective Essays in Software Engineering Richard L. Upchurch Judith E. Sims-Knight CIS Department Psychology Department rupchurch@umassd.edu jsimsknight@umassd.edu University of Massachusetts Dartmouth N. Dartmouth‚ MA 02747-2300 Abstract - Software engineering education has evolved over the past ten years as understanding of the issues related to the practice of developing software systems has increased. A part of that evolution is an increased appreciation that learning software development
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Informing Science Journal Volume 9‚ 2006 A Systems Approach to Conduct an Effective Literature Review in Support of Information Systems Research Yair Levy and Timothy J. Ellis Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences‚ Nova Southeastern University‚ Florida‚ USA levyy@nova.edu ellist@nova.edu Abstract This paper introduces a framework for conducting and writing an effective literature review. The target audience for the framework includes information systems (IS) doctoral students
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