CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES AND LITERATURE Local Related Literature Social networks gave a big help to everyone‚ especially among the students businessman and other members of the society. Social networks has different features that may enjoy by the people all around the world‚ what the problem is‚ people loses their self-control in using them. Facebook is the most popular social networking site today wherein people may share and upload videos‚ pictures‚ messages
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readers. The Theme Mclean (2011) states that young readers experience real life situations by reading about them. Division by socioeconomic status is a theme that all teenagers can relate to. According to Hinton (1967) there is a clear social division between the teenagers that live on the West- and East-side of the town. This division is caused by socioeconomic status. Hinton (1967) states that the rich teenagers live on the West-side and the poor teenagers live on the East-side of the town.
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Although personal computers only became popular with the development micro processor‚ mainframe and minicomputers‚ computer gaming has existed since at least the 1960s. One of the first computer games was developed in 1961‚ when MIT students Martin Graetz and Alan Kotok‚ with MIT employee Steve Russel‚ developed Space War On a PD-1 computer used for statistical calculations. The first generations of PC games were often text adventures or interactive fiction‚ in which the player
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Chapter 1 PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Everywhere you turn‚ people are talking about the internet‚ what is all the hype about? What exactly is the “internet”? The internet is the world’s largest computer network. Unlike a computer network set up at a business or school‚ though‚ the internet is not owned or operated by any one person or group no one monitors it‚ and no one can “turn off”; clearly the internet has become a popular hangout. The amazing thing about this virtual place is the
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BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES • Volume 13‚ No 1 Sofia • 2013 Print ISSN: 1311-9702; Online ISSN: 1314-4081 DOI: 10.2478/cait-2013-0006 Predicting Student Performance by Using Data Mining Methods for Classification Dorina Kabakchieva Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”‚ Sofia 1000 Email: dorina@fmi.uni-sofia.bg Abstract: Data mining methods are often implemented at advanced universities today for analyzing available data and extracting information
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The Effects of Employment on Academic Performance of Australian Accounting Students Dr Anura De Zoysa School of Accounting and Finance University of Wollongong Wollongong‚ NSW 2500 Australia Tel: 61 2 42215382 Fax: 61 2 42214297 E-mail: anura@uow.edu.au And Dr Kathy Rudkin School of Accounting and Finance University of Wollongong Wollongong‚ NSW 2500 Australia Tel: 61 2 42213148 Fax: 61 2 42214297 E-mail: krudkin@uow.edu.au The Effects
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Stereotyping Students: Improving Academic Performance Through Stereotypes This paper will examine how the impact that stereotypes have depends entirely on the connotation that they are used with. Drawing on several essays discussing the consequences of stereotypes this essay shows the relationship between students and stereotypes. The paper aims to show educators and students the unintentional impacts that stereotypes have on the academic performance of students. According to Marlene Philip
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Time Management and University Student’s Academic performance In the relevant literature‚ there are a great number of studies focusing on the relationship between time management and student’s academic performance. The related literature showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between time management and student’s academic performance(Hamzah‚ Lucky‚ & Jorger‚ 2014). Among many factors which can dive direct impact on academic performance‚ time management and external motivation
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The Effects of Drinking Behavior on College Students’ Academic Performance Abstract This study investigated the relationship between college students’ academic performance and their drinking behaviors. It was hypothesized that higher alcohol intake levels would be related to lower GPA. In the experiment‚ 28 Psychology students took an online survey which examined their level of alcohol intake in reference to their current grades. Current grades were measured by GPA and alcohol intake was
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A STUDY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO A STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Kurt Jonas L. Adonis Errol A. Buenaventura Researchers Mrs. Marilyn S. Roque Marcelo H. del Pilar National High School December 2013 Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge our former teacher in research Mrs. Kathyryn Alvarez for teaching us the basics of research. Without her‚ we would not know anything about research. We would also like to acknowledge our current teacher
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