Volume 35 Number 1‚ June 2006‚ pp. 107~123 A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF INTERNET USE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE* BAE YOUNG Soongsil University This study examined the condition of Internet use and social capital‚ as well as its effects on teenager’s academic performance. We analyzed survey data of 361 high school students. The study findings suggest that the Internet expands its reach to teenagers’ school life. First‚ students are more reliant on the Internet to access to information
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when reviewing topics such as politics‚ religion‚ and values. Classrooms are rich sites for the discussion of controversial issues in large part because the students who populate them bring with them a diversity of perspectives‚ ideologies‚ and experiences (Hess & Gatti‚ 2010). Teaching using discussion-based methods are challenging and teachers have to be ready to manage debates in the classroom. There is a strong line of research that shows that within the classroom‚ talking with people who hold
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Involving students in teaching and learning: a necessary evil? Downloads: The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 627 times since 2006 DOI (Permanent URL): 10.1108/09684889710189093 Article citation: H. McIlveen‚ K. Greenan‚ P. Humphreys‚ (1997) "Involving students in teaching and learning: a necessary evil?"‚ Quality Assurance in Education‚ Vol. 5 Iss: 4‚ pp.231 - 238 The Authors H. McIlveen‚ Lecturer at the School of Leisure and Tourism‚ University of Ulster at Jordanstown‚ Newtonabbey
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Changing our thinking about education “Education should not be looked upon as the mere acquisition of academic subject matter‚ but as a part of life itself.” John Dewey Providing quality education is perhaps the most significant contribution government can make to the people it serves. While we still know far less about the learning process than we would like‚ we should be willing to
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Add=addition Add: Chapter I Problem and its background Introduction In present times ‚ computer gaming has been popular mostly within the students’ societies worldwide. Like a virus ‚ excessive gaming has also been contagious within the society ‚ creating an indestructible and unstoppable problem concerning its effects. In local concept ‚ students and non-students here in the Philippines has been massively influenced with the habit of computer gaming even it sometimes affects their daily productive
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require the students to engage in online research in order to widen their learning. Not only is the 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
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Economy Affects Students’ Academic Performance as Well as Spending Decisions Some forgo buying books‚ survey finds; many seniors‚ especially in minority groups‚ chose majors based on job prospects By Libby Sander Like many Americans caught up in the economic downturn‚ college students are worried about money. Now research indicates that financial worries may affect their academic performance. This year’s National Survey of Student Engagement‚ released on Thursday‚ reveals that more than a third
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“THE EFFECT OF STUDY HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FOURTH YEAR EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY” Chapter I Problems and its Scope Background of the Study General Objectives This study has the following objectives: 1. To know the profile of the respondents according to gender‚ age and time management. 2. To know what are the study habits possess by the respondents. 3. To know the effect of the study habits to the respondents if categorized according
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the personal profile‚ and also the Academic and work performance of a nurses has a great affect which lead to the highly industrialized countries salute the nurses we produce. Good work performance of nurse can improve quality of health services. Many nurses and nursing students have a desire to work overseas where the salary is better and they feel compensated for their hard work. The purposes of this study are to examine differences in work performance among professional groups including
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introductory message will begin to tackle the effects of playing Defense of the Ancients in academic performance among male freshmen college students of freshmen in academic year of 2010-2011. Problem and Purpose Playing DotA among male students became a major problem when it comes in academic performances among them. They are often chosen to play DotA rather doing their assignments‚ reviewing their past lessons‚ doing their projects and other academic-related
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