Assess the view that poverty is the main cause of social-class differences in achievement. Social class differences in pupils’ home background play a key role in causing differences in educational achievement. The material factor with the most impact on differences in achievement is poverty and this is the lack of the physical necessities in life‚ such as adequate housing‚ diet and income. It causes children to achieve badly academically and it most affects the working class. Poverty can cause
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PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS BY Adekoya Emmanuel Olusegun Abstract This study investigated the influence of psychosocial factors on the achievement secondary school students in mathematics. The variables that were addressed include test anxiety‚ locus of control‚ self concept‚ motivation‚ study habit and peer influence. The population for the study included all Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS 2) students in Ogun State. Two
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEARNERS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM (ALS) PROGRAMS A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School St. Peter’s College Iligan City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management by AVEMAR TODIO GONZAGA March 2010 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis entitled “FACTORS AFFECTING THE LEARNERS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM (ALS) PROGRAMS” prepared and submitted
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academic achievement and personality of children. Their absence in their respective families may have effect on the children they left behind. Generally‚ this study aims to examine the impact of having parents working overseas on children’s school achievement and personality. Descriptive approach was utilized. Three hundred sixty seven (367) Grade School pupils of Holy Spirit Academy of Malolos were the participants of the study determined through Yamane’s formula. The Metropolitan Achievement Test was
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Introduction The term self-esteem comes from a Greek word meaning “reverence for self”‚ the “self” part of self-esteem pertains to the values‚ beliefs and attitudes that we hold about ourselves. The “esteem” part of self-esteem describes the value and worth that one gives oneself. Basically‚ self-esteem is the acceptance of ourselves for who and what we are at any given time in our lives (Page and Page‚ 1995). It can also be the the overall evaluation of oneself
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What do you consider to be your greatest achievement thus far? Please share this with us in about 500 words. My greatest achievement would probably be my good academic results during my three years of polytechnic studies. How and Why those three years of studies end up as my greatest achievement thus far are probably due to my academic results between the time in secondary school and the time in polytechnic. I also believe that those three years in polytechnic change my mentality towards studying
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PUBLIC AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVEMENT: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 1.0 INTRODUCTION PUBLIC AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION A definition of participation: for the purposes of this note a useful definition of public or community participation is that adopted by Stoker (1997) for ‘political participation’ (following Parry et al‚ 1992): members of the public ‘taking part in any of the processes of formulation‚ passage and implementation of public policies’. This is a wide-ranging
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consequent on the perception of reaching or not reaching goals” (Maehr & Nicholls‚ 1980. p. 228). The quality of an athlete ’s sporting experience is shaped by the way in which success is defined‚ and by how capabilities are judged (Duda‚ 1993). Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) (Nicholls‚ 1984; 1989) outlines that people are motivated by the desire to fell competent. People can define competence and success in different ways‚ the main ones being ego and task orientations. Research is consistent in showing
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How my optimism will help me press on to greater achievements of the future I can’t be optimistic about my future… I can’t‚ without looking at my past that is. I’ve seen where I used to be in life compared to where I am now. I use that climb in my everyday life to fuel my optimistic view‚ because without knowing struggle you’ll never know progress. I know that without a past I can never have a future and without a future what’s there to be optimistic about? Optimism is helping shape me into a leader
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commitment and change goal achievement. Journal of Change Management‚ 4(3)‚ 193-215. doi:10.1080/1469701042000221696 The main idea of this study is to analyze the influence of participation in the strategic change process. Lines (2004) evaluated five hypotheses‚ which state‚ 1) participation in strategy processes has a positive relationship on the organization’s post change effectiveness‚ 2) resistance towards change negatively affects participation‚ 3) participation and achievement of change goals have
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