Description and Background to the Problem This chapter will provide an overview of previous observations and interactions that I had encountered when teaching a group of grade two students ranging from ages 7 to 8 years old at an urban school. This chapter will introduce the problem that prevailed consistently for the majority of the class when students were given an assessment task. This chapter will also state and explain a strategy that was used to eliminate students’ failure to...
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Apart from the tuition, you will have to find the budget for the board, room, transportation, textbooks, and personal expenses. For completing a bachelor’s degree, the total sum of all these expenses will be approximately $ 200000. An Overview on Scholarship When a student is facing financial issues and not able to pay the fee, the first idea that hits his/her mind is scholarship. A scholarship is an award of financial aid given to students in order to help them...
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The Sample Size Effect is a very complicated subject to introduce into the field of psychology. The sample size effect is usually spoken of in the context of statistics. Usually meaning the number of participants, with this the larger the sample size the more likely you are to get accurate or precise results than if you have a small number. Not much research has been done with the sample size effect and psychology but Betsch and Kauffman (2009) was about...
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YTL Foundation is committed to providing opportunities to deserving students who show potential to be outstanding leaders and who embody our core values of hard work, honesty, moral responsibility, togetherness and vitality. I understand the Foundation’s vision is exceptional and gladly would like contribute my best to the society as I am always determined to do so. The core values that holds their vission is definitely the values each and everyone should possess. This scholarship personally attracted my attention because...
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Commercialization of Education in Standardized Testing The commercialization of education is defined as private ownership of educational institutions that make investments for the motive of earning profit. Recently, the commercialization of education has proliferated on a global scale because of the reliance of standardized testing for acceptance into higher educational institutions. Marketing tactics used by corporate entities have shifted the priority of society from viewing students as learners to consumers of education who have monetary value. Standardized testing is one...
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It is necessary to have rest zones in each educational institution, isn’t it? But is rest zones really consistent with its name in many universities of our country? The second year I am watching students of my university who can’t spend their leisure time between classes with pleasure. Nearly every day I have this problem too. Usually it happens when I wait for my classes for a long time. I am tired. I can have a rest only on the...
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College life is not at all a bed of roses as many students tend to think even though it is a step forward to achieving their life goals. Many a student have a feeling that once they begin college, they are going to experience their greatest moments of life. They tend to think that college life will be fun, with new acquired freedom, meeting new friends with culture diversity, and new social life. But that is not entirely true as...
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Background With an enrollment of over 13,000 students in 23 schools, Pulaski County is one of the largest districts in the state of Arkansas. Pulaski County Special School School District (PCSSD) is committed to providing each student with an excellent education. Our district’s diversity committee reviewed the district’s mission, vision and core beliefs. The committee reviewed Aspire test score data, discipline data, and absenteeism data to identify the achievement gap between black and non-black students. The largest areas of need...
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Design thinking is a cognitive process where the person thinks like a designer to try to understand the thoughts and perspectives of the consumers of the products the designer makes. This thinking process helps people develop a deep understanding and empathy of the people for whom they are designing the products. In the nursing field, design thinking benefits nursing students' abilities in regard to interdisciplinary collaboration and technology adoption. Interdisciplinary collaboration requires effective communication and understanding. Design thinking helps nurses...
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The growing problem of the Student Loan Crisis in the United States is driving incoming college freshman away from pursuing further education. Student loan debts cause young adults to question their future, wondering if a college education is worth carrying a huge student debt burden. Coming from a personal experience, I know when applying for colleges I was, and still am, afraid of how my student debt will affect my life after I graduate. I believe all student loans in...
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1. Introduction Education has become one of the main sources of income in many foreign countries (Hegarty as cited by Ecochard and Fotheringham, 2017). Many Asian students leave their country to study in other countries such as Australia and United Kingdom for good quality of education. Although studying aboard has benefited students in providing them a good quality education, students have to go through many difficulties. It is very important to understand the difficulties when choosing to study in different...
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Growing up in a developing country (Nigeria), a chance at education was one of the greatest privileges one could have. As a child, when my father drove me to school, I would see children hawking on the streets. This hurt me badly and led me to organize mini lessons for my age mates in my neighborhood. I taught with complete enthusiasm and joy seeing my students were happy to learn. At that young age, I was drawn to become a...
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My desire to contribute to efforts aimed at addressing health inequalities especially in rural areas initiated from awareness of malnutrition and poor health condition of my students which affected their participation in class and academic performances. Most of the students drop out of school as result. This scholarship offers me an opportunity to study MSc Nutrition and public health Management. This platform will equip me with the knowledge and skill required to improve population health of school children and productivity...
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Habits of successful people that will transform your life. Set goals Take responsibility for their action Great self discipline Observe with Self-development Risk takers Questions: Choose three of the habits and discuss why they are important for student success. Identify additional habits that students need and explain why they are important. 1. Three important habits for successful students. To be successful in university students need to have some habits . The most important thing to be successful student is to...
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Abstract Sherman (2013) proposed that the affirmation of an individual’s self-worth in one area can protect against negative behaviours in other areas. Rubin (2020) hypothesised that greater intentions for using time management strategies will occur in participants who self-affirm before watching a persuasive video message. In the present research, 414 participants who were undergraduate students from an Australian university or from an international participant pool called Prolific responded to an online Britton and Tesser’s TM Questionnaire after completing both, a...
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ACADEMIC PROCRASTINATION According to researchers Procrastination or suspending may be a inherent tendency of human bieng.This habit is ascertained in many of us.According to Milgram(1998) procrastination may be a activity feature,or defect that is nominative as delaying a task or call.It is our tendency to procrastinate in several cases and it's expressed in an exceedingly style of conditions influenced by the culture.Academic procrastination is one in all the common style of procrastination.Academic procrastination may be outlined because the tendency prevailed...
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High school and college is the base for many people on what they want to become after academics. There are many similarities between high school and college as well as a ton of differences. They both give you direction but as you start to transition from high school to college, things begin to change drastically. Although, they are similar in that it helps you advance your life in multiple ways academically and occupationally, a couple of differences out of many...
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Abstract Past research suggested that undergraduate students experience academic stress, and on top of that they have to manage sleep. This study was performed to see if there was a correlation between sleep and stress. Stress was split into seven items: family life, academics, relationships, finances, overall health, and the total impact on their daily lives. Sleep was split into two items: quality and quantity. Students were asked to measure their stress levels in the last two weeks, on a...
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Playing is important because it is how people nowadays specially youths of todays’ generation to find leisure. According to the Anthropological studies done by Gosso, playing is a way for human to learn their world and culture. Through playing, youths do not learn only future adult skill but also gender identification courage, trust among friend and cooperation (Gosso 2005). Groos and Piaget say that humans use play to prepare their adult life (Groos 1908; Piaget & Inhelder 1969). Hall also...
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Research has revealed that the caused of procrastination are neglecting of doing particular task that has to be reminded, fear of failure and salience of the assignment. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) conceptualizes these variables as indices of psychological inflexibility and provides a new as well as encouraging strategy to therapy by developing embracement of ideas even unacceptable ones. Moreover, having the potential to adapt whenever the situation is occurred. Furthermore, to have the ability to recognize the character and...
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Executive Summary Although some research has shown a negative relation between Facebook and academic performance more recent research suggest that this relation is likely caused by excessive use of facebook. This study examine the time spent with facebook.As well as the activities students engage on in the site. Facebook is a tool designed basically to communicate with the other but in recent study it is found that they all are using as the time wasting and spend their all energy...
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Suicide is the leading cause of deaths among all the deaths due to injuries. The World Health Organization has acknowledged that suicide behavior is a major global public health problem in every country, with approximately one million people dying from suicide each year [1]. The suicide rate of the college students in only one university in the south was 197, the rate of suicide among the college students was (1.28-2.10)/ 100,000, and the maximum value was reached in 2018 [2]....
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There are growing numbers of cases involving mental health issues. An alarming 60% to 80% of students who needs psychological services do not seek professional help (Eisenberg, Hunt, & Speer, 2012; Lipson et al., 2015). Thanks to news outlet and social media, more people are getting aware of the mental health problems one may encounter. Along with that, there are a number of cases shown of students having mental health concerns and some even going as far as committing suicide....
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In 2012, symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder were recorded by 2.4 million Canadians (Statistic Canada, 2015). Stress is present in most individuals’ daily lives, and it can have negative effects on one’s life if ignored. This paper focuses on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in college students and its effects on behaviour. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is defined as “a clinical anxiety disorder that is centrally characterized by excessive, pervasive, and chronic worry” (Treanor and Roemer, 2010, p.1). To be diagnosed with...
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The number of intеrnationаl studеnts pursuing еducаtiоn in cоuntries with advancеd еconomiеs hаs bееn rising raрidly оver recеnt dеcadеs. Internаtionаl studеnts arе oftеn regardеd as аn impоrtant grоup оf yоung and wеll-educatеd individuаls frоm whiсh to sеlect pеrmanent rеsidеnts. People change their place of living because they seek to have better life. As an international student, I know that especially teenagers are not afraid to leave their countries and start new life in Canada. Thus, due to bad education system...
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Does sleep deprivation have an impact on college student’s performance in school, physical and sexual activity, health, emotional stability. There isn’t much discussion on this topic other than that of researchers who studied this topic. Some aspects that make this topic debatable are rather or not sleep is connected to a healthy lifestyle, improve bodily function, or maintaining a healthy sex life. My reason for choosing this topic is that it relates to me being a student-athlete so I was...
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Introduction Meditation is a mental training process which yields promising health and educational benefits for both the body and mind. Each time a student participates in meditation, they can narrow their attention to focus on awareness. This creates a healthy sense of perspective which will then slow metabolism and harvest feelings of relaxation. Meditation is an effective skill that boosts confidence, strength, awareness and patience. Meditation in education is not solely a symbol of good grades. Through an analysis, the...
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Procrastinating is delaying, postponing, and deferring. It is the bane of every student’s existence. Student’s know what they should be doing; they just don’t want to do it. It easy to put off undesirable assignment until the very last minute. However, it is of immense important for students to take some steps to avoid maintaining and sustaining this attitude, as it is often quite harmful for their future. (Anderson, 2019) The habit of procrastination develops when student think there is...
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Abstract Many studies exhibit that Emotional Intelligence (EI) improves academic performance (AP) in medical undergraduates and secondary schools. This study aims to examine whether there is a direct link between EI, expected workload and AP and amongst business students. The theory comprises of final year undergraduate students having higher EI in TEIQue-SF and final examination than the 1st and 2nd year students. The study consists of cross-sectional research among 732 (350 females, 382 males) undergraduate students in business doing their...
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As a first-generation college student my ultimate goal is succession within my education, in order to obtain an ultimate future that was unfortunately not accomplished by my family. Therefore, coming from this background holds a major impact in the way one conducts many tasks. However, as any student barriers are encountered, personally one has always been a self-driven individual throughout previous school years due the ambition to become a better version of myself. As a current sophomore, procrastination has recently...
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