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Achivement Motivation Profiles of 2010 Academic Year Graduates from Newberry College
… within an appropriate time. A population of 2010 Academic Year graduates from Newberry College were asked to complete the Achievement Motivation Profile. Comparison between achievement motivation profiles and ACT/SAT and GPA scores to determine which variable is a significant predictor of group …
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An analysis of university student academic self-entitlement: Levels of entitlement, academic year, and gender
<p>Academic self-entitlement is a rapidly increasing phenomenon that is becoming a problem in universities today. Self-entitled students expect high grades for minimal effort and tend to be highly demanding; they exhibit strong emotions when outcomes fail to meet their expectations. This type of …
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A study of earth science teachers and practices in North Dakota for the academic year 1968-1969
<p> In the period between 1961-1964 the North Dakota department of Public Instruction initiated long overdue changes in the science curriculum for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of the public schools. Titese involved changes from general science to the life, earth, and physical sciences. …
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Changes in Body Mass, Body Composition, Physical Activity and Nutrition from the First to the Fourth Academic Year in University Students
… in body mass and composition from 1st to 4th year among university students, and to assess whether changes in physical activity and dietary intake were related to observed changes in body mass and composition. Methods: Thirty-eight participants completed food frequency and activity …
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A Follow-Up on the Participants of the Mathematics Academic Year Institutes Held at the University of Illinois From 1957 to 1962
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-08T21:24:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6612456.pdf: 4976646 bytes, checksum: 9043689afe208f8ebc760b74b0fe9196 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1966
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What Difference Does One Academic Year Make? Features And Development Of International Foundation Students’ Academic Lexis In Assessed Writing At A UK University
Despite extensive research into academic writing of university students from various linguistic backgrounds and disciplines at various levels of study, little research has focused on longitudinal studies of assessed writing produced by heterogeneous groups of students at a foundation level. This …
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Patterns of User Activity in the Blackboard Course Management System Across All Courses in the 2004-2005 Academic Year at Brigham Young University
… of Brigham Young University during the 2004-2005 academic year. The report contains a set of data represented by tables and graphs that summarize activity, or clicks, in the Blackboard system performed by students, professors, and assistants. The clicks are summarized according to a number of …
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Cultural, Linguistic, Curricular And Financial Stories Of Andrews University International Undergraduate Students And Their Experiences Of Coping During The Academic Year 2014-2015: A Narrative Study
<p>Problem</p> <p>The internationalization trends indicate that global growth of international students moving from one country to another is predicted to exceed 7.2 billion in 2025 (IIE, 2011)). This crossing of borders inevitably evokes that international students confront multifaceted challenges …
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Locus of control and motivation in a neoliberal educational climate: a longitudinal study of a group of foundation year students over the course of an academic year
… students (n=14) undertaking a foundation year in the School of Education at a post-92 university. The study is located within the widening participation agenda, with foundation years becoming an increasingly popular way to access undergraduate courses. However, data at both national level …
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The influence of teaching practice I and teaching practice II on students’ english language proficiency at the Department of Foreign Languages of the University of El Salvador, academic year 2015
… Languages of the University of El Salvador, academic year 2015?” This research was carried out with students of Seminar II, semester II, 2015 since they took the last teaching practice courses. Those students were bound to take a version of Paper Based TOEFL Test (pBT TOEFL) in order to be …
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How to help english learners to improve their speaking skill. Case of ninth-graders in Centro Escolar Urbaniza cion Los Angeles in Soyapango, San Salvador in the academic year of 2016
… Los Ángeles in Soyapango, San Salvador in the Academic Year of 2016. To conduct this research, the researcher followed these steps: First of all, the researcher observed the subjects under study for four weeks in order to identify the most troublesome speaking related problems regarding …
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Generation 1.5 learners: Using an arts-informed, grounded theory approach to understanding how these students managed their undergraduate studies in a Perth-based, public university in Western Australia over an academic year
… are less skilled in terms of the cognitive academic learning proficiency levels that are essential for academic achievement. Additionally, they may lack discrete language skills, the rule-governed areas that include grammar, phonology, and spelling. However, the crucial academic L2 variables …
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An Exploratory Study of Goal Commitment Among Graduate Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields
… in STEM graduate students at the beginning of an academic year and identify change in commitment at the end of an academic year. The other was to identify factors and types of experiences and their impact on commitment in this context. Data came from a sample of 59 graduate students in three …
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Understanding Language Gain in the Overseas Immersion Context: Multi-Modal Assessment of Young Adult Learners of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian
… late-adolescent participants in the summer and year programs of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) from 2013-2015 and from AY 2011-2012 to 2014-15, respectively. NSLI-Y participants include students in the Arabic academic year program (N = 47), the Chinese academic year …
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A Comparative Study of High School Academic Paths, Grade Point Averages, and ACT Composite Scores as Predictors of Success at Walters State Community College.
… that allows for variability in high school academic paths as well as grade point averages and ACT scores students earned in high school.</p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between high school grade point averages, high school academic paths, ACT scores, and …
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Resilience among elementary educators as measured by the personal and organizational quality assessment-revised and the emotional quotient inventory: short
… points were fall, spring, and summer over one academic year. Procedures: Two rural school districts were contacted and elected to participate in the study. POQA-R instruments were proctored three times over the academic year, fall, spring, and summer. During the spring the EQi:S was …
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Canaries in the Coalmine: An investigation of the relative age effect within further education
… the educational system. Those born later in the academic year cycle, the summer months of May, June, July and August in England, are more likely to experience educational challenges due to their relative age within their year cohort. This study reports on a mixed methods research project, …
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The Development of Student-Centered Teaching Orientations and Teaching Practices Among Stem Graduate Students
… and knowledge about teaching developed across an academic year and factors that were associated with change. The teaching orientation literature provided a conceptual framework for investigating GTAs’ beliefs and knowledge about teaching.</p> <p>Interviews were conducted with 68 STEM GTAs at the …
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