...Vol. 3 (4), July, 2009 ISSN 1994-9057 (Print) ISSN 2070-0083 (Online) Study Habit, Self-Concept and Science Achievement of Public and Private Junior Secondary School Students in Ogun State, Nigeria (Pp. 492-506) Olatoye, R. A. - Institute of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria E-mail: kingdemola@yahoo.com Abstract This study compared study habit, self-concept and science achievement of students in public and private junior secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. Twelve secondary schools were randomly selected from Egba and Ijebu divisions of the state. A sample of three hundred and sixty (360) students participated in the study. Three research instruments were used to collect data. There was no significant difference in study habit and selfconcept of students in public and private schools. However, private school students performed significantly better than their public school counterparts in integrated science (t = 3.400, p<0.05). In both public and private schools student study habit and self-concept combined together and singularly predicted science achievement. Counsellors should encourage students to study and also train them on how to improve their self-concept in order to improve science achievement. Key Words: Study habit, self-concept, science achievement, public and private schools, junior secondary schools. Introduction Scientific discoveries affecting individuals and the society at large are frequently found in our homes and workplaces...
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...Private vs. Public There are many reasons private schools are academically superior to public schools. In today’s society there are different types of education that a student may receive. The choices are narrowed down into two main categories, private and public school. Many people in today’s society believe it is better to send their children to private schools rather than public schools. It is not an easy choice for parents to decide, but many parents feel their child is worth receiving the best education offered. The quality of teaching and the expectations of the students differ from the two schools. Studies have been made and prove that private schools have a higher graduation rate, student self-determination, and higher college admissions rate. In a private school a student’s self-discipline and willingness aids them in the future success of their lives. Advocates of private school argue that the education received in one of these facilities is more valuable and rewarding than any other academic opportunity. Private schools often have better grades and test scores with an above standard curriculum, but supporters of public schools feel that the students are better-rounded, both educationally and worldly, when in public schools. Generally public schools have a superior variety of classes to choose from due to the larger more diverse student population, however, private schools tend to offer more honors and advanced classes then public schools. The amount of students...
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...Jennifer Kerns SPE-350 Special Education Litigation and Law Discovering the Relationship Between the Law and Your School (Benchmark Assessment August 5, 2014 Nancy Hooper Discovering the Relationship Between the Law and Your School (Benchmark Assessment) For this Benchmark I had to research the law and how it is applied to special education issues that were covered in this class.. I looked at my state departments of educations website to view the laws of my state of Oklahoma and Texas and Arkansas to see how they cover special education issues. I had also had to interview a lawyer who is well-versed in school law. I interviewed Ms. Andrea Kunkel, she was a wealth of information. She is well-versed in Special Education law, she was an attorney at Rosenstein, Fist and Ringold, where she represented Oklahoma Public Schools. She handled many Due Process Cases, she advised school staff on their legal responsibilities under the Section 504, Title II of the ADA and IDEA. She also was the legal advisor of the Oklahoma Directors of Special Services and is now the staff attorney of CCOSA (Cooperative Council of Oklahoma School, where she is currently training school administrators on special education law and issues and is the liaison to ODSS group. The first topic we discussed was how has the legal system evolved, as it applies to special education, over the past 20 years, and how has that affected the legal framework for special education today? Ms. Kunkel said that...
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...due to social class. A parent’s social class has a significant impact on their child’s educational opportunities. Not only are upper-class parents able to send their child to exclusive schools that are perceived to be better, but in many places state-supported schools for children of the upper class are of a much higher quality than those the state provides for children of the lower classes. This lack of good schools is one factor that perpetuates the class divide across generations. Family income, Not only are children’s educations influenced by the personal, educational background of their parents, but these personal experiences are highly connected to their economic background. Along with their ability to educate their offspring, the economic status of people plays a huge role in their own education. Educational level varies between children from low-income families and high-income families. For example lack of academic support, many low-income families don't get the support they need from their children's school or community, for a variety of reasons. The parents may work odd hours, and not be able to meet with teachers. They may be ashamed to ask for help, or might not even be able to do so. Regardless of the reason, low-income students may fall under the radar if they fall behind in school and their parents and teachers don't have an open line of communication. If this happens, the child will face a slippery slope almost impossible to overcome. Low-income families typically...
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...conducts a linguistic study of comments posted on a local public blog. Correct Answer : A developmental psychologist videotapes interactions between groups of toddlers and their care givers to determine which intervention methods most effectively manage aggression. Comment : The study of passenger lists is a study of individuals who are no longer living. A human subject is a living individual. Questioning individuals to acquire data about the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases is asking "about what" questions rather than "about whom" questions. Conducting a linguistic analysis of comments posted on a public blog involves neither interaction with individuals nor collecting private identified information and thus does not meet the definition of research with human subjects. The study proposed by the developmental psychologist does meet the definition of research with human subjects. It involves interactions with living individuals and is designed to contribute to a field of knowledge. Points Earned : 0 Question 2 Question : According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? Your answer : A university designs an in-house study to improve the mentoring of women students in its engineering department with the proposed outcome consisting of a report of recommendations for the department. Correct Answer : An experiment is proposed on the relationship between gender-related stereotypes in math and the subsequent...
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...homeschooling a child have long been debated by the leading experts and specialists. In the eyes of many, growing up and learning in a private, secluded environment is socially and academically unfavorable for children. Since the practice first started, questions have always been asked: does it really help at all? The answer to that question is yes. With the number of homeschooled children increasing every year, it’s obvious that being raised in and exposed to the homeschooled environment gives children many advantages over those that are public schooled. Making friends and meeting new people has always been a necessity in life; interacting with others is vital to being able to survive. Homeschooled children are stereotyped to be secluded from other children; critics argue that a homeschooled child will not be able to function properly in society if they are not exposed to other children early on (Jenkins). They are assumed to be socially awkward, and therefore deemed not able to function as well as children that have been public-schooled. Linda Dobson, author of many books centered on the topic of homeschooling, says that many confuse “socializing [-] talking and playing with other kids,” and “socialization [-] learning the proper rules of behavior for a culture” (Dobson 79). Neither of these matters are required to take place at a school environment, despite the beliefs of the masses. In reality, many families that practice homeschooling “do not even separate academic work...
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...terms, 1973 college graduates earned 45 percent more than high school graduates; by 1994 they earned 65 percent more, based on real average hourly wages for college and high school graduates (Baumol and Blinder, 1997). The increasing income disparities between groups of differing educational attainment raises concern that access to postsecondary education (PSE) may not be as widespread as desired. President Clinton urged for the goal of universal college access in his 1997 State of the Union address, “We must make the thirteenth and fourteenth years of education—at least two years of college—just as universal in America by the 21st century as a high school education is today, and we must open the doors of college to all Americans.” Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS) and the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), this study examines access to postsecondary education by individuals in different income and test score groups. While many studies have found a statistically significant effect of income on college enrollment,1 less attention has been paid to the effect of family income after controlling for student achievement. This study specifically addresses this issue. We also explore differences in the decision of whether or not to attend PSE or in the type of PSE attended. We are interested in whether students are substituting less expensive alternatives (such as public or 2-year institutions) for high cost institutions, or whether...
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...Oral Law: Oral Law is law that is not written down but is spoken Kinship : The act or fact of being in a relationship. Terra Nullius: Land owned by no one. Native Title: Native title is land given to the indigenous community by the government. Who is Eddie Marbo: Dispute Resolution If the law is broken or a dispute arises family and community is involved in resolution. * Discussions are held at ceremonial times * Elders use discussion between parties to resolve the dispute * Mediation is the key to dispute resolution * There are two major types of wrong: Public and private. * * International Law * * State sovereignty and domestic law * * There are 4 key criteria for recognizing a new county Define physical territory Permanent population Government that exercises control over physical (Effective Government) Capacity to relate to other governments (Compacity to enter international negotiations) Domestic law is a part of a country to govern * Defining international law * International law is the law between nations * * International law: * The general principles on the law as recognized by other nations. * * Jus cogens, * Overisdes laws that a county may have * * International disadvantages * * The united nations and international law * International criminal court * : * International community must respond when a county is in terror for...
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...to my kids’ future: Their school or quality time with their parents? 1] On countless mornings over the past year, I stood with my 3-year-old son, James, in our driveway, watching our next-door neighbor trudge off to fifth grade. As she’d disappear around the corner, I’d think ahead to the kind of school James might attend when he starts kindergarten in two years. 2] My wife and I are in our early 30s, living in Ann Arbor, Mich., where she is finishing her training as a demographer. Over the next year we’ll figure out where we’re going to live for the long haul. Where we choose will depend to some extent on the job market, but it will also depend heavily on where we want James and his brother, Oscar, 1, to go to school. 3] We can’t afford private-school tuition, so living in a city would probably mean chancing it on a subpar public school system. And although I loved growing up on the coast of Maine, the limits of my public high school education became clear when I got to college and immediately felt like I was behind. I would like my boys to be better prepared for college. 4] But if my wife and I wanted to do everything we could to give James and Oscar the best possible K-12 education, we’d have to make some big changes. We’d have to choose more lucrative careers than hers in academia and mine as a writer so we could afford urban private schools or a house in an affluent suburb where the public schools are better. But between the longer hours and the...
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...RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA BY DR. A. A. ADEOGUN AND G. I. OSIFILA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL DMINISTRATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA - YABA Abstract This study investigated the relationship between educational resources and students’ academic performance in Lagos State public secondary schools. A descriptive research design was adopted. Five schools were randomly selected from Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State. A research instrument was developed to collect factual and perceptual information from the principals and teachers of the schools selected. The data collected were analyzed with the use of chi-square statistics. The study found that there were not enough educational resources in the selected schools. Physical, materials, financial and human resources were found to be significantly related to students’ academic performance. Some suggestions and recommendations were made on how to improve academic performance through adequate provision of educational resources. Other category of material resources consist of paper supplies and writing materials such as biro, eraser, exercise books, crayon, chalk, drawing books, notebooks, pencil, ruler, slate, workbooks and so on. Physical resources include classrooms, lecture theatres, auditoriums, typing pools, administrative block, libraries, laboratories, workshops, gymnasia, assembly halls, special rooms like sickbay, staff...
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...Experiment (Zimbardo). Correct Answer : The Public Health Service Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. Comment : Points Earned : 0 Question 2 Question : The Belmont principle of beneficence requires that: Your answer : Potential benefits justify the risks of harm. Correct Answer : Potential benefits justify the risks of harm. Comment : Points Earned : 1 Question 3 Question : Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study under the pretense that he was a lookout is an example of a violation of the principle of: Your answer : Respect for persons. Correct Answer : Respect for persons. Comment : Humphreys collecting data for the Tearoom Trade study while posing as a lookout is an example of a violation of the principle of respect for persons. Respect for persons requires that subjects freely choose to participate in research (voluntariness) and that they are adequately informed about a study (informed consent). Points Earned : 1 Question 4 Question : According to the Belmont Report, the moral requirement that there be fair outcomes in the selection of research subjects, expresses the principle of: Your answer : Respect for persons. Correct Answer : Justice. Comment : Points Earned : 0 Question 5 Question : Which of the following is an example of how the principle of beneficence is applied to a study involving human subjects? Your answer : Ensuring that risks are reasonable in relationship to anticipated benefits. Correct Answer :...
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...Argumentative essay Music and art are how a culture expresses its creativity. Creativity is the base of learning. In the past years neuroscientists have explored the way our brains perceive, and react to music and art, including studies of the relationship between musical experience and emotion, and between our auditory and visual systems. Public schools should provide music and art education because their students gain great benefits from it. They prepare students for success in school, work and life, by helping them to know themselves, and the world in general. Art and music education are essential to a well-rounded education. Its prepare students for success in school, work, and life. Art and music can increase student motivation, because students tend to enjoy them and feel the sense of accomplishment. Having the arts in schools has been found to improve students morale, satisfaction, and attendance. Furthermore, the arts teach children to make good judgements about qualitative relationships. The arts inspire interpretation, which further develops critical thinking. Involvement in the arts can improve the cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skills. For example, the research involving exposing college students to listen Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, or relaxation tape, followed by test on spatial reasoning, showed a rise in scores from the student listening Mozart sonata ( Rauscher,1). Arts learning can also improve motivation...
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...University Islamabad, Pakistan, PO box 44000, E-8, Islamabad, Pakistan Email: MuhammadArslan73@gmail.com Rashid Zaman M.Phil (Management Sciences), Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan, Email: Rashidzamantanoli@gmail.com Abstract The present study investigates the relationship between impact of total quality management (TQM) practices and teachers’ motivation in the presence of Educational Institution Image as a mediating variable at secondary schools in Pakistan. The data was collected from faculty members including principals and head teachers of public, semi public and private schools through five points Likert Scale. The results were analyzed using SPSS 20. The study showed a significantly positive relationship between TQM practices and the resultant motivation amongst secondary school teachers. Moreover, school image was also found a mediator between the two variables. Recommendations and some policy implications were also given along with suggestions for the future research. Keywords: Quality, Education, Image, Motivation, Pakistan, Total quality management 1.0 Introduction Twentieth century witnessed lot many new management philosophies being welcome by organizations as these supported and helped both public as well as private sectors organizations. One of the new concepts was to make constant efforts to meet and preferably exceeding the needs and expectations of customers. The new concept was termed differently by different researchers but all having one common expression “Quality”[1]...
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...University? 2. What are the characteristics of the junior students in the terms of: 3.1 study habits 3.2 study attitudes 3.3 type of secondary school they graduated 3. Is there a significant relationship of student, study habits and academic achievement in mathematics? 4. Is there a significant relationship between students study attitude and academic achievement in mathematics? 5. Is here a significant relationship between the type of school where the student graduated and their academic achievement in mathematics? Hypothesis 1. There is a significant relationship between the study habits and academic achievement in mathematics. 2. There is a significant relationship between the students study attitudes and academic achievement in mathematics. 3. There is a significant relationship between the secondary school where the junior students graduated and their academic achievement in mathematics. Null Hypothesis 1. There is no significant relationship between the study habits and academic achievement of students. 2. There is no significant relationship between the students study attitudes and academic achievement in mathematics. 3. There is no significant relationship between the types of school where they graduated to their academic performance in mathematics. Theoretical / conceptual framework Mathematics courses in college have been a burial ground for the...
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...on Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™ Newly revised edition, which includes evidenced-based operational standards Sponsored by Introduction As a strategy for helping young people succeed in school, work and life, mentoring works. It helps give young people the confidence, resources and support they need to achieve their potential. But, the fact is this: these positive outcomes are only possible when young people are engaged in high-quality mentoring relationships. The Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring holds the key to success in producing high-quality relationships. The new edition of the Elements provides six evidence-based standards for practice that incorporate the latest research and best-available practice wisdom. It also reprises advice that appeared in earlier editions on program design and planning; program management; program operations; and program evaluation. We believe adherence to the Elements will ensure that mentoring relationships thrive and endure. They include measures that any mentoring program in any setting can implement, as well as measures that any agency can incorporate within the mentoring element of broad-based, positive youth development programming. This means that community-based, corporate-based, school-based, faith-based and Internet-based mentoring programs can use the Elements to meet the specific needs of the young people they serve and the milieu in which they operate. And, it means that afterschool and other...
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