...This paper looks at the relationship between test anxieties in college understudies furthermore their execution in examinations. Commonly, colleges use examinations to test part or even all the learning of understudies, especially in first-year courses. As Burns (2004, p. 120) exceptional, examination results can figure out whether a understudy passes a course or can advance onto further study, and may even impact job opportunities. Justifiably, instructors are concerned that examinations are a reasonable evidence of an understudy's learning. One territory of unique investment is the part nervousness plays in connection to examination execution. This article contends that as a rule, test tension brings down execution marginally, in spite of the fact that this is not apparent in all circumstances, nor with different types of understudies. Further, it is contended that the fundamental system for this result seems, by all accounts, to be that test nervousness prompts the improvement of meddling considerations, which keep a legitimate concentrate on examination undertakings. The paper likewise brings up that albeit numerous components effect on examination execution, test uneasiness is specifically compelling as it seems to lead straightforwardly to out of line results. The paper compares literature and the main literatures used in the paper are following: Burns, D. J. (2004). Anxiety at the time of the final exam: Relationships with expectations and performance. Journal of Education...
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...THE EFFECT OF AFFECT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING: A REVIEW OF THE ANXIETY RESEARCH Thomas Scovel University of Pittsburgh Although studies of the relationship between affective factors and language learning proficiency abound in the literature, the evidence to support such a relationship is difficult to interpret. Much of the problem resides in the fact that a wide range of variables are lumped together under the rubric “affect.” An attempt is made to ameliorate this situation by defining affective variables in terms of traditional psychological theory and classifying them as a subset of those variables intrinsic to the learner. The conflicting evidence dealing with one important affective variable, anxiety, is then examined, and it is shown that ambiguous experimental results can be resolved if the distinction between facilitating and debilitating anxiety is drawn. Further classificatory distinctions are discussed from the abundant experimentation undertaken by applied psychologists, and an attempt is made to consider the implications of some of this research for adult language learning-for some of the new methodologies in EFL as well as for future research opportunities. Affective Variables One does not have to delve deeply into the literature on the relationship between affective variables and second language learning to discover that “affect” is a cover term under which is swept a wide range of disparate constructs and behaviors. Included under the...
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...Contemporary Issues In Education Research – Second Quarter 2012 Volume 5, Number 2 Do Learning And Study Skills Affect Academic Performance? – An Empirical Investigation Richard Griffin, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Angie MacKewn, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Ernest Moser, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA Ken W. VanVuren, University of Tennessee at Martin, USA ABSTRACT Universities and colleges are very interested in understanding the factors that influence their students’ academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et al., 1987) assessment device was administered to 107 students to measure receptivity to several skills and strategies that purportedly enhance a student’s ability to learn and successfully perform in an academic setting. The results of this study showed that the LASSI scales dealing with attitude, concentration, information processing skill, motivation, self-testing and review techniques, use of study support techniques, time management, and effective test-taking strategies all correlated positively (with statistical significance) to student GPA. There were also statistically significant differences between males and females in their mean scores for several of the above mentioned LASSI scales. Every LASSI subscale, where females significantly...
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...are related to this research paper. The purpose of these written works is to give more knowledge and information to the readers of this research paper related to poor academic performance. Foreign Related Literature College education is a stepping stone for someone’s future. A person’s academic performance reflects to his grades and it is a big factor that employers look for in finding for their employees. Employees are the core element of a business organization because the productivity of a business depends on the employee’s performance that is why employers are strict when it comes to employment. Not all college students are performing well academically and it is caused by different factors and these factors vary from what the students are experiencing while they are in college. One factor that we can consider is the media consumption like TV viewing and surfing of the internet but video game playing may have replace TV viewing as the most frequent form of media usage most likely for the male students according to Burgess (2012). Frequent players of video game usually ends up forgetting their home works or not reviewing for their exams but they may be using this as a reason to avoid doing these things and that causes their poor performance academically. Romantic breakup of a student can also be a cause of academic performance being poor. According to Field (2013) students with high breakup distress have high negative emotions like depression, anxiety, and anger which results...
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...LITERATURE AND STUDIES Mathematics Anxiety For as long as there are people on earth, mathematics is here to stay and mathematics anxiety is something people must learn to deal with (Pinno, 1996). Tobias describes math anxiety as a feeling of sudden death as “an obsession with the idea that everyone knows that i don’t understand; I’d better not draw attention to myself by asking serious math avoidance and math phobia (Tobias, 1978). Math anxiety usually arises from a lack of confidence when working on mathematical situations. Math anxiety is defined in a variety of ways. Richardson and Suinn(1972)suggests that mathematics anxiety involves feelings of tension and anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic equations. Hodges (1983) differentiates between math anxiety and mathopobia. She believes that failure in mathematics leads to frustration, and the students then develop “math anxiety.” the result is a not too-common illness: mathopobia. A succinct description of math anxiety, which will be used interchangeably in this research, is that it is both emotional and cognitive dread of mathematics (Hodges, 1983 Reyes 1980; Seguin 1984; Tobias, 1976, 1978). Causes of Math Anxiety Miller (1997) points out that math anxiety usually comes from negative experiences in working with teachers, tutors, classmates, parents or siblings. At other times, anxiety comes from stress or a personal...
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...Art-Based Intervention for College Student’s Suffering from Anxiety According to the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment, Within the last 12 months, 21.9% of the students reported anxiety affected their individual academic performance, they either received a lower grade on an exam, course, received an incomplete or dropped the course. Twenty-three percent of the students also reported that in the last 2 week they felt overwhelming anxiety (American College Health). Anxiety, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, is excessive and constant uneasiness and worry (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). College is a transitional phase—college students have to leave home, tackle new and more...
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...The impact of health and health behaviours on educational outcomes in high-income countries: a review of the evidence Marc Suhrcke, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom Carmen de Paz Nieves, Fundación Ideas, Madrid, Spain ISBN 978 92 890 0220 2 Keywords HEALTH BEHAVIOR - HEALTH STATUS - EDUCATIONAL STATUS - RISK FACTORS - SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS - REVIEW LITERATURE Suggested citation Suhrcke M, de Paz Nieves C (2011). The impact of health and health behaviours on educational outcomes in highincome countries: a review of the evidence. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe. Address requests about publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to: Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe Scherfigsvej 8 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Alternatively, complete an online request form for documentation, health information, or for permission to quote or translate, on the Regional Office web site (http://www.euro.who.int/pubrequest). © World Health Organization 2011 All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning...
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...AND ATTITUDINAL FACTORS ON STUDYING STATISTICS Monique Bijker, Gabriëlle Wynants, Hans van Buuren Open Universiteit Nederland, the Netherlands mmbijker@planet.nl This study focuses on the differential effects of motivations and attitudes on Critical Thinking and Self-Regulation. Two different samples of Psychology students of Open Universiteit Nederland have been studied. The first sample is composed of students, confronted with an integrated, research-based teaching and learning design; the second sample is composed of students, exposed to classic service courses in statistics and research methods. Results reveal that motivations significantly affect Critical Thinking and Self-Regulation and that motivations and attitudes affect learning processes and achievement in their own characteristic way. Moreover the crucial role of an integrated teaching and learning design as a significant contributor to optimal motivations, more favourable attitudes and more adequate learning strategies for studying statistics and research methods has been endorsed. BACKGROUND Most studies concerning statistics (service) courses in the social sciences focus on attitudes and achievement. However, in the domain of educational psychology particularly motivations are regarded as crucial contributors to the learning process (Pintrich and Schunk, 2002). In the domain of statistics education studies generally focus on attitudes, based on empirically proven relations with achievement, disregarding...
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...ANXIETY AND SPEAKING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AMONG MALE AND FEMALE BUSINESS STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITI INDUSTRI SELANGOR Ayu Rita Bt Mohamad and Nadhia Dalila Bt Ab Wahid Industrial University of Selangor Jln Timur Tambahan, 456000 Bestari Jaya E-mail: ayurita@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study explores the nature and anxiety of speaking English as a second language among male and female Business Degree students in Industrial University of Selangor (Unisel), Berjuntai Bestari, Selangor. This study attempts to identify potential sources of anxiety relevant to the students’ affective needs or concerns in an institution of higher learning through the use of an in-depth qualitative questionnaire. As the pre-administered questionnaire findings indicate, the differences in the level of language anxiety exhibited by the participants seem to vary by gender. Using various studies by previous researchers of language anxiety as a theoretical guideline for data collection and analysis, this study also discusses some of the influences or impact of anxiety-provoking factors on second language learning, along with some implications for further research on language anxiety. 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Anxiety is a negative way to present human feelings. When we are anxious, we feel nervous, worried, and fearful. We struggle, tremble, perspire, and our hearts beat quickly. In general, anxiety can be defined as a complex concept dependent upon not only on one’s feelings of selfefficacy...
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...RESEARCH DETAIL TITLE : Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Therapeutic Play Intervention in Preparing Children for Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. RESEARCHER: 1. Cheung Li, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. 2. Violeta Lopez, PhD, is a Professor and Head of School, School of Nursing (NSW and ACT), Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW, Australia. SUBMITTED DATE : January 25, 2007 ACCEPTED DATE FOR PUBLICATION : July 21, 2007 PUBLISHED DATE : April, 2008 JOURNAL : Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing INTRODUCTION It can be observed today that nursing is a dynamic profession,both internally and externally due to constant change occurring in the profession. As a dynamic profession, nursing is responsive and is adapting to meets the needs of patients and the public.Nursing is a practice discipline, which is dependant upon a high level of professionalism,ethics and human values that demand for intellect, skills and a high sense of social responsibility.The knowledge and essential skill that increased dramatically make nurses leading and developing new services in health care delivery. Nurses roles and resposibilities will continue to change in line with the health reforms that are improving care for patients.Therefore, nurses need to be encouraged...
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...Personality/Behavioral Test Administration Reaction Paper: The test that was administered was the Beck youth Inventories Second edition, which is a test that is designed for children and adolescents ages 7 through 18 years. There are 5 self-report inventories which can be used separately or in combination. The goal is to assess symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, disruptive behavior, and self- concept. The Beck Inventories are validated tools that can be used to measure progress in both research, and clinical Having the opportunity to meet with Christine, and administer the Beck Youth Inventories Second Edition, she appeared to be a bright and intelligent young lady. She seem to be very withdrawn at times. Her counselor and mother discussed the testing process in the beginning, so she was prepared. Keeping Christine engaged at times was somewhat a challenge at times, but knowing some of her home life situations gave me a better way to know how to help her. The test time is 5-10 minutes per inventory, and 30-60 minutes for a full scale. I believe this instrument is a good for measure of self-concept and psychological well-being of children and adolescents. The Beck Inventories can also be used as a measure to identify children and adolescents that are in need of further intervention or evaluation, and as an assessment to the severity of their symptoms. Research shows that there have been many studies conducted to show the reliability of this instrument. The test is made...
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...Factors in Student Motivation Authored by: Steven C. Howey Educators across the country are frustrated with the challenge of how to motivate the ever increasing number of freshmen students entering college who are psychologically, socially, and academically unprepared for the demands of college life. Such students often exhibit maladaptive behavior such as tardiness, hostility towards authority, and unrealistic aspirations. The standard approach is to address the problem as an academic issue through remedial or developmental instruction. Developmental education programs however do not address the whole problem. Lack of motivation is not limited to the academically weak student. Successful remedial and study strategies courses aimed at the underprepared student have demonstrated that students who really want to improve their skills can do so when motivated. However, even the best remedial instruction programs have failed to positively impact the student who is both underprepared academically and unmotivated. When students have both a lack of academic skills and lack motivation, the greater problem is motivation (Kelly, 1988). Faculty often have neither the time or inclination to address difficult motivational issues in the classroom, consequently, the task of trying to effectively motivate such students often falls to academic advisors. Opinions about the role of motivation in academic achievement and what can be done about it vary widely among college faculty, administrators...
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...contains 2 Set of Papers for All Assignments PSY 335 Week 1 Assignment Research Development Paper (2 Papers) PSY 335 Week 2 Assignment Descriptive Research Methods Worksheet (2 Sheet) PSY 335 Week 3 Quiz PSY 335 Week 3 Assignment Methods Paper (2 Papers) PSY 335 Week 4 Assignment Experimental Designs Worksheet PSY 335 Week 4 Assignment Mock IRB Proposal Worksheet (2 Sheet) PSY 335 Week 5 Assignment Research Proposal Presentation (3 PPT) PSY 335 Week 5 Assignment Research in Careers Brochure (2 Brochure) ------------------------------------------------------------- PSY 335 Week 1 Assignment Research Development Paper (2 Papers) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com This tutorial contains 2 Papers PSY 335 Week 1 Assignment Research Development Paper Description:Watch the "Attention and Consciousness-Unlearning Through Hypnosis" video located in this week'sElectronic Reserve Readings.Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper covering the following: • What was the purpose of this study? • How does this study apply to the real world? • If you were doing the next step in this study, which research question would you develop? How could you test it? • How could you apply the steps of the scientific method to test your hypothesis? Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ------------------------------------------------------------- PSY 335 Week 2 Assignment Descriptive Research Methods Worksheet...
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...Title of Paper In order to obtain the greatest benefit from research, it is necessary to interpret results accurately. The development and application of critical thinking skills is paramount when reading and evaluating research articles, rather than to take the research as fact. The following paper is a critique of a qualitative research article published in 2007 by Journal of Critical Nursing, titled “The Effects of Different Maternal Positions on Non-Stress Test: An Experimental Study”. Title and Introduction The title “The Effects of Different Maternal Positions on Non-Stress Test: An Experimental Study” (Alus, Okumus, Mete, Guclu, 2007) accurately reflected the content of the article and research study. The abstract remained concise as well as provided more detail to the article. The objectives, background, study design, means of data collection and analysis, results; conclusion, and relevance to clinical practice were all mentioned in a brief paragraph. The importance of the study was clearly stated, obtaining erroneous results from non-stress tests, when, indeed, the fetus is healthy and well oxygenated. The authors further described the supine position showed the least fetal activity, increased maternal back pain as well as maternal shortness of breath. (Alus, Okumus, Mete, & Serkan, 2007). The introduction was informative and included additional information into the understanding of decreased fetal movement. Alcohol intake, smoking, certain medications...
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...De La Salle University-Dasmariñas COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTANCY Dasmariñas DBB-B, Dasmariñas City, Cavite ________________________________________________________________ Math Anxiety among College of Tourism and Hospitality Management Students of De La Salle University: An Illness or a Psychological Mentality? In partial fulfillment of the requirements in English 102: Information Literacy (A Research Paper) By: Bongcac, Francis Dianne De Jesus, Alyssa Marie Pialago, Mary Anne Solayao, Elizabeth Viesca, Jr., Rolando NON07 September 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page................................................................................................................. i Table of Contents..................................................................................................... ii INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1 Nature and Importance of the Study............................................................. 1 Statement of the Problem............................................................................. 4 Respondents of the Study………………………………………………………. 4 METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………………… RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS.............................................................................. SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS...................................... Summary.....................................................
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