Free Essays on Academic Achievement

  1. Technology and Academic Achievement

    Summary of "Technology and Academic Achievement" "Technology and Academic Achievement" by Les Foltos talks about the high cost of Technology in elementary and secondary schools throughout the country. It has reported that over $5 billion are invested in annually in educational technology. With...

  2. Academic Achievement

    classes influence greatly academic achievement. This issue is controversial and attracts many debates. Many people believe that boys and girls influence well each other, giving rise to good behaviour and maturity. However, studying separately boys and girls show better academic results. Firstly, boys...

  3. The Relationship Between Parenting Practices, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity to the Academic Achievement of High School Students

    Running Head: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN RELATION TO PARENTING FACTORS The Relationship Between Parenting Practices, Socioeconomic Status, and Ethnicity to the Academic Achievement of High School Students Whitney N. Williams Baylor University   The Relationship Between Parenting Practices, Socioeconomic...

  4. Class Size Effect on Academic Achievement

    “Class size is a major factor in determining successful academic achievement.” Discuss the text to which this is true. Education is one of the most important processes of modern society people always try to find how it can be best improved from early ages. Nowadays, researches start to work on...

  5. the Relationship between physical fitness and academics

    Literature Review of the Relationship between Physical Fitness and Academics The literature reviewed in this article was based on the question, “Does physical fitness have an impact on academics?” The articles used different types of testing on the students whom are active and inactive. The objective...

  6. Ses & Student Achievement

    RUNNING HEAD: Socio-economic Status and Student Achievement Socio-economic Status and Student Achievement Misty Parris University of Phoenix Socio-economic Status and Student Achievement In 1965, the United States government enacted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which...

  7. Avademic Achievement and Class Size

    class size one of the factors influencing academic achievement? Nowadays education is the chief factor to achieve success in our lives. We try to explicate the knowledge that we have and we master it. One of the most important factors of academic achievement is the class size. This essay will show the...

  8. The Relationship Between Expectations and Academic Performance

    PERFORMACE The Relationship between Expectations and Academic Performance Chris Nelson University of Florida   Abstract Research indicates that self-efficacy (or one’s perceived competence on challenging tasks) serves as a predictor of future achievement. The following two studies investigate self-efficacy...

  9. To What Extent Are Schools Responsible for Educational Achievement?

    educational achievement. In order to determine how and why some children succeed where others don’t, this essay will discuss sociological research on the consequences of labeling and self-fulfilling prophecy within the school environment and how these aspects affect academic achievement. Factors within...

  10. Achievements Essay for Mba

    The achievements I consider most important are: securing world-class distinction in O Levels, mentoring my cousin to acquire higher education, and designing operations of a start up restaurant. These achievements are special because these experiences have been instrumental in teaching important lessons...

  11. Self Esteem and Academic Success

    Topic: #1 Self esteem and academic success Part A: Correlational Study 1a. This correlational study aims at finding the correlation between self esteem and academic success. Therefore, self esteem and academic success will be the variables of the study. As it is abstract or may have multiple meanings...

  12. The Path to Success: a Road of Academic Discovery

    The Path to Success A Road of Academic Discovery Sandrea Bryan Fulton Foundations for Success Gen/200 February 24, 2010 Dr. Tom Schmidt The Path to Success: A Road of Academic Discovery According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2010) the word goal is defined as the end toward...

  13. The Main Achievements of the Annales School of History

    What were the main achievements of the Annales School? The Annales School of History is regarded by many as the most influential school of history in the 20th century[1] , but to call the Annales a school can be somewhat of a misnomer, as Robert Forster states, the Annales were not a true school...

  14. The End of My Quest in Relation to Some Academic Achievements.

    THE END OF MY QUEST IN RELATION TO SOME ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. Years back, when all the people who I knew thought of a brilliant and positive future as the only possible goal achieved for everybody in any country around the world, I started asking myself if I, a simple man raised and educated near the...

  15. Homeschooling Is a Rising Alternative to “Traditional Public Education Because the Effect It Has on Freedom and Flexibility, Social Interaction, and Academic Success

    Homeschooling is a Rising Alternative to “Traditional” Public Education Because the Effect it has on Freedom and Flexibility, Social Interaction, and Academic Success Introduction In light of the educational dilemma, many parents have grown impatient waiting for educational reform and are taking matters...

  16. Television's Effect on Reading and Academic Achievement

    Resources | Get Involved | Blog | Store | Donate Fact Sheet Print this page Television's Effect On Reading And Academic Achievement Did you know? American children, ages 2-17, watch television on average almost 25 hours per week or 3 ½ hours a day. Almost one in five...

  17. HIS 103(NEW) Academic Coach/uophelp

    Near (also known as Middle) East, India, Africa and East Asia. You must use at least four academic sources with at least two coming from academic-level sources found in the Ashford University Library. Academic sources are sometimes referred to as scholarly sources. You must also use one primary source...

  18. Important Achievements of the Ccp in the 195s

    China, whether he achieved this in a way that is perceived (especially by Westerners) as beneficial to his people is a key source of debate – many academics, Western and Chinese alike have endeavoured to pursue this notion. Thus, it must be brought to light before beginning a discussion on Mao's management...

  19. Effects of Achievement Motivation on Behavior

    Effects of Achievement Motivation on Behavior Scott T. Rabideau Rochester Institute of Technology [pic] Motivation can be defined as the driving force behind all the actions of an individual. The influence of an individual's needs and desires both have a strong impact on the direction of their behavior...

  20. The Links Between Social Class and Educational Achievement

    social class and educational achievement There have been many theories about social class and educational achievement and this essay will concentrate on the conflict theory and the functionalist theory. This essay will examine the links between class and achievement. It will describe and critically...

  21. Preparing and producing an academic essay on a particular topic

    How would you prepare and produce an academic essay on the topic: "What are the strategic constraints to cross-border airline mergers?" An academic essay is generally classified as an argument or discussion written with the intension to enlighten the reader about a topic, whilst it also tests the...

  22. UOP SEI 301 Week 1 DQ 1

    SEI 301 Week 1 DQ 1 How do the ELL proficiency standards (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) promote language development as well as academic achievement for ELLs? How could teachers new to ELL incorporate these standards to support content area instruction? Use examples from any one of the...

  23. Social Inequality

    gone. Unfortunately, one remnant of the 1970s still remains ' the educational achievement gap between black and white students. What does the data reveal? The most obvious pattern is the persistence of the black-white academic score gap, although the absolute numbers narrowed, in both math and reading...

  24. Characteristics of Individual That Are Predictors of Youth Problems

    reviews three journal articles that are related to the problem that only 40% of all grade 9 students are meeting the acceptable standard on Provincial Achievement Tests, in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science, in Fort Vermilion Public School. Article 1 Do Social and Behavioral characteristics...

  25. Cooperative Learning

    Wilson-Jones, L & Caston, M. (2003). Cooperative learning on academic achievement in elementary african american males. Journal of Psychology: Elementary African American Males 31(4), 280-283 Purpose: The purpose of this article was to explore the learning styles of elementary African American...

  26. Intelligence Definition and Measurement

    levels of intelligence and achievement in test takers. This paper discusses two specific intelligence tests: the ACER Test of Reasoning Ability and the Constructive Thinking Inventory. Two achievement instruments, the Basic Achievement Skills Inventory and the Test of Academic Performance, are also discussed...

  27. Summary on Language Learning

    Perry’s theory with Chinese and U.S. university students, published in April 2001 by Springer in the third edition of the forty-first volume of the academic journal Higher Education, from pages 239-261, draw a link between the cognitive-development of students and their ease in learning through their different...

  28. The English Language Learners

    language is other than English and their difficulties in understanding, reading, or writing English impair their opportunities for experiencing academic achievement in Englishonly classrooms and for participating fully in society (NCBE, 1996). Between the 1980 and 1990 national census reports, the number...

  29. Bilingual Education

    bilingual education have been developed, the two-way immersion program may be the most effective, in terms of English achievement. The two-way model promotes achievement both academically and linguistically for both language majority and minority students in the same classroom. This model...

  30. UOP SEI 301 Week 5 Alternative Assessment Analysis

    com/SEI-301/SEI-301-Week-5-Alternative-Assessment-Analysis Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that discusses the following: Instructors must monitor student achievement and assess results to guide instruction. When is it appropriate to use an informal assessment? When would a formal assessment be more appropriate...

  31. Dissertation Prospectus

    educational leaders in Hawai’i Department of Education and Board of Education how to shape institutional and system-wide policies to better support the academic performance of foster youth during grades K-12. Second, this study would provide insight to specific barriers that keep foster youth from successfully...

  32. Student

    Self-motivation for academic attainment: The role of self-efficacy beliefs and personal goal setting. American educational research journal, 29(3), 663-676. This study aimed to find how do students’ self-efficacy and the students’ and parents’ goal setting influence their academic attainment. First...

  33. about me

    Kortney Roher Research Summary 3 This research study is called “Teacher–Child Relationships and Academic Achievement: A Multilevel Propensity Score Model Approach” and it was conducted by Meghan P. McCormick, Erin E. O'Connor, Elise Cappella, and Sandee G. McClowry. The study was published in 2013...

  34. World of Gym

    Education (NASPE) commends the California Department of Education (CDE) for its study released today that shows a distinct relationship between academic achievement and physical fitness of California's public school students. "It makes great common sense to physical educators that active, physically fit...

  35. PSY 202 Week 4 DQ 2 Overcoming Challenges

    Prepare: In section 8.6, “Employment and Education,” we find that adult students often face many challenges as they return to school to achieve their academic goals. Some of these might be managing one’s time to adequately prepare coursework, addressing issues with writing skills, or lack of support (personal...

  36. Woodcock Johnson 3rd

    (WJ-III) WJ-III Tests of Achievement (WJ-III ACH) WJ-III Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-III COG) The recent version of an individually administered assesment system that educators and psychologists have found useful in assessing intelligence and achievement. The WJ-III, which is designed...

  37. lit review for psy

    Another journal that was studied was based on Predicting Students’ Motivation Beyond Academic Self-Concept. In Germany, school tracking or school grouping that is a norm within students that differentiates their achievement and their progress in the student’s studies. College Student Identities and Ethnic...

  38. No Child Left Behind - Summary

    equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments” (NCLB, 2002, section 1001). The targeted population being the Nations’ highest-poverty schools, neglected or delinquent...

  39. School Problems

    indicated that students with poor study skills have lower academic achievement than those with good study skills. According to Findley and Cooper when the studies were reviewed it concluded that positive locus of control and academic achievements are significantly and positively. They must also identify...

  40. The modern thing

    achieve in these schools are providing the students with skills to "get ahead in a competitive, achievement-focused society." On the other hand, students who devoted more time to homework also experienced more academic stress and physical health problems, and had less time for family and friends. Participants...

  41. Educational Success of African Americans in a Capitalist Society

    In the legislation of the civil rights act a report was requested to address the segregation of minorities in schools and how it relates to academic achievement. The report was commissioned to sociological theorist, James Samuel Coleman and others. The report was titled, “The Equality of Educational...

  42. Benefits of The Arts in Public Schools

    is beneficial, despite the continued conflict, because it can improve academic achievement, allow creativity and build character in the students. Research indicates that students involved in the arts exceed average achievement. In a well-documented study using a federal database of over 25,000 middle...

  43. C.I.P Formation

    planning process including how teachers will be involved in decisions regarding the use of state academic assessments and other data sources in order to provide information on and to improve the achievement of individual students and the overall instructional program and how parents were involved with...

  44. Too Much Media Use Damages Children's Health, Resulting in Higher Risk of Obesity, Tobacco, Drug, and Alcohol Use, and Sexual Activity

    likelihood of a child engaging in risky sexual behavior. A strong correlation was also found between media use and drug or alcohol abuse, low academic achievement, and attention deficit hyperactivity behavior. On the flip side, the study revealed that the fewer hours spent on television each week, the...

  45. “Free Tutoring Service for Students, a Good Choice”

    for a nation to be able to progress. That is why we must make investments in schools. Recently, we have seen that most students have low academic achievements and graduation rates each year get lower and lower. A high school director has money to invest in his school. He has two options: invest the...

  46. Increasing Confidence Towards Everything

    elementary school diploma, and also, for academic achievement in arts. As I moved on to middle school, I've also achieved many awards/certificates, and positive feedbacks from my teachers. I always get a "Student of the Month" certificate for either academic or citizenship. My average was also an eighty-percent...

  47. Factors Affecting Student Performance

    Factors Affecting Academic Performance For students it is natural to be curious about the factors that influence their performance in school. Many researchers have investigated on this matter such the studies of Sum and Fogg (1991) investigating on family income and Zappal, G. and B. Parker (2000)...

  48. Math geometry essay

    the importance of never giving up. Band Steve Jobs •Prompt/Topic. •Reasons Career Never Giving Up Athletic s Helen Keller Academics •Students complete their own Circle Maps. Family Composing Expository Writing Day two 1 best •Select reasons from the Circle Map and ...

  49. Reading Assessments

    standardized testing. Some examples of these tests are the Metropolitan Readiness Tests, the Early School Assessment, and the Stanford Early School Achievement Test. Basically, they examined certain characteristics in a child’s psyche to determine how prepared they are to begin the reading process. Study’s...

  50. Powerful Vocabulary

    Vocaculary for Reading Sucess is the FIRST vocabulary program to offer a systematic, teacher-directed approach to improving students’ reading achievement in just fifteen minutes a day. It has long been established that vocabulary knowledge is critical to successful reading comprehension. Today...

  51. The Practicality of Team Charters

    drop. Together, we are an ocean.” (Saturo, N.D.) The formation of a charter to organize team member’s strengths, ideals, proposals related to goal achievement, conflict management and resolution form a collaborative and proactive roadmap. This composition will analyze the practicality of team charters through...

  52. Students Performance and Parental Guidance

    ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF REINFORCEMENT ON STUDENT’S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN OYIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE. BUSARI ATINUKE RASHIDAT Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling Faculty of Education University Of...

  53. Characteristics of Successful Online Students

    learning, an academic degree is no longer limited to the restrictions of traditional classrooms. Effective time manage- ment, basic technical and online flexibility are developed learning styles and skills that successful online student’s use to their increase academic achievements. One of the...

  54. Bilingualism and Its Porposes

    classroom that uses the native language of English language learners (ELLs) for instruction, NAME.” Some of the goals are to teach English, foster academic achievement, preserve a minority group’s linguistic and cultural heritage and also to enable English speakers to learn a second language just to name a...

  55. “Cgpa and Its Reflection of a Person’s True Ability”

    hand a person with moderate or low CGPA with creativity and strong willingness can perform better in real life. Individuals face high and low in his academic career. There are many factors that might hamper a student’s performance other than his own ability. Personal problems, family and social factors...

  56. The Concept of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

    reputation for succeeding on the field but failing off the field. It is important for these student athletes to receive proper education and a successful academic career to even think about pursuing an athletic career. An example would be my basketball team going undefeated all year and having to forfeit the...

  57. Introduction

    students success as a measure for school and teachers success, it has become an increasingly important question to address. Academic success is a collection of achievements and educational work. In today’s competitive school environment simply obtaining good grades is not enough to ensure success in...

  58. School-Community Relations

    parental involvement in the school. Research reinforces the idea of parental involvement having a major impact on student learning, attendance, achievement, dropout rates decreases, and higher learning expectation. Gender doesn’t matter when you articulate and have a clear vision in the development...

  59. substance abuse in adolescents

    impacts the academic achievement of high school students, and if black students are more negatively affected than whites, Purcell (2009) concluded that substance use has a negative impact on academic achievement, even while controlling for a range of known influences on academic achievement. However, this...

  60. Bilingual Students

    their country, expectations about their children’s and their own education, previous participation in their children education, socio-economic, and academic level, hobbies and activities they share outside school. These information help me to understand how parents value school, how could they be involved...