The present study attempts to examine the relationship between academic achievement and problem behavior of students of secondary schools. It also contributes facts and insights about the prevalence of problem behavior among students. A total 1208 respondents including students (grade IX), teachers and experts were engaged in collecting data through questionnaire, interviews and focus group dis...

INTRODUCTION We assessed and compared by gender, students' achievement of recommended guidelines of four PA forms, and the association between guideline achievement of each of the four PA forms and students' academic performance. METHODS Data (2009-2010) comprised 3,271 students (11 faculties) at Assiut University, Egypt. A self-administered questionnaire measured: moderate PA (MPA), vigorous...

the cognitive predictors (i.e.,phonological awareness, and rapid automatized naming) underlying reading achievement have not been researched in iranian partial english immersion and non-immersion programs. the present study sought to investigate the relationship between english and persian phonological awareness (pa), rapid autamatized naming (ran) and reading achievementof iranian students in ...

Stigmatization can give rise to belonging uncertainty. In this state, people are sensitive to information diagnostic of the quality of their social connections. Two experiments tested how belonging uncertainty undermines the motivation and achievement of people whose group is negatively characterized in academic settings. In Experiment 1, students were led to believe that they might have few fr...

In this paper, we systematically analyze the effect of learning methods and living style of students during vacation on academic achievement using data mining techniques. To achieve this goal, we first identify various items of learning methods and living style which can affect academic achievement. Students are surveyed over these items through an Internet online site and the data collected fr...

This study seeks to identify the characteristics and training experiences of teachers who are differentially effective at promoting academic achievement among English language learners (ELLs). Our analyses indicate that general skills such as those reflected by scores on teacher certification exams and experience teaching non-ELL students are less predictive of achievement for ELL students than...

This study investigates the relationship between self-confidence and achievement among Malaysian students using multinomial logistic regression and the data are from TIMSS 2007. Although, in general, Malaysian students had low self-confidence in learning mathematics, their performance in mathematics at the international level is higher as compared to some countries with high level of self-confi...

introduction: in the past 2 decades, research findings established achievement goal theory as a powerful framework for conceptualizing difference in the quality of student’s engagement, persistence on task, and academic resilience. so the present study examined the relationship between achievement goal orientations and academic resilience. method: participants were 606 students (307 girls and 2...