Poor Feeding Pattern as a Factor Militating Against Students’ Achievement in Chemistry; A Mechanism for Sustainable Development
Ibrahim Muhammad Shamsuddin,
Abdullahi Babale,
Adamu Tairu Arome,
Mustapha Yusuf Hamza
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 3, May 2017
Pages:
20-28
Received:
11 June 2017
Accepted:
30 June 2017
Published:
24 July 2017
Abstract: This research work examined poor feeding pattern as a factor militating against students’ academic achievement in chemistry which is a mechanism to sustainable development. Its main objective is to examine the Effects of feeding pattern on Academic Achievement of Students and to find out whether poor feeding is gender sensitive or not. In this study, a survey research design was used with an instrument titled Feeding Pattern as a Factor Militating against Students’ Achievement in Chemistry Questionnaire (FPMSACQ) and also their examination results for first term 2014/2015 academic session as data collection instrument with three hundred and six (306) respondents from six selected secondary schools from Sabon Gari local Government Area of Kaduna state chosen as sample using Krejcie and Morgan table of determining sample size. The analytical tools used was statistical package for social sciences (SPSS, Version 20). The result obtained shows that food insecurity has no significant effect on student’s academic achievements in the study area this is as a result of the fact that the students were found to have good feeding pattern, since the P value is higher than the alpha level of significance ≤0.05. Further investigation and analysis was done which shows that food security has significant effect on the student’s academic achievement since the alpha level of significance was found to be P≤ 0.05. It is recommended that the government should inculcate standard educational programs for orphans and also NGO’s should aid the government.
Abstract: This research work examined poor feeding pattern as a factor militating against students’ academic achievement in chemistry which is a mechanism to sustainable development. Its main objective is to examine the Effects of feeding pattern on Academic Achievement of Students and to find out whether poor feeding is gender sensitive or not. In this stud...
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Participating the Exchange Programs and Overseas Internship Survey in Taiwan (May 2017)
Jui Chuan Chang,
Chu Chun Yao
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 3, May 2017
Pages:
29-40
Received:
15 May 2017
Accepted:
25 May 2017
Published:
26 July 2017
Abstract: The issue of exchange students and participate the overseas internships have been a popular programs during the college. During the life abroad, students may face lots of difficulties, such as languages, culture conflicts and local life. The purposes of this study is to explore that (A) the impact of the personality traits, culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating exchange students and overseas internships (B) the impact of the culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating exchange students and overseas internships (C) the impact of the cross-cultural adaptation, culture conflicts and self-efficacy in participating exchange students and overseas internships. By Using SPSS 20.0 statistical suite and AMOS statistics of software according to the data of the questionnaire survey with descriptive statistical analysis, reliability and validity analysis, correlation analysis, one-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA), SEM and grey relational analysis, (A) There is a significant positive correlation among the personality traits, culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating the exchange and overseas internship programs. (B) There is a significant positive correlation among the culture conflicts, cross-cultural adaptation and self-efficacy in participating the exchange and overseas internship programs. (C) There is a significant positive correlation among the cross-cultural adaptation, culture conflicts and self-efficacy in participating the exchange and overseas internship programs.
Abstract: The issue of exchange students and participate the overseas internships have been a popular programs during the college. During the life abroad, students may face lots of difficulties, such as languages, culture conflicts and local life. The purposes of this study is to explore that (A) the impact of the personality traits, culture conflicts, cross...
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