study indicated substantial correlations of social networking and it’s negative affects on the student’s GPA. The importance of social networking in the lives of post secondary and it’s affects was a major part of this study, the survey questions were created to measure these factors. A majority of students (79.2%) reported to have Facebook as a social networking site. According to the literature Facebook was mainly used to expand student’s social networking circle, in this study 98.2% of student’s
very small. This shows that there is not as much of a difference as people think. Review of Literature Through all of the literature I looked at there were many common findings in studies. Studies either reiterated that student athletes are either underachieving or overachieving academically. Studies also showed that there was no difference between a student athlete and a regular student. Furthermore, in the literature there were various reasons as to why student athletes achieved as much as they did
Predicting performance in post-graduate education from admissions information ---comparisons of health professions with pharmacy Richard E Wilcox, PhD* and Kenneth A Lawson, PhD ABSTRACT Objectives. The goal of the present review was to assess the state of performance prediction in health care programs generally, versus performance in pharmacy schools, using didactic and non-didactic admissions measures. This is important because clinical success represents a combination of skills that are not
Our study had many conclusions congruent with the findings found in our review of literature, but a portion of our research explored areas that the other studies did not. Self-efficacy was a factor studied in both Peterson (2009) and McLaughlin, et al., (2008) research studies. Although our research did not report self-efficacy scales, it did look at attributes related to self-efficacy, shown in Table 7, such as leadership, stress coping, and adaptation to change. These three factors each had a strong
(Hambrick, 2011). Sarah Sheffer, journalist from PBS, further states that SAT has predictive value, but is not reliable cross populations. She states that GPA is a greater determinant for admission as it is evidence of long term “self-discipline, intellectual curiosity and hard work” (Sheffer, 2014). There is only a very small difference in GPA between SAT submitters and non-submitters, and the debate lies within school grades; if not high, testing does not guarantee college success. She states that
Scholarly Research on Transitioning from Middle to High School During this review of scholarly literature on the transition from middle school to high school, five major themes emerged. The first theme is the predictive nature of middle school data at identifying students at risk for early departure or dropout. The second, third, and fourth themes pertain to the academic, procedural, and social concerns for incoming high school students and their families. The final theme was research on the
Significance of the Study The findings of this study can be valuable in three ways. First, they may guide admissions personnel and decision makers at the ministry of higher education and scientific research in identifying whether high school GPA and admission test scores help in predicting academic performance of students attending higher education institutions. This study might also help them in the development of future admission plans and student retention programs at Yemeni universities and
Survey of literature? Critical analysis of the literature (topic research)? Position paper? Case study? Description paper? White paper? • Information: Background? Problem? Purpose (or thesis)? Methods (if research paper)? Findings (if literature review, then the findings will present as major themes, which can be noted in the key concepts section of this worksheet)? Stated limitations? Conclusions? Recommendations? Notes (summarize the article in your words; this part is not a review or evaluation-
Senior Project Literature Review Introduction Tremendous growth in the smart phone can be observed in the recent years ,There is no doubt that smart phones establish a significant leap in science and technological applications, the smartphone market is growing exponentially , And highlights the importance of phone applications, which contributed greatly to change our perception and the way we deal with mobile devices. It is becoming a key factor in changing our contemporary reality, and provide
descriptors (excellent, great, satisfactory, needs improvement), in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary institutions in some countries, as a Grade Point Average (GPA). GPA is calculated by taking the number of grade points a student earned in a given period of time divided by the total number of credits taken.[1] The GPA can be used by potential employers or further post-secondary institutions to assess and compare applicants. A