vital to one 's daily and professional life. The first few years of one 's life is the key period to establish literacy and numeracy as one 's brain development is at its peak in this period, and the better the foundation of literacy and numeracy is, the more likely one is going to successful in academic and social performance in later years. Also as a social experience, literacy and numeracy education is greatly influenced by one 's social environment, or in early childhood settings, one 's family environment
have initiated policies and procedures helping children successfully manage their asthma. Successful school-based asthma programs have been researched looking at the best ways to manage asthma in schools. Change Model Overview The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model (JHNEBP) depicts three essential cornerstones that are the foundation for professional nursing which
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW INTRODUCTION This chapter will provide an overview of resilience and the factors that affect it will be discussed. The literature review will address parental rearing behaviour, social support as well as religious faith in relation to resilience. Joseph (1994) defines resilience as the glue that keeps individuals functioning when they are confronted with misfortunes and challenges. It is also the attitudes, coping behaviour and personal strength in people who manage adversity
and its influence on educational achievement. The link between family structure and educational achievement suggests that children living in nuclear families are more successful academically. Research has consistently shown that family structure can facilitate or limit the ways in which parents are able to positively influence the future educational outcomes of their children. Family influences on children’s educational achievement are evident throughout literature; it has been
Suffering from the above-mentioned forms of abuse could raise feelings of sadness, anger, betrayal, unworthiness and children will soon be withdrawn from social scene (Finkerlhor & Browne; 1985). 1.2.2 Effects of Sexual abuse “The National Centre on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) describes sexual abuse as contacts or interactions between a child and an adult
what children are like and how they change. Children are beings who change physically, cognitively emotionally and socially. There are many different theories and they all take a stand on 3 basic issues: Is the course of
OF DEVELOPMENT (CONTINUOUS OR DISCONTINUOUS) * THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT: ONE OR MANY * FACTORS THAT DETERMINE DEVELOPMENT (NATURE/NURTURE) Introduction Child development has many theories with different ideas about what children are like and how they change. Children are beings who change physically, cognitively emotionally and socially. There are many different theories and they all take a stand on 3 basic issues: Is the course of
on Student’s Academic Achievement and Learning Outcomes in Mathematics among Secondary School Students in Nigeria Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education, Osun State, NIGERIA Received 10 January 2007; accepted 19 April 2007 In our match towards scientific and technological advancement, we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort to achieve this, this study investigated the impact of motivation on students’ school academic achievement in
academicjournals.org/AJBM DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.595 ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper A look out for academic impacts of Social networking sites (SNSs): A student based perspective Ishfaq Ahmed* and Tehmina Fiaz Qazi Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Accepted 20 April, 2011 This study implies the exploration of relationship between SNSs usage and educational performance of the student users. A sample of one thousand students was
Complex Trauma Taskforce of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) undertook a significant step in identifying and resolving the problems associated with diagnosing complex trauma in children” (p. 1). Adolescents diagnosed with complex trauma are more likely to engage in “maladaptive attempts at self-soothing” (van der Kolk & Pynoos, 2009, p. 11) that is expressed in high-risk behavior, chemical or substance dependency or aggressiveness toward others. Adolescents exposed to a traumatic