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The state of the education system is a matter of huge concern in any country, with many observers regarding student achievement as the gauge of its effectiveness.... Hence, there are a great deal of investigations into all the possible factors that have been identified as affecting students' achievement.... The research that has been conducted concerning the impact of class size on students' achievement is particularly wide- and far-reaching, but has on several occasions yielded different and sometimes even conflicting results, thus raising the question, what in fact is the impact of class size on students' achievement?...
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Sewell and Hauser argue that parent's aspirations also affect the education aspirations of their children and achievement.... The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between class origins and education attainment.... This paper talks about social class which is always assumed to be the reason behind educational attainment of children due to advantages and disadvantages it brings with it at every stage of educational process.... In this view, the education attainment is affected by individual aspirations although social class origins may affect the occupation aspirations of children....
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The proposal "Correlation Between Cigarette Smoking and High School achievement" focuses on the critical analysis of the prevalence of cigarette smoking among high school students, factors that motivate students to smoke, impacts of smoking on performance, perception of students on cigarette smoking.... Within such a context, academic achievement tops the agenda for many discussions within government and academic circles.... By studying the correlation between cigarette smoking and high school achievement, the proposed research underscores the role that education plays in personal development....
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Language as the main medium of instruction also affects student performance and achievement.... How then do social class and ethnicity interrelate in education
... "Much of the difference in the achievement of children from different ethnic groups can be accounted for by social class: children from Indian and Chinese ethnic groups are more likely to be from a middle class background; children of Pakistani & African-Caribbean origin are more likely to be from working class backgrounds" (Ethnicity and Identity, 2006)....
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Many studies and surveys on school performance have showed a correlation between gender and achievement.... Studies have indicated that certain ethnic minority groups like the Asians, Indians and Chinese have levels of achievement above the white population whereas the Caribbean, Portuguese and Africans would be underachievers and achievement is considered as largely dependent on language skills, levels of English and gender differences as well.... For the purposes of this discussion literature search and background review was done using journal databases such as ingentaconnect and JSTOR along with search terms related to 'girls boys school performance' 'education gender performance' 'achievement gender schooling' etc....
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he proposed project aims at producing a comprehensive and reliable research on the relationship between parental involvement in homework and its impact on pupil achievement.... The investigation looks into the parent-child relationship in terms of parental support, family learning, parental involvement and parents' level of education and pupil achievement.... he objective of this research project is to identify if parents that are involved in their children's homework will promote the achievement of their school based targets....
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The present paper "Class Status and achievement: Making the Connection" will discuss the problem of poverty in the UK in relation to class status in society.... There has been a proven link between class status and achievement in the UK.... Obviously, the gap between child poverty and achievement in the classroom must be addressed.... Children have been found to do better in more middle-class school environs.... he fact that children have been found to perform better in schools that are more 'middle-class' suggests that students need to attend a school that is middle-of-the-road....
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The paper "Income Inequality and Measuring Student achievement" suggests that recently students from wealthy families had almost similar standards to middle-class students.... Research indicates there is a strong correlation between income inequality and student achievement in school and their career life.... The link between income inequality and student achievement proves there is an enormous gap in our education quality, which is continuing to grow....
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