Background of the Study: Ability to cope with pressure and anxiety to increase performance is an integral part of sports. There is considerable evidence in support of the relationship between anxiety and coping strategies and performance of athletes. Coping strategies can be divi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5659
Aims: The study was designed to examine the influence of social support, religion and education on psychological wellbeing among female partners of prisoners in Ibadan, Nigeria. Study Design: The cross-sectional survey research design was utilized. Place and Duration: The study w...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6060
In the present paper, a legalization procedure related to a different school function model is defined. Starting from the ambiguity of the notion related to the school democratic function, the form of hypocrisy is projected, which has already been formulated, as the dominating di...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6021
The study aims to investigate and discuss behavioral responses of Chinese English learners to dependencies and WH-extractions in processing of English WH-questions. Special attention is paid to subject extraction and object extraction. Meanwhile, all the target sentences were cha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6068
Aims: Students with perfectionistic tendencies may be present in classrooms; teachers would benefit from knowledge regarding contributing factors to, outcomes of, and evidence regarding intervention. The purpose of this paper was to provide an overview of evidence regarding how p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5532
The study was aimed at investigating differences among female students in science and technology-based university (STU) programmes in their motivation in learning science. The study utilized cross-sectional descriptive survey design. The theoretical framework for this study was b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/731
This quantitative and qualitative study, probably the first of its kind in Iran, compared the attitudes of IELTS and TOEFL iBT teachers towards the tests. It aimed to see whether the tests promoted positive washback on the attitudes of the teachers, since the tests are intended t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5674
Aim: This study aimed at analyzing the contribution of coursework to the overall performance of a university student with specific reference to the Department of Economics, at the St. Augustine university of Tanzania (SAUT). Study Design: The study design was time series study de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5528
Aims: Being unwed mother is a status which is culturally sensitive in Malaysia since it is against the religious principles and cultural approval of major ethnicities in Malaysia. Therefore, current study was designed to investigate the relationship between coping strategies and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5684
Self-evaluation is defined as learners judging the quality of their work, based on evidence and certain criteria, for the purpose of improvement. Self-evaluation consists of reassessment, and ensuring follow through of all required duties. The goal of self-evaluation is adaptatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5066
Aims: This work presents the knowledge gathered in a research accomplished by students of a pedagogy course which relates the socially constructed knowledge in the everyday life of ceramists from the State of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil to the knowledge on pottery, produced on the disc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5786
When the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, a large number of people and organizations faced unexpected situations. Even under such circumstances, some people flexibly responded to the situation to minimize damage caused by the disaster beyond the codes of cond...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5915
The present study investigates the effect of learning styles and keyword method associations on English vocabulary retention of EFL learners. The study addresses the following questions: a) Does learning style of EFL learners affect EFL vocabulary retention performance? b) Are wo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5566
Background of the Study: Recent evidence suggests that student-athletes may experience greater levels of stress or anxiety due to the dual demands of athletics and academics expectation placed on them. A lot of pressure is placed on collegiate athletes to achieve excellence in ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5661
Aims: The development of knowledge-based economy in Hong Kong requires employees with higher education level and more up-to-date knowledge. Information and communication technology (ICT) industry has been growing rapidly which is important for building a knowledge-based economy b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/4810