Cutting class is also called "skipping"" or "ditching" class, which is selective class attendance that occurs when a student comes to be present, present a paper or report or take an exam but fails to attend particular classes without a legitimate excuse"" (Fallis et al, 2003, p. 102). ... "While it is tempting to view students who cut class as deficient in their academic capability, intelligence, motivation or values, teachers dispute the stereotype and describe students who cut class as intellectually and academically similar to their regularly-attending peers"(Fallis, et al, 2003, p. 103). ...

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Independent learning is self-directed learning (Mayer at al., 2008b). ... Also a good way of helping is not giving unclear advices as it may confuse students.The literature provides a variety of suggestions relating to how teachers can promote this kind of learning by using strategies such as scaffolding, providing students with opportunities to self-monitor, by offering models of behavior and developing a language for learning (Meyer et al., 2008a). ... Finally, as Christie et al. (2013) imply there are two main factors to be considered in the transition period from college to university, th...

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When a student sets goals for his/herself and then is successful in reaching those goals, they feel better about themselves and about their capabilities, and thus continue to set and accomplish goals throughout their academic career (Morisano et. al. 2010). ... These goals make it easier to like doing your assignments and can help to develop skills that encourage an understanding of the big picture (harackiewcz, et. al, 2000). ...

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College students between the ages of 18 to 21 make up 57% of the 1400 deaths due to alcohol that occur in college students 18-24 (Hingson et al., 2002). ... Approximately 400,000 students between the ages of 18 and 21 had unprotected sex and more than 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 21 report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex (Hingson et al., 2002). ...

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