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The Impact of Curriculum-Based Examinations on Learning in Canadian Secondary Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Externally set curriculum-based examinations at the end of high school apparently have pervasive backwash effects on middle school students, their parents, teachers and school administrators.
Bishop, John H.
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The Influence of Technology on Family Dynamics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A powerful tool, that contemporary society uses not only to entertain but also to communicate and educate, there is an ever-present availability to media access.
Villegas, Alessondra
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Application of the war of attrition game to the analysis of intellectual property disputes

open access: yes, 2015
In many developing countries intellectual property infringement and the commerce of pirate goods is an entrepreneurial activity. Digital piracy is very often the only media for having access to music, cinema, books and software.
Chávez-Angeles, Manuel G.   +1 more
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Marketing implications of traditional and ICT-mediated leisure activities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This study investigates the role of traditional and information and communication technology (ICT)-mediated leisure activities in consumer behaviour.
Lee, R.Y., Murphy, J., Zorn, S.F.
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Media Screen Time for Young Children, a Culturally Competent Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Young children are being exposed to excessive screen time. There are many health and developmental risks of excessive or inappropriate media exposure, including sleep disturbances, developmental delays, and obesity.
Jorgensen, Jenna Conway
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The evaluation of scholar fatigue phenomenon and some factors that cause it - pilot study on a group of students from rural area

open access: yesAnthropological Researches and Studies, 2014
Objectives. Fatigue is a phenomenon that occurs after an intense high school activity, which manifests in a different way for each student during the intense process of growth. The purpose of this research was to identify the presence of fatigue and some
Daniela Gavăt, Adriana Albu
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The Connection Between Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: Inspecting the Mechanisms [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the channels through which maternal employment affects childhood obesity. We use time diaries and interview responses from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics which combine information on ...
Angela Fertig   +2 more
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Religiosity, Repression and Cultivation: Different Patterns of TV Viewing Effects on Crime Prevalence Estimates and Personal Victimization Likelihood Assessment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2012
This study asks if and to what extent religiosity and repression moderate the effect of TV viewing on crime prevalence estimates and personal victimization likelihood assessments.
Amir Hetsroni, Hila Lowenstein
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Body adiposity and daily TV viewing in 11 to 14-year-old students at two schools in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2002
The objective of this study was to analyze body adiposity, daily TV viewing and prevalence of obesity, and to identify associations between TV viewing and relative body fat in boys and girls aged 11 to 14 years attending two municipal schools in Campo ...
Adair da Silva Lopes   +3 more
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