iosr-JRME   Volume-7 ~ Issue-2 ~ March-April 2017

Abstract: The silk is the symbol of China and ancient Chinese culture; the Silk Road is not only the business and trade road, but also the civilized and open road with cultural exchange and intercommunication. In the long course of human history, the Silk Road has been always regarded as the bright cultural corridor connecting China and Western Regions, South Asia, and even European continent. In the new era, China contributes the fresh design of One Belt One Road to the world in order to cope with global economic recession, environmental degradation, terrorism threat, and regional............

Keywords: The Silk Road, Chinese civilization wisdom, cultural effect, "Culture Priority" strategy, soul-to-soul intercommunication, OBOR

[1] Editorial board. History of Silk of History of Chinese Civilization, Beijing: Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, 2010.
[2] Fu Mengzi. Re-examining the Origin and Evolution of the Ancient Silk Road. From http://www.obor100.com/, 2017-01-25.
[3] Baidu Wenku. Silk Road and Cultural Exchange. From http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog＿8dfa9ca20101ouw0.html, 2017-02-19.

[4] News Agency. Looking back at three years' achievements of One Belt One Road. From http://www.scio.gov.cn/ztk/wh/slxy/31200/Document/1493006/1493006.html, 2016-10-08.

[5] Stephen C. Angle. How to understand the Rise of Chinese Culture. From http://kongzi.dzwww.com/tt/201611/t20161103_15097584.htm, 2016-11-03.

Abstract: This study was designed to predict students' academic performance in mathematics at the thinking level from students' psychological factors(Self-concept, test anxiety, interest in schooling, attitude towards mathematics, motivation and locus of control) and performance at the lower cognitive levels(knowledge and understanding). The survey made use of simple random sampling in selecting three hundred (300) Senior Secondary Two (S.S.2) students from six secondary schools in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. The students responded to two valid instruments: Students' psychological variables rating scale; and Mathematics achievement test. The students' psychological variables rating scale comprised of 40 questions which measured six variables...........

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Abstract: This study was designed to investigate the attitude of students towards entrepreneurial studies in the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, one hypothesis was formulated and a Survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of two hundred and twenty five (225) respondents was randomly selected from a population of 20193 of the undergraduate students of the University of Calabar as at 2014/2015 academic session. The selection was done through the stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the main instruments used for data collection. The reliability estimate of the instrument was established using the Cronbach alpha estimate.............

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Abstract: This study entitled "Investigation on the Influence of Leadership Styles on Students' Academic Performance in Selected Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Gasabo District, Kigali, Rwanda aims at assessing the impact of leadership styles on academic performance of students in secondary schools located in Gasabo District, Kigali, Rwanda. The study followed descriptive surveydesign. The study revealedthat democratic leadership style was highly applied than the remaining leadership styles because its average mean is 3.49 which is interpreted as high mean while others are used moderately. It was also revealed that in selected schools they perform moderately in general but it was revealed that students hold the character of competitiveness among themselves.............

Keywords: Authoritative, democratic, laissez-faire, and transformational leadership styles

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Abstract: This study aimed to examine the effect of web-based learner autonomy strategy vs. learner autonomy text based students' achievement in entrepreneurship subject at SMK Negeri 3 Jember, East Java, Indonesia. It was using a quasi-experimental design nonequivalent control group designs. The data analysis was using analysis of variance (Anova) factorial design 2x2, it was performed on the tenth grade students in SMK Negeri 3 Jember. They were 91 students as research subjects. The students were divided into two groups: the experimental groups were 47 students and control groups were 44 students. The technique of determining the subject of the research was done randomly..............

Keywords: Learner autonomy, achievement motivation, and learning achievement.

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