Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors
Cognition denotes the process of thinking and memory and cognition development is said to be the long-term changes in these procedures. Cognitive development is a major aspect of students' personality. The aims of the study were (1) To compare the perception of male and female students about cognitive development in private and public sector colleges. (2) To investigate which sector is more efficient in doing the cognitive development of students at the intermediate level. The descriptive method was used in this study with survey design on the population of all public and private colleges of Punjab Province. 628 students out of 720 students participated in the research. To check the reliability of research tools, Pilot testing was also conducted. Instruments of students and administrators consisted of Five-point Likert showed the reliability (? =.87), (? =.81) accordingly. Results showed that there is no significant difference in the perception of both genders concerning cognitive development in both sectors. Results of the study also showed
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Personality development, Cognitive Development, Private Sector Public Sector
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(1) Sonia Rafique
Principal, Department of Education, Punjab College for Woman Pattoki, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Ifitkhar Ahmad Baig
Professor, Department of Education, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ashiq Hussain
Director, Department of Director Student Counseling Center, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Rafique, S., Baig, I. A., & Hussain, A. (2019). Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors. Global Regional Review, IV(II), 458-466. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).49
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CHICAGO : Rafique, Sonia, Ifitkhar Ahmad Baig, and Ashiq Hussain. 2019. "Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors." Global Regional Review, IV (II): 458-466 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).49
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HARVARD : RAFIQUE, S., BAIG, I. A. & HUSSAIN, A. 2019. Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors. Global Regional Review, IV, 458-466.
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MHRA : Rafique, Sonia, Ifitkhar Ahmad Baig, and Ashiq Hussain. 2019. "Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors." Global Regional Review, IV: 458-466
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MLA : Rafique, Sonia, Ifitkhar Ahmad Baig, and Ashiq Hussain. "Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors." Global Regional Review, IV.II (2019): 458-466 Print.
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OXFORD : Rafique, Sonia, Baig, Ifitkhar Ahmad, and Hussain, Ashiq (2019), "Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors", Global Regional Review, IV (II), 458-466
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TURABIAN : Rafique, Sonia, Ifitkhar Ahmad Baig, and Ashiq Hussain. "Students' Cognitive Development in Colleges: A Comparative Study of Private and Public Sectors." Global Regional Review IV, no. II (2019): 458-466. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).49