How does Entertainment affect GPA of College students? Annotated Bibliography Osain, Menizibeya Welcome and Pereverzev Alekseevic Vladimir. "The Effect of Alcohol Use on Academic Performance of University Students." Annals of General Psychiatry (2010). This journal want to find out the extent of alcohol use on academic performance of university students. It includes a sample size of 46 students, mean age is 21 years from three major universities. All paticipants received questionnaire related to alcohol questions and examination scores. This study shows a negative correlation relationship between alcohol use and academic performance. I use it in my analysis to compare three different studies on the relationship between Alcohol use and academic performance. This is the study which has the smallest sample size. I think it could be a controversy to use it as the main evidence to show that alcohol may have negative influence on academic performance. Porter, Stephen R. and John Pryor. "The Effects of Heavy Episodic Alcohol Use on Student Engagement, Academic Performance, and Time Use." Journal of College Student Development 48 (2007): 455-467. This journal uses survey to examine the connection between heavy episodic alcohol use and student engagement. In this case, it collect data from over 40,000 students at 28 selective private colleges. In the conclusion, the study finds out a strong negative effects of heavy episodic drinking are on student-faculty interaction. However, this study only emphasizes on heavy Alcohol use. It is hard to see if there is significant difference between alcohol and non-alcohol users. I also plan to use this source to compare other study on alcohol use. Wolfson, Amy R. and Royce A. Singleton. "Alcohol Consumption, Sleep, and Academic Performance Among College Students." 3 Jan 2015. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 3 March 2016 <http://www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.15288/jsad.2009.70.355>. This journal is talking about the associations between alcohol use and academic performance, sleep and academic performance, and alcohol use and sleep. The personal interview surveys were conducted with a random sample of 236 students (124 women) at a liberal arts college. Despite the conclusion of this journal, this study has a fairly limited sample size in one area. I plan to use it for making connection between alcohol consumption and sleep. Both two are variables which have influence on academic performance. How does Entertainment affect GPA of College students? Annotated Bibliography Osain, Menizibeya Welcome and Pereverzev Alekseevic Vladimir. "The Effect of Alcohol Use on Academic Performance of University Students." Annals of General Psychiatry (2010). This journal want to find out the extent of alcohol use on academic performance of university students. It includes a sample size of 46 students, mean age is 21 years from three major universities. All paticipants received questionnaire related to alcohol questions and ...

1. How does Entertainment affect GPA of College students?
Annotated Bibliography
Osain, Menizibeya Welcome and Pereverzev Alekseevic
Vladimir. "The Effect of Alcohol Use on Academic Performance
of University Students." Annals of General Psychiatry (2010).
This journal want to find out the extent of alcohol use on
academic performance of university students. It includes a
sample size of 46 students, mean age is 21 years from three
major universities. All paticipants received questionnaire
related to alcohol questions and examination scores. This study
shows a negative correlation relationship between alcohol use
and academic performance. I use it in my analysis to compare
three different studies on the relationship between Alcohol use
and academic performance. This is the study which has the
smallest sample size. I think it could be a controversy to use it
as the main evidence to show that alcohol may have negative
influence on academic performance.
Porter, Stephen R. and John Pryor. "The Effects of Heavy
Episodic Alcohol Use on Student Engagement, Academic
Performance, and Time Use." Journal of College Student
Development 48 (2007): 455-467.
This journal uses survey to examine the connection between
heavy episodic alcohol use and student engagement. In this
case, it collect data from over 40,000 students at 28 selective
private colleges. In the conclusion, the study finds out a strong
negative effects of heavy episodic drinking are on student-
faculty interaction. However, this study only emphasizes on
heavy Alcohol use. It is hard to see if there is significant
difference between alcohol and non-alcohol users. I also plan to
use this source to compare other study on alcohol use.
Wolfson, Amy R. and Royce A. Singleton. "Alcohol

2. Consumption, Sleep, and Academic Performance Among
College Students." 3 Jan 2015. Journal of Studies on Alcohol
and Drugs. 3 March 2016
<http://www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.15288/jsad.2009.70.355>.
This journal is talking about the associations between alcohol
use and academic performance, sleep and academic
performance, and alcohol use and sleep. The personal interview
surveys were conducted with a random sample of 236 students
(124 women) at a liberal arts college. Despite the conclusion of
this journal, this study has a fairly limited sample size in one
area. I plan to use it for making connection between alcohol
consumption and sleep. Both two are variables which have
influence on academic performance.
How
does
Entertainment
affect
GPA
of
College
students?
Annotated
Bibliography
Osain,
Menizibeya
Welcome
and
Pereverzev
Alekseevic
Vladimir.
"The
Effect

3. of
Alcohol
Use
on
Academic
Performance
of
University
Students."
Annals
of
General
Psychiatry
(2010).
This
journal
want
to
find
out
the
extent
of
alcohol
use
on
academic
performance
of
university
students.
It
includes
a
sample
size

4. of
46
students,
mean
age
is
21
years
from
three
major
universities.
All
paticipants
received
questionnaire
related
to
alcohol
questions
and
examination
scores.
This
study
shows
a
negative
correlation
relationship
between
alcohol
use
and
academic
performance.

5. I
use
it
in
my
analysis
to
compare
three
different
studies
on
the
relationship
between
Alcohol
use
and
academic
performance.
This
is
the
study
which
has
the
smallest
sample
size.
I
think
it
could
be
a

6. controversy
to
use
it
as
the
main
evidence
to
show
that
alcohol
may
have
negative
influence
on
academic
performance.
Porter,
Stephen
R.
and
John
Pryor.
"The
Effects
of
Heavy
Episodic
Alcohol
Use
on
Student
Engagement,
Academic

7. Performance,
and
Time
Use."
Journal
of
College
Student
Development
48
(2007):
455-467.
This
journal
uses
survey
to
examine
the
connection
between
heavy
episodic
alcohol
use
and
student
engagement.
In
this
case,
it
collect
data
from
over

8. 40,000
students
at
28
selective
private
colleges.
In
the
conclusion,
the
study
finds
out
a
strong
negative
effects
of
heavy
episodic
drinking
are
on
student-faculty
Yu
1
Shunkai Yu
Mary Lindsey
Rhet 105
2016/03/01
How does Entertainment affect GPA of College students?
There have been many arguments on whether student
entertainment affects their performance in class. My research

9. work will focus on the students who take alcohol during the
week and on weekends and see whether such form of
entertainment affect their performance of study. The main of
objective of this paper is to compare two secondary sources that
have explored the effects of entertainment on class performance
of learners. The paper starts with an introduction of both
sources, and then goes on to provide a vivid comparison
between the two sources and how the authors of each source
sought to convince their audience. The first source, “Alcohol
consumption, sleep, and academic performance among college
students," by Royce and Wolfsons sought to examine whether
there are relationships between drinking alcohol, sleep and
academic performance of students. To accomplish the study
personal interview among college student were conducted where
students were asked and disclose their GPA from their official
college records. A second source, "The effects of heavy
episodic alcohol use on student engagement, academic
performance, and time use,” by Stephen and Pryor seeks to
examine whether heavy drinking affect academic performance
of students. The study employed use of interviews among
student across various universities in order to determine the
effects of alcohol use.
Firstly, there are some differences between two sources in terms
of how the study was conducted. In the first article, “Alcohol
consumption, sleep, and academic performance among college
students," the researchers only used 234 students from one
college to conduct the study (Wolfson and Singleton 358).
While the second study, “The effects of heavy episodic alcohol
use on student engagement, academic performance, and time
use,” the researchers use 41, 598 students from 28 selective
private colleges and universities to conduct the study. To
identify the gap of the study, the researchers first take their
readers through a vivid literature review on topics related to the
one they are studying and thereafter, present their methodology
in a clear precise manner. To achieve their objective, their

10. collected data is analyzed among different samples. For
instance, the data collected from different institutions is
analyzed differently as well as data collected from males and
females. The sample size is an important factor to make a good
survey by showing strong evidence toward the relationship.
Therefore, I found the third article talking about the effect of
alcohol use on academic performance of university
students(Osain and Vladimir). In this article about the sample
size, it only has 46 participants to take the questionnaire. In this
extreme small sample size study, the conclusion is not really
convincing. Compare the main two articles I used for this paper,
I think the second article has achieved greatly compared to the
first one because the sample size and population of the study is
diverse and large enough to provide more accurate results. For
example, the first article only uses one institution to examine
the research topic with only 234 students forming the study
populations unlike the second on which selects different
institutions offering different courses and selecting over 40, 000
students to participate in the study (Porter and Pryor 457).
Secondly, the two studies examine different variables related to
alcohol consumption and how such affect student performance.
In the first article, the researchers explore how alcohol
consumption is related to sleep-wake behaviors of students and
their general performance as the second study seeks to explore
heavy drinking patterns and how they affect student
performance in class. The research targets different institution
offering different courses in order to increase the reliability of
the study.
Despite many different variables that were measured in these
two different studies, the results from both studies reviewed
that there is a direct relationship between alcohol consumption
and academic performance. For example, in the first study,
“Alcohol consumption, sleep, and academic performance among
college students," it was established that alcohol consumption
as a form entertainment make students to sleep for longer hours
and as result their academic performance is affected (Wolfson

11. and Singleton 355) Similarly in the second study, "The effects
of heavy episodic alcohol use on student engagement, academic
performance, and time use,” it is generally agreed that alcohol
drinking affect student performance. The results of the study
review those students who reported heavy drinking had a low
GPA compared to those who do not drink at all. The study
further reviews that the probability GPA of student getting A or
A- decreases as episodes of heavy drinking in every 2 weeks
interval decreases (Porter and Pryor 463). Therefore, the two
studies are in agreement with the end results of drinking habits
among students and how it affects their class performance.
In conclusion, the two studies have provided a diverse approach
of conducting my research topic. As these two studies use
different approaches to achieve their study objectives, I believe
both two are good informants of how I should go on with my
research. First, I find both studies relevant especially the
research methodology and design that has been used to conduct
the study. I think to make my study more interesting and
accurate I will have to embrace some approaches used in these
studies. Secondly, to increase the reliability of my study I find
both studies relevant as they have provided a good correlation
relationship between different parameters that I intend to
explore in order to achieve my research objectives. For
instance, my research thesis is to examine whether there is any
correlation between entertainments and student GPA owing that
a bigger percentage of college student take alcohol as their main
form of entertainment. Lastly, the literature review examined in
both articles has helped me have deep insight on the gaps that I
should focus on exploring in my study. Therefore, I do find both
articles to be of great help in my study.
Works Cited

12. Osain, Menizibeya Welcome and Pereverzev Alekseevic
Vladimir. "The Effect of Alcohol Use on Academic Performance
of University Students." Annals of General Psychiatry (2010).
Porter, Stephen R. and John Pryor. "The Effects of Heavy
Episodic Alcohol Use on Student Engagement, Academic
Performance, and Time Use." Journal of College Student
Development 48 (2007): 455-467.
Wolfson, Amy R. and Royce A. Singleton. "Alcohol
Consumption, Sleep, and Academic Performance Among
College Students." 3 Jan 2015. Journal of Studies on Alcohol
and Drugs. 3 March 2016
<http://www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.15288/jsad.2009.70.355>.
Research Synthesis Essay Workshop 1: 3/16
2500-3000 words Paper Due 1: 3/18
Workshop 2: 4/20
Paper Due 2: 4/22
The synthesis essay brings together the research you’ve been
conducting throughout the semester in order to
advocate for change or for a solution you’ve developed to a
problem you’ve explored, by writing an analysis
supported by evidence. Throughout this semester you’ve been
developing research questions and exploring your

13. questions through research; in the synthesis paper you'll be
creating a conversation (or synthesizing information!)
from a variety of primary and secondary sources. You have the
opportunity to support an extensive argument
drawing on evidence you’ve already collected throughout the
semester and additional sources you’ll be gathering
for this assignment. This assignment will include revising your
work and writing a reflection on the revision
process before submitting it after a second peer review
workshop.
If you are working with a group, your group may have a broad
question or theme that allows each member of the
group to write an individual paper on a different aspect of the
larger topic. (You might think in terms of a
“Wicked Problem,” as discussed in class.) Continuing with a
topic related to your previous research will mean
that you’re starting with a collection of evidence and sources
that you’ve already gathered. In writing about your
topic, you should develop a question that allows you to make
connections between local concerns and larger
social issues, using both primary and secondary sources.
This will involve much more than combining your previous
papers into one paper or adding on to your primary

14. source paper. Look at your previous papers (that relate to your
synthesis essay topic) and consider what
questions remain unresolved and what claims need additional
evidence. Consider also the feedback you’ve
received in peer review and instructor feedback: What were
your readers’ additional questions about your topic?
What did they suggest for strengthening your arguments? These
questions can suggest directions for your new
research and help you craft your research question. Your thesis
statement should be a claim that begins to answer
your research question (usually a how or why question) based
on patterns you found through your analysis.
Goals/Grading Criteria:
you want to advocate, that includes both local
and larger contexts of the issue
ately 10 pages in length (minimum 2500 words,
max 3000 not counting Works Cited page).
Typed, double-spaced with one-inch margins, page numbers,
and your name on each page.
every paragraph using effective
support for claims

15. relationship among paragraphs
secondary sources, including scholarly sources) put
in conversation convincingly to develop your argument
grammar and spelling (use active verbs!)