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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Effective Teaching in Higher Education: Perceptions of First Year Undergraduate Students
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Allan, Jo; Clarke, Karen; Jopling, Michael – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
This article reports on a piece of research designed to explore students' perceptions of what constitutes effective teaching in a modern UK university. Definitions of effectiveness, based on work in both the schools and university sectors, are explored and summarized into four domains: providing a supportive learning environment; having high…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups
Nurturing Supportive Learning Environments in Higher Education through the Teaching of Study Skills: To Embed or Not to Embed?
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Allan, Jo; Clarke, Karen – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2007
The transnational widening of participation in higher education (HE) and the concomitant emphasis on promoting successful progression and high retention are focusing attention on how best to create supportive learning environments in HE. Using a phenomenographic approach, we explore variance in how first year undergraduate students experience the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Metacognition, Study Skills, Phenomenology