ERIC Number: EJ1253898
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 17
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Academic Challenges for Chinese Transfer Students in Engineering
O'Connell, Robert M.; Resuli, Nuerzati
Journal of International Students, v10 n2 p466-482 2020
This article describes a research study determining the most significant academic challenges experienced by Chinese transfer students in engineering at an American university. The survey-based study examined eight areas where transfer students may have academic difficulty and determined that the most significant of those concern transfer credit issues, student-instructor and student-student language difficulties, and classroom culture differences. The cultural differences, related to course syllabi, classroom discussion and group work, and frequency of assignments and exams, are partially explained in terms of a theoretical framework based on Hofstede's power distance and risk avoidance elements. Recommendations are made of ways to ease these challenges and make the intercultural experience richer for both the transfer students and their American hosts.
Descriptors: Barriers, College Transfer Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Asians, Engineering Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Adjustment, Cultural Differences, Academic Achievement, Foreign Students, College Credits, Course Descriptions, Power Structure, Risk, Difficulty Level, Classroom Communication, Groups, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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