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Sim, Siew-Chen; Gan, Siew-Wei; Tang, Yu-Hoe; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran J. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
This study examines the learning experiences including academic performance and assessments of Foundation students at a British University's campus in Malaysia during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. A focus on foundation students is important because First-Year Experience is crucial to their academic success in higher education. Using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, COVID-19, Pandemics
Trostek, Jonas R. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to explore Swedish preservice teachers' performance in coursework essays about their observations and analyses of teaching situations. A total of 38 essays were analysed using practical inferences in which the students' written utterances were interpreted as a means to an end. The results show that, in addition to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Essays, Preservice Teacher Education
Mullen, Carol A. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
Expectations for online distance delivery of higher education courses and programmes are increasing globally, begging the question, 'Does modality matter?' Pedagogic research comparing online and face-to-face learningdemands more examination, particularly synchronous delivery. The purpose of this empirical study is to determine whether the quality…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Cognitive Style, Teaching Methods
Li, Jessica; Han, Seung-hyun; Fu, Shengli – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
It is a commonly accepted notion that people take different approaches in learning. Although attention has been given to learning styles as one of the determinants of learning performance, there is are limitations to the inferential approach to understanding the impact of learning styles on learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Style, Outcomes of Education, Engineering Education
Jones, Adam; Yazdani, Baback; Barton, Harry – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to consider the activities and impact of personalisation in a UK higher education setting. It considered how personalisation has affected outputs in terms of progression, achievement, internship, enterprise project and international placement uptake within the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Individualized Instruction
Sharp, John G.; Hemmings, Brian; Kay, Russell; Atkin, Chris – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Academic boredom is a largely negative and disabling achievement-related emotion. In this mixed-methods exploration of 224 students attending a single university in England, academic boredom was found to arise at the point of course delivery, while studying at other times and during the completion of assignments for assessment. Quantitative data…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Psychological Patterns, Academic Achievement, Study Skills
Gee, Nick – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
This article investigates the motivations and strategies employed by respondents to a Likert-style course evaluation at a UK university. These attitude surveys, generating large amounts of quantitative data, are commonly used in quality assurance procedures across UK higher education institutions. Similar student survey results are now scrutinised…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Course Evaluation, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
Bentley, Peter S.; Buchanan, Michael T. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This article examines those aspects of curriculum relating to programmes that have developed across the further and higher education divide. It analyses one particular spiritual direction formation programme that has transitioned from a vocational training programme in the further education mode to a post-graduate academic programme in a higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Integrated Curriculum, Vocational Education
Dennehy, Edward – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
With the advent of increasingly multinational student cohorts in many higher education institutes, the possible influence of 'national culture' on students' learning approaches has become a focal point of attention. In particular, the claim that Asian (Confucian) students adopt (primarily) surface learning approaches has attracted much debate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Confucianism, Cross Cultural Studies, Scores
McKenzie, Liz – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This article reports an investigation of trainee teachers' experience of reflection whilst undertaking a teaching qualification for the post-compulsory sector. The study used a sequential, mixed-methods design, employing a structured questionnaire and a semi-structured interview; 127 individuals completed the questionnaire about their experience…
Descriptors: Reflection, Trainees, Investigations, Sequential Approach
Chang, Pei-Fen; Lin, Miao-Chen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates problem-solving difficulties of novices in a classroom setting, using a German instructional tool, the Fischertechnik kit of approximately 400 parts. In order to analyse the students' thinking processes as they solved the problems, verbal protocol analysis (VPA) was used to record the students'' thinking processes and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Novices, Student Characteristics, Student Behavior
Anderson, Anthony; Johnston, Bill; McDonald, Alexandra – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
This article presents empirical research exploring adult returner students' patterns of learning via qualitative analysis of a series of semi-structured interviews. Interviewees' comments shed light on the relation between patterns of learning on the one hand, and study skills, epistemological issues and attitudes to peer interaction on the other.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Reentry Students, Qualitative Research
Gebka, Bartosz – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
This study utilises an integrated conceptual model of academic performance which captures a series of psychological factors: cognitive style; self-theories such as self-esteem and self-efficacy; achievement goals such as mastery, performance, performance avoidance and work avoidance; study-processing strategies such as deep and surface learning;…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Self Concept
Howard, Chris; Davies, Peter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper reports on data collected during an evaluation of two higher education courses designed to attract mature entrants aged between 21 and 60 to undergraduate degree programmes. Employing an evaluation design informed by a critical realist approach, the study utilised a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the outcomes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Mixed Methods Research
Reimann, Nicola; Robson, Martin – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper presents a detailed quantitative analysis of the use of seen questions within examinations in Economics option modules at one UK university. 4622 marks for seen and unseen questions awarded over a period of three years were analysed; the impact of personal characteristics was analysed using a sub-sample. It was found that the number of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Learning Modules, Tests, Questioning Techniques
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