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Savage, Julia; Healy, Jillian – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2019
In Australia, a significant number of students enrol in first-year university biology without the benefit of high school biology. In order to help students support each other, the authors of this paper (a central unit academic developer and a biology coordinator of first-year biology) created a classroom activity that facilitated the distribution…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, STEM Education, Outcomes of Education, Biology
Larkin, Kevin; Rowan, Leonie; Garrick, Barbara; Beavis, Catherine – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
Universities throughout Australia are increasingly investing significant amounts of time and money in efforts to improve the quality of first year students' experiences and, by extension, increase retention, performance and student satisfaction. This paper reports upon a pilot research project conducted at a Queensland university that investigates…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Experience
O'Keefe, Patricia; Rienks, Jane H.; Smith, Bernadette – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2014
This research investigates how students used or "blended" the various learning resources, including people,while studying a compulsory, first year accounting unit. The unit design incorporated a blended learning approach. The study was motivated by perceived low rates of attendance and low levels of communication with lecturers which…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Accounting, Business Administration Education, Educational Resources
Crisp, Geoffrey; Palmer, Edward; Turnbull, Deborah; Nettelbeck, Ted; Ward, Lynn; LeCouteur, Amanda; Sarris, Aspa; Strelan, Peter; Schneider, Luke – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2009
Although much has been written on the first-year experience of students at higher education institutions, less attention has been directed to the expectations of students when they enter an institution for the first time. This paper provides additional insights into the expectations of students at an Australian university and highlights areas in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience