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Peer reviewedVolet, S. E. – Learning and Instruction, 1997
The study of relationships between action control, motivation control, perceptions of course directions, and students' goals for 92 Australian undergraduates revealed different patterns for direction and effort and changing patterns from task on-set to off-set. Overall higher levels of effort and performance appear to require positive appraisals…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedVolet, Simone E. – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Results from an experiment with 28 experimental and 28 matched control college students taking a 13-week computer science course support the potential of modeling and coaching students in metacognitive strategies to enhance learning. The instructional method had significant long-term and short-term effects on cognitive and affective learning…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science
Peer reviewedDall'Alba, Gloria – Learning and Instruction, 1993
Information from a study of experiences of 45 Australian university teachers supports a view of teaching that enables students to enter a field as practitioners. Alternative ways in which teachers see the content of their courses are described, with a focus on enriching students' experiences of the field. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Education Work Relationship, Experience, Field Experience Programs
Peer reviewedCrawford, Kathryn; Gordon, Sue; Nicholas, Jackie; Prosser, Michael – Learning and Instruction, 1998
Reports research into the conceptions of mathematics, orientations to studying it, and experiences of learning it of 300 Australian first-year university students. Results suggest two qualitatively different experiences of learning mathematics. Differences in students' conceptions of mathematics were related to their experiences and their…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBoulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Marton, Ference; Lewis, David C.; Wilss, Lynn A. – Learning and Instruction, 2000
Studied the conceptions of formal learning held by 22 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from 3 Australian universities, a group with a high attrition rate in tertiary education. Results show that these students view and approach university learning in much the same way as other students, but the strategies these students used did not…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indigenous Populations
