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Ashley, Sue; Schaap, Harmen; Bruijn, Elly de – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Higher education providers need to deliver graduates with the conceptual understanding required for professional life. Conceptual understanding entails a synthesis of relevant facts, theories and practices that influence occupational performance. To help align curricula with individual student differences, this study investigates differences in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, International Trade, Concept Formation, Progress Monitoring
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Leenknecht, Martijn; Hompus, Priscilla; van der Schaaf, Marieke – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
To make sure that feedback fulfils its aspirations, students' active role in feedback should be acknowledged in higher education: It is students' uptake of feedback that determines its effectiveness. In this study, feedback seeking behaviour of students is introduced in order to enrich our knowledge about students' active role in feedback. Goal…
Descriptors: College Students, Help Seeking, Feedback (Response), Goal Orientation
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Thompson, James; Houston, Donald – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2020
The paramedic profession is rapidly evolving and has witnessed significant expansion in the scope of practice and the public expectations of the paramedic role in recent years. Increasing demands for greater knowledge and skills for paramedics has implications for the university programs tasked with their pre-employment training. The certification…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Evaluation Methods
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de Bruin, Anique B. H.; Kok, Ellen M.; Lobbestael, Jill; de Grip, Andries – Metacognition and Learning, 2017
Being overconfident when estimating scores for an upcoming exam is a widespread phenomenon in higher education and presents threats to self-regulated learning and academic performance. The present study sought to investigate how overconfidence and poor monitoring accuracy vary over the length of a college course, and how an intervention consisting…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, College Students, Progress Monitoring, Intervention
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Brouwer, Jasperina; Jansen, Ellen; Hofman, Adriaan; Flache, Andreas – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
Two theoretical approaches underlie this investigation of the determinants of early study success among first-year university students. Specifically, to extend Walberg's educational productivity model, this study draws on the expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation in a contemporary university context. The survey data came from 407…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Progress Monitoring, Success, Achievement Need