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Student Work: A Re-Conceptualization Based on Prior Research on Student Workload and Newtonian Concepts around Physical Work
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D'Eon, Marcel; Yasinian, Maryam – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
In this article, we propose a new model of student workload. We conducted an extensive literature review of student workload, its impact on students' lives, factors influencing student workload, objective and subjective measurements. The previous conceptualizations of student workload conflate student work and course workload, two related but…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Learning Processes, Barriers
The Relation between Critical Thinking Abilities and Student Study Strategies.
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Hager, Paul; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1994
A study of 54 first-year engineering students at an Australian university investigated their critical thinking skills as related to 3 kinds of study strategy: surface strategy; deep strategy; and achieving strategy. Results indicated a negative correlation between critical thinking ability and the achieving study strategy. Implications for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Older and Wiser?: A Comparison of the Learning and Study Strategies of Mature Age and Younger Teacher Education Students.
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Devlin, Marcia – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A study of 21 adult and 104 traditional-age undergraduate teacher education students at an Australian university found significant age differences in learning and study strategies, with mature students using more effective strategies more often. Significant correlations were found between students' strategies and their self-reported level of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students