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Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y. P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
Surveys at a university in Hong Kong indicated that graduates of discrete part-time programmes perceived significantly higher development in eight out of nine graduate capabilities than their counterparts in full-time programmes. Several possible explanations are considered and rejected. The conventional view that capabilities are nurtured through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Structural Equation Models
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van der Veen, Ineke; Jong, Uulkje De; Leeuwen, Marko Van; Korteweg, Jaap Anne – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
Higher education students interest in their subject has been found to clearly decrease during the first year of their studies in the Netherlands. This decrease is much smaller for students in the second year, and even turns into an increase in higher years. The loss of interest after enrolment in higher education has also been found in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Professional Education
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Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y.P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2006
A qualitative study of perception of workload found that it was very weakly related to hours of work. The complex construct was better characterised as being influenced by a broadly conceived teaching and learning environment. It appeared to be possible to encourage students to perform a great deal of high-quality work, without complaining about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Educational Environment, Working Hours