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'It's Been a Challenge Finding New Ways to Learn': First-Year Students' Perceptions of Adapting to Learning in a University Environment
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Cameron, Rose B.; Rideout, Candice A. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The first year of university is a challenging period of academic and personal development for students. Through phenomenographic analysis of 27 interviews with students who had just completed their first year at university, this study provides valuable insight into students' perceptions of adapting to learning in a university environment. Four…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Student Adjustment, Learning Strategies
How Clear and Organized Classroom Instruction and Deep Approaches to Learning Affect Growth in Critical Thinking and Need for Cognition
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Wang, Jui-Sheng; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Nelson Laird, Thomas F.; Ribera, Amy K. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
In this study the authors analyze longitudinal student survey data from the 17-institution Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNS) to determine the extent that the influence of overall exposure to clear and organized instruction on four-year growth in two measures of cognitive development is mediated by student use of deep approaches…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Metacognitive Development as a Shift in Approach to Learning: An In-Depth Study.
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Case, Jennifer; Gunstone, Richard – Studies in Higher Education, 2002
Investigated the metacognitive development of a group of students in a course aiming to develop deep approaches and conceptual understanding. Found considerable diversity in the approaches used by students, and also in the degrees to which those not initially using a conceptual (deep) approach were able to develop this approach. (EV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences