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"It All Just Clicked": A Longitudinal Perspective on Transitions within University
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Christie, Hazel; Tett, Lyn; Cree, Viviene E.; McCune, Velda – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores the transitions that a group of students, admitted from further education colleges as part of broader widening access initiative at a Scottish research-intensive university, made across the lifetime of their degrees. It investigates how they negotiate their learning careers beyond the first year, and how they (re)define their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Academic Achievement
Learning in the Academic Workplace: The Harmonization of the Collective and the Individual Habitus
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Jawitz, Jeff – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
One of the challenges of research into social practice is finding a way to take both the structural aspects of the social contexts and individual agency into account. This article describes the use of Bourdieu's social practice theory, together with Lave and Wenger's situated learning theory, to understand how the learning of practice takes place…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
An Examination of the Interrelationships between Self-Esteem, Others' Expectations, Family Support, Learning Approaches and Academic Achievement
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Roman, Sergio; Cuestas, Pedro J.; Fenollar, Pedro – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
The current research represents an initial step into the analysis of the effect of self-esteem, others' (peers and teachers) expectations and family support on academic achievement through learning approaches (deep processing, surface processing and effort). Data were gathered from 553 university students from different faculties of a Spanish…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Family Programs, Academic Achievement, Self Esteem
The Impact of Students' Conceptions of Constructivist Assumptions on Academic Achievement and Drop-out
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Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2007
This study investigated the impact of students' conceptions of constructivist learning activities on academic achievement and drop-out. Although constructivism represents an influential view of learning, studies investigating how students conceptualize this perspective have not been conducted before. A structural equation modelling approach was…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Learning Activities, Constructivism (Learning), Academic Achievement
Peer-Group Learning in Higher Education: The Development of Higher Order Skills.
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Collier, K. G. – Studies in Higher Education, 1980
Research addressing the use of small, semi-independent, task-centered student groups ("syndicates") as a classroom technique in higher education is reviewed. Focus is on the promotion of higher-order cognitive skills through the use of such groups. Related concerns include student achievement, group relations, and teacher style. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Instruction, Group Discussion
Group Processes in Higher Education: The Uses of Theory.
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Knights, Ben – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
Examination of the relationship between academic learning and group relations suggests that the study of each can inform the other. A partnership between the study of group relations and the study of literary theory could give new insights into teaching and learning as discursive practices, power relations in the college classroom, and sources of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Classroom Communication, College Environment