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Willem De Cort; Kristof De Witte – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2025
Tutoring programs are highly effective in improving students' outcomes in higher education. However, little is known about students' demand for tutoring or the optimal design of tutoring programs. Additionally, while privately provided tutoring can threaten social mobility, little is known about students' consumption of private tutoring. Using a…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Preferences
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Maria Townsend; Emma Champion; Gwendoline Berndt – Open Learning, 2025
Standard online tutorials at The Open University, based in the UK, are generally tutor-led with the tutor setting the agenda and content. This study investigated the inclusion of online student-led drop-in tutorials to support assessment on an OU level one module. The aims were to gauge the value to students of this style of tutorial, to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Open Education, Tutorial Programs, Computer Assisted Testing
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Wu, Ejean; Yang, Shu Ching – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
This study examines the differential impact of tutor labeling vs. non-labeling approaches on the performance; motivation beliefs; and cognitive, social, and teaching presence of low-achieving students. Two interactive tutoring strategy patterns are investigated based on the taxonomical e-moderating model of Salmon. In addition, the tutees' online…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Intervention
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O'Sullivan, Sara; McMahon, Léan; Moore, Gemma; Nititham, Diane Sabenacio; Slevin, Amanda; Kelly, Christina; Wixted, Lisa – Teaching Sociology, 2015
In this study we explore how absence from sociology classes is understood by undergraduate students at University College Dublin. The authors use Scott and Lyman's (1968) concept of accounts to explore absence sociologically. Drawing on data generated via focus groups, an open-ended questionnaire, and an online survey with students, we outline the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociology, Undergraduate Students, Attendance Patterns
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Oakley, Grace; Lock, Graeme; Budgen, Fiona; Hamlett, Brenda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Research indicates that attendance at lectures and tutorials is associated with university students' level of success and satisfaction, and pre-service teachers' relatively low levels of attendance at scheduled classes is of significant concern to many lecturers. However, little research has been undertaken to investigate the factors associated…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Attendance Patterns, Attendance, Tutorial Programs
Swenson, Tamara, Ed. – JALT Journal, 1996
The two issues of the journal for teachers of English as a second language in Japan include these articles: "What Do JTEs Really Want?" (Wendy F. Scholefield); "Do EFL Learners Make Instrumental Inferences When Reading? Some Evidence from Implicit Memory Tests" (Suzanne Collins, Hidetsugu Tajika); "Function and Structure…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Entrance Examinations, College Faculty, Communicative Competence (Languages)