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Isabel Hallam – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
It is recognised personal tutors play a role in supporting university students to complete their studies. However, approaches to tutoring differ widely across higher education, resulting in a paucity of reliable impact evidence. The college higher education provider in this research has weekly group tutorials for undergraduates. This mixed method…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Group Instruction, Academic Persistence, Undergraduate Students
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Jochems, Wim; And Others – Higher Education, 1996
A study of 170 foreign university students in the Netherlands shows that while their success rate was similar to native students', it took them more time to complete examinations, and language proficiency and home-country selection procedures were major factors in achievement. Implications for foreign student policy are explored, and a mentor…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Powers, Donald E. – 1988
To document the extent of special preparation for taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), two surveys were conducted. The first survey covered a stratified random sample of 1986-87 SAT examinees (1,364 high school seniors and 911 high school juniors), while the second survey covered a stratified random sample of 508 secondary schools whose…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Software, Educational Resources