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Sunday Nnamdi Okocha; Mensah Prince Osiesi; Bolanle Oriola; Tolulope Oluwatoyin Olayiwola-Adedoja; Adesina Isaac Okunade; Abiodun Adesope Fadiya; Monica Ngozi Odinko; Babatunde Kasim Oladele – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Academic failure is seen as an educational challenge, and students are unable to adapt to the required academic skills that could foster academic success. Research on students' academic success and emotional support along the lines of moderation and mediation effects of resilience and self-regulation, especially among undergraduates in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Support Groups, Resilience (Psychology), Self Management
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María Victoria Soulé; Antigoni Parmaxi; Anna Nicolaou – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This paper explores current teaching and learning practices, benefits and challenges in the implementation of Internationalization at Home (IaH) in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The study follows a systematic review (SR) protocol in accordance with the PRISMA Statement, covering published research from 2018 to 2022.…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Ayob, Hisham Hanfy; Daleure, Georgia; Solovieva, Nadia; Minhas, Wasif; White, Timothy – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The research aims to identify the effectiveness of using the blended learning strategy on achievement among students of higher colleges of technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), through the answer to the following question: Is there a statistically significant difference at the significance level (a = 0.05) in students'…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Blended Learning, Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement
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Pauline A. M. Bremner; Carol Air – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study adds to the existing body of knowledge on the benefits to learners of using an interdisciplinary design thinking (DT) pedagogical approach taking the form of a micro credential with an extra curricula workshop. Design/methodology/approach: The interpretivist research examined opinion via nine semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Student Experience, Student Development
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Katrina E. Forbes-McKay; Pauline A. M. Bremner; Pamela Johnston; Carol Air – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study addresses gaps in the existing literature on students' understanding of Independent Learning (IL), whilst exploring the link between levels of IL, growth mindset, motivated strategies for learning and academic performance. Design/methodology/approach: Three hundred and eighty-six university students recruited via opportunistic…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Learning Strategies
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Fatima, Shafaque; Ali, Muhammad; Saad, Muhammad Ismail – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study investigated the influence of students' conceptions of feedback (ScoF) dimensions on academic self-efficacy (SE) and self-regulation (SRG). Design/methodology/approach: The study employed the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach on a sample data of 528 students from ten different universities of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Self Efficacy, Self Control
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Fusilier, Marcelline; Bhuyan, Rafiqul; Russell, John; Lin, Shan; Yang, Shuai – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Student approaches to studying were explored in business courses with samples in China, Kuwait and the USA. Information on approaches to studying is critical as delivery and content of educational practices are increasingly adapted to different world regions. Design/methodology/approach: The Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory (RASI)…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, College Students
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Marley, Scott C.; Wilcox, M. Jeanne – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study examines family and peer academic social supports as correlates of academic motivation and first-semester GPA. Design/methodology/approach: Using a correlational design, 468 first-semester college students completed an online survey. Demographic characteristics, high school GPA and first-semester GPA were gathered from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Peer Relationship, College Freshmen, Student Motivation
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Rieg, Denise Luciana; Lima, Rui M. M.; Mesquita, Diana; Scramim, Fernando Cezar Leandro; Mattasoglio Neto, Octavio – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to implement and evaluate active learning strategies to support engineering students in the development of research competences, contributing to the growing need for a closer relationship between research and teaching. Design/methodology/approach: This study was developed using an action research approach. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Research Skills, Scientific Methodology
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Rocío Giselle Fernández Da Lama; María Elena Brenlla – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The present research was based on an online questionnaire. A total of 256 undergraduate psychology students aged 18-44 (M = 23.61; SD = 0.57) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina took part in the study (137 women; 53.3%). A sociodemographic and academic survey and the locally adapted versions of the Zimbardo Time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables