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Guterman, Oz; Neuman, Ari – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
In modern society, academic success is closely associated with achievement. In order to help students realise their potential, it is essential to understand the factors that promote academic success. The research literature indicates several factors that are associated with academic success, including learning strategies, self-direction, and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Independent Study
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Maunder, Rachel E. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Whilst new friendships and an active social life are commonly discussed features of 'being a student', there is limited empirical research that has quantitatively studied the contribution that social factors play in students' university experience. Research that has been conducted shows that belonging and social integration are important factors…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Peer Relationship
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Oldfield, Jeremy; Rodwell, Judith; Curry, Laura; Marks, Gillian – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Absenteeism from university teaching sessions is increasingly becoming a common phenomenon and remains a major concern to universities. Poor attendance has significant and detrimental effects on students themselves, their peers and teaching staff. There is, however, a lack of previous research investigating demographic and psychological predictors…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Attendance, Lecture Method, Seminars
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Asikainen, Henna; Hailikari, Telle; Mattsson, Markus – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Research concerning students' emotions as well as their way of coping with their emotions in different situations has been scarce. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between self-regulated learning, academic emotions, psychological flexibility, study success and study pace during university-level studies. A total of 274 arts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Humanities, Liberal Arts
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Pennington, Charlotte R.; Bates, Elizabeth A.; Kaye, Linda K.; Bolam, Lauren T. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
In view of recent changes in the higher education sector, such as increased tuition fees, a greater focus has been placed on widening participation initiatives and monitoring student satisfaction. The aims of the current study were twofold: (1) to explore whether pre-entry programmes foster successful transition to higher education, and (2) to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Psychology, Psychological Patterns
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Snir, Raphael – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Relocation of an academic unit affects not only the staff, but also the students. A pre- and post-move study examined the responses of undergraduate students to the relocation to a new and spacious campus carried out during the break between two semesters. The distance between the old and the new site did not require home relocation. However, it…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Undergraduate Students, Relocation, Mobility
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Hagenauer, Gerda; Gläser-Zikuda, Michaela; Moschner, Barbara – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Based on self-determination theory, this study seeks to explore whether a study environment that provides relevant conditions for students' basic psychological need-satisfaction can lead to more positive and less negative emotional experiences. It also addresses the question of how emotions experienced in the university context are related to…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Learner Engagement, Affective Behavior, Self Determination
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Menon, Maria Eliophotou; Markadjis, Elias; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Socratous, Michalis – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Research points to several determinants of the private demand for higher education, which include individual, social, economic, and institutional variables. Of these variables, economic factors are considered to be highly relevant, especially in the current financial crisis. The paper investigates the link between expected rates of return to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, Intention, High School Graduates
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Xuereb, Sharon – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
This study hypothesised that academic resourcefulness and coping strategies would predict doubting amongst university undergraduates. Doubting refers to the serious consideration of prematurely withdrawing from university. It was predicted that mature students would report higher levels of academic resourcefulness and adaptive coping strategies,…
Descriptors: Coping, Undergraduate Students, Student Adjustment, Psychology
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Arnold, Ivo J. M. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper investigates the first-year study success of minority students in the bachelor program in economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. We find that the gap in study success between minority and majority students can be attributed to differences in high school education. Students from similar high school tracks show no significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Minority Group Students, Undergraduate Study
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Harris, P. J.; Campbell Casey, S. A.; Westbury, T.; Florida-James, G. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
Students suffer from stress as a result of many factors, including educational unpreparedness, financial strain and inability to integrate socially. This mixed methods study aimed to investigate stress levels of undergraduate students in a post-1992, Scottish university and the potential for measures of stress to act as an indicator of a student's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Stress Variables, School Holding Power
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Bennett, Roger; Kane, Suzanne – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
This paper presents the outcomes of a study of the factors that contribute to teaching team effectiveness in situations where team members rarely meet face to face. Academic faculty within a university Business School were asked to report the degrees to which they believed that the module teaching teams to which they belonged contained members who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Teaching, College Faculty, Business Administration Education
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Richardson, Jessica J.; Kemp, Simon; Malinen, Sanna; Haultain, Steve A. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
There is growing concern about the detrimental effect of term-time employment on university students' academic success. We report results from an online survey of 1837 students of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, whose responses were later matched to their academic records for a semester. The majority of employed students reported…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Employment, Online Surveys, Questionnaires
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Howard, Chris; Davies, Peter – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper reports on data collected during an evaluation of two higher education courses designed to attract mature entrants aged between 21 and 60 to undergraduate degree programmes. Employing an evaluation design informed by a critical realist approach, the study utilised a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the outcomes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Mixed Methods Research
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Harrison, Neil; Chudry, Farooq – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2011
The financial situation of undergraduate students remains a high-profile issue within the UK higher education sector, not least due to its perceived relationship with retention, well-being and success. This article probes this question from a new direction, using concepts and approaches from the field of applied psychology to examine how students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Money Management, Personality, Anxiety