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Can Integrating Aboriginal Health Content in Undergraduate Nutrition Curricula Foster Student Cultural Capabilities?
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McCartan, Julia; Dart, Janeane; Adams, Karen; Davidson, Zoe; Brimblecombe, Julie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework (2014) identifies the need for Australian higher education providers to develop health professional students' cultural capabilities. This study investigated whether integrating the Framework's learning outcomes into undergraduate nutrition curricula changed higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Undergraduate Students, Nutrition Instruction
Student Satisfaction and Perceptions of Quality: Testing the Linkages for PhD Students
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Cheng, Ming; Taylor, John; Williams, James; Tong, Kang – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Student satisfaction and the quality of education are of compelling interest to students, academic staff, policy-makers and higher education researchers internationally. There is a widespread belief in their "cause and effect" relationship. This paper tests these beliefs and explores how the level of student satisfaction is linked with…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes
Assessing College Critical Thinking: Preliminary Results from the Chinese HEIghten® Critical Thinking Assessment
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Liu, Ou Lydia; Shaw, Amy; Gu, Lin; Li, Guirong; Hu, Shangfeng; Yu, Ningning; Ma, Liping; Xu, Changqing; Guo, Fei; Su, Qi; Kardanovaj, Elena; Chirikov, Igor; Shi, Jinghuan; Shi, Zhaolei; Wang, Huan; Loyalka, Prashant – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Assessing student learning outcomes has become a global trend in higher education. In this paper, we report on the validation of the Chinese HEIghten® Critical Thinking assessment with a nationally representative sample of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science students from 35 institutions in China. Key findings suggest that there was a test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Engineering Education, Computer Science Education
The Quality of Guidance and Feedback to Students
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Hounsell, Dai; McCune, Velda; Hounsell, Jenny; Litjens, Judith – Higher Education Research and Development, 2008
The paper presents research findings on students' experiences of the provision both of guidance and feedback, and with respect to examinations as well as coursework assignments. A first- and a final-year bioscience course unit were surveyed in each of three contrasting university departments. The resulting dataset comprised 782 completed student…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Feedback (Response), Guidance
The Role of Relationships and Emotions in Student Perceptions of Learning and Assessment
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Crossman, Joanna – Higher Education Research and Development, 2007
The paper addresses the way in which participants in a qualitative study drew upon accounts of relationships and emotions in sharing their perceptions of assessment. By first exploring ideas about emotions and relationships in learning and assessment through the literature and subsequently discussing an interpretation of participant narratives,…
Descriptors: Empathy, Emotional Response, Student Attitudes, Role Perception
Engaging University Learning: The Experiences of Students Entering University Via Recognition of Prior Industrial Experience.
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Cantwell, Robert H.; Scevak, Jill J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2004
In this study, the academic experiences of 33 male students from an industrial background were investigated as they completed a two-year education degree. The purpose of the study was to investigate the quality of student adjustment to an academic environment following extensive industrial training and experience. Students completed a series of…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Educational Environment, Adjustment (to Environment), Industrial Training