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Marchlinska, Aleksandra; Pownall, Madeleine; Blundell-Birtill, Pam; Harris, Richard – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant changes to the student experience. Thus, there is a need to centre students' lived experiences in pedagogical research which explores the effects of the pandemic on student life. The current study aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted undergraduate students, with a focus on students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Student Experience, COVID-19
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Taskiran, Ayse – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2021
The aim of this study is to investigate psycho-social status and online education experiences of elementary school students during COVID-19 lockdown process. Constructed as a mixed methods research, this study follows a sequential explanatory design. Quantitative data was gathered through snowball sampling technique by using The Screen for Child…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Experience
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Baines, Ed; MacIntyre, Helen – Educational Review, 2022
Mealtimes have rarely been considered outside a healthy eating agenda yet may be important social contexts for children's social, emotional and moral development. Little research has examined the social value of time spent in the school lunch room. This study examined the nature of children's interactions, activities and experiences of mealtimes…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Dining Facilities, Social Development, Interaction
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Arensdorf, Jill; Naylor-Tincknell, Janett – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2016
Living Learning Communities (LLCs) have been shown to increase student retention rates and academic performance (Hotchkiss, Moore, & Pitts, 2006), as well as increase overall satisfaction with college (Baker & Pomerantz, 2000) and increase cognitive skills (Walker, 2003). These benefits have been demonstrated in a variety of institutions…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Qualitative Research, Focus Groups, Student Attitudes
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Weissmann, Elke – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This article examines the student experience for a particular cohort, namely the joint honours students, at a post-1992 university in the United Kingdom. These students are enrolled in degree courses that combine two subjects at one university. Little attention has so far been given to such students whose experience is decidedly different from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Interviews, Questionnaires
Noble, Kathleen D.; Childers, Sarah A. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2008
Early entrance from secondary school to university, based on the principle of optimal match, is a rare but highly effective educational strategy for many gifted students. The University of Washington offers two early entrance options for gifted adolescents: the Early Entrance Program for students prior to age 15, and the UW Academy for Young…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Research Universities, Early Admission, Acceleration (Education)