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Carpenter, Jennifer; Dearlove, Joanne; Marland, James – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This paper investigates the study strategies that first-year Australian university students bring with them to university. The research has currency due to the implementation of the Review of Australian higher education [Bradley, D., Noonan, P., Nugent, H., & Scales, B. (2008). "Review of Australian higher education: Final report".…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Undergraduate Study, Gender Differences
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Downing, Kevin; Ho, Richard; Shin, Kristina; Vrijmoed, Lilian; Wong, Eva – Educational Studies, 2007
It is now largely accepted that social and cultural factors have a significant impact on cognitive development in children. Piaget acknowledged the impact of social factors and peer interaction on cognitive development. However, there has been relatively little work on the impact of social and cultural factors on the development of metacognition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Cultural Influences, Undergraduate Study
Gafney, Leo – Online Submission, 2010
This report is the based on a 10-year study of the activities developed under a National Science Foundation (NSF) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) grant to a collaborative of institutions from the State University of New York. The goals of LSAMP are to recruit and retain under-represented minority students in the STEM…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Grants, Minority Groups, State Colleges