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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"first-year university"”.
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First Year University Students and Their Parents: Conjoint Experiences of University
… focus of this thesis is an examination of the first-year university experience as seen through the eyes of students and their parents. Through the thick descriptions of conjoint interviews conducted in eight family homes on three different occasions during the students’ first-year, the thesis …
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A systems approach to physics education at first year university level
… in that area. The term systems approach is first reconsidered and a view is established which is broader than that normally considered in education. Two distinct aspects of this systems approach are identified-an “applied” aspect and a “basic” aspect. With respect to curriculum development …
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Strategies for First-Year University ESL Students to Improve Essay Writing Skills
<p>This project provides a writing guidebook for first-year university level English as a Second Language (ESL) students and teachers. Most ESL students have difficulties in academic English writing, especially first-year university ESL students. Due to the differences in linguistic and education …
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A Study of Injury and its Prevention in First-Year University Dance Students
… The research typically overlooks dancers in a university setting who pursue baccalaureate-level dance programs. This small-scale research study therefore focuses on collegiate dancers in their first year of study in a liberal arts dance program. As this population often sustains injuries, the …
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A Behavioral Health Intervention for Decreasing Weight Gain in First Year University Students
… health behaviors and decrease weight gain among first-year university students, utilizing a health risk appraisal (HRA), telephone health coaching, and monthly health-related emails. The HRA assessed and provided individualized feedback for several behavioral health risk factors. Participants …
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A rationale for a correspondence version of a first-year university expository writing course.
My task here was to prepare Expository Writing (University of Windsor course #26-100) as a distance education course, which included developing a comprehensive study guide to take the place of classroom instruction (see Appendix A). This rationale justifies the approach I take in the study guide …
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Some determinants of success and failure in first-year university business units at private colleges
… academic success and failure (and dropout) from first year university level Business units at two private business colleges in Perth, Western Australia. Private business colleges are convenient vehicles for international and Western Australian students who do not possess adequate academic …
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Students' attitudes towards first-year university mathematics: a comparison between Australian and Asian born students
… and Asian-born students' attitudes towards their year 12 and university mathematics learning. This has resulted in different responses from students who are studying in different faculties in Victoria University of Technology and who were born in Australia, Europe, or Asia. The study has explored …
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Identifying changes in dietary intake, diet quality, body weight and body composition during first year university
… and eating habits change in students during first-year university and how these changes influence anthropometrics and body composition. 301 students (n=71 males, n=230 females) completed food frequency and dietary habits questionnaires. Anthropometry and body composition were measured at the …
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A Moderated Mediation Approach to Risk Factors for First-Year University Students’ Stress-Related Anxiety and Depression
… health issues are significant concerns among first-year university students. However, the factors contributing to why some students successfully navigate their first year while others struggle with anxiety and depression have received limited attention. To address this gap, this thesis adopts …
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The online student experience: An exploration of first-year university students’ expectations, experiences and outcomes of online education
… research conceptualises OE as representing university courses that require students to interact with instructors and course materials via the internet, with no expectation of attending a university campus. A broad student-centred perspective is notably lacking from the OE literature, with …
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The early identification of academic support needs of first year university engineering drawing students in a multicultural society
… than 900 freshmen engineering students at the University of Cape Town in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and at the Cape Technikon in 1985. They were found to be consistently powerful predictors of performance in the midyear and final first year engineering drawing examinations. The cultural populations …
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Career maturity amongst first year university students in a commerce faculty at a tertiary institution in the Western Cape
… research investigated the nature thereof amongst first year university students. The prevalence of specific aspects of career maturity (namely, self-information, decisionmaking, career information, integration of self-information and career information, and career planning) were investigated. In …
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The Relationships Between Attitude, Motivation, Anxiety, and Proficiency in English as a Second Language of First-Year University Students in Puerto Rico
… the attitudes, motivation, and anxiety levels of first-year university students toward the learning and use of English as a second language. The study also examined the nature of the relationships between attitudes, motivation and anxiety, and English proficiency asmeasured by the College Entrance …
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The suitability of the EFL reading texts at the secondary and preparatory levels as a preparation for academic reading at first year university level in Saudi Arabia
… at the next education level(s) (preparatory and first year university level) which may include more academic and specialised texts. The data of the study was gathered from three sources. First, we analysed the reading texts used at three different educational levels, namely, secondary (two …
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Student well-being, academic performance, and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic
… pandemic. The study also assessed the extent of first-year university students flourishing and languishing. Cross-sectional survey data were collected from the first-year University of Cape Town Commerce students. A total of 395 first-year commerce students completed the questionnaire; however, …
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Intertextuality in student writing : the intersection of the academic curriculum and student voices in first year economics assignments
… analysis to examine student writing in a first year university economics course. The research has investigated the acquisition of the new academic discourse by drawing on Bakhtin's concept of intertextuality to consider new discourses, discourse models and literacy and learning practices …
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Relationships between mental health, socioeconomic status and subjective social status in first-year students at four South African universities
Background and Objective: First-year university students face many challenges during the transition to university. Some of these relate to their background and socio-demographic characteristics and others have to do with the characteristics of the universities they attend. South African first-year …
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Challenges Posed by the Use of English as the Language of Learning and Teaching in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) high schools.
… do well in both the Matric examinations and at first year university studies, yet official reports of learner performance give the impression that Grade 12 learners’ academic performance is improving. The study posited that the relatively poor academic performance is a result of a myriad of …
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Does Education Setting Influence the Relationship between Substance use and Depression among Post Secondary Students
… symptoms and substance use differs for first year college and university students. Methods. A proportionate stratified random sample of 6,100 university students and a census sample of 7,300 college students were invited to anonymously complete the National College Health Assessment. The …
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