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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"first-year university students"”.
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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 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 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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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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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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Scientific text structure awareness: A cross-cultural comparison of tertiary students from different language backgrounds
Research in both first and second language reading has shown that awareness of text structure, or rhetorical organisation is related to superior recall of main ideas from expository prose passages. The present study investigates awareness of scientific text structure among tertiary students from …
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Experiences with cultural capital in education : exploring the educational life stories of first-generation postsecondary students
… used a life history research design to explore first-generation university students' educational life stories and experiences with cultural capital. The project sought to examine how 3 first-generation university students experience cultural capital that is privileged in Ontario's education …
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The Transferability of Reading Strategies between L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English)
… to the other. This study explored the Libyans university students’ transferability of reading strategies from the first language (Arabic) to the foreign language (English) and vice versa. In a foreign language environment, textbooks are usually the only medium for practising reading in that …
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Female Muslim-American students' perceptions of socio-cultural accommodation in California public high school
… of a sample of female Muslim-American students regarding their socio-cultural accommodation in California public high schools. The research provides insight into the daily lives of female Muslim-American high school students to be available to counselors, teachers, and administrators. …
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“Did you have a good weekend?” A week-level diary study examining the relationship between weekend recovery and weekday performance
… structured work schedule impacts recovery. Students have temporal flexibility and serve as a good proxy for all groups who work unstructured work schedules. Since most students and employees use the weekend to recover, this study investigated the relationship between recovery experiences …
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Investigating the Institutional Adoption of Blended Learning in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Courses at Saudi Universities: Challenges and Benefits
The twenty-first century has been defined as the era of technology during which the notion of digital natives has evolved. Even though technology is widely used for teaching and learning worldwide, academic institutions in Saudi Arabia still face challenges and dilemmas in integrating technology …
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Examining Emotional Responses to Effective Versus Ineffective Virtual Buddies
… population for this study (n = 145) consisted of first year university students enrolled in courses in the fall of 2013 at the University of Central Florida. Data on participant emotional experience and behavior were collected through questionnaires, researcher observations, and physiological …
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Integrative Learning From The Student Perspective: A Case Study
… a faculty. The Integrated Studies Program at the University of North Dakota, by its own description, seeks to provide a more coherent learning experience for students within the context of a complex, integrated curriculum and, as such, provides an opportunity for studying many aspects of …
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Vulnerability to adverse consequences of drinking and problem drinker status as predicted by risky drinking behaviours, drug use, sex differences and affect : a test of multiple models /
… samples from different populations, including fIrst year university students, university students in their graduating year, a clinical sample of people in treatment for addiction, and a community sample of young adults randomly selected from the general population. Overall, support was found …
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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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Diversity in Programming Education: Effects of Topic and Group Constellation on Young Programming Novices
… courses for children and continuing through to first-year university students in order to foster technical skills and computational thinking, alongside creativity and collaboration. However, there is limited understanding of how introductory programming course designs impact diversity-dependent …
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Evaluating the University of Cape Town's pilot discover commerce programme
Background First year experience (FYE) programmes are standard offerings across a number of higher education institutions (HEIs), both locally and internationally. The increase in FYE programmes has been due to the fact that many first-year university students struggle with the academic and social …
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Researching First-Year Students' Lived Experiences in a University Dance Program
… and practice have examined the experiences of first-year university students with the aim of improving quality of educational life and student motivation to stay in school (Greenfield et al., 2013). First-year students are viewed as vulnerable to attrition as most leavers depart during or …
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