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Ashour, Sanaa – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Higher education institutions have a critical role to play in preparing students to meet the demands of an increasingly technological world. Drawing on a survey of 762 undergraduate students in two universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this paper examines the actual experiences of digital technology of students during their academic…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Heng, Tang T. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Mainland Chinese students form the largest international tertiary student population in the USA, yet most discourse around them tends to adopt a deficit perspective. Adopting a hybridized sociocultural framework, this qualitative study follows 18 Chinese undergraduates over one year to examine how challenges they face are influenced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Social Bias, Undergraduate Students
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Torenbeek, Marjolein; Jansen, Ellen; Hofman, Adriaan – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Central in this study is the role of student variables and the fit between secondary education and university education in the explanation of first-year student achievement. The fit between two levels of education can be defined in different ways. In this study the focus is on four fit-aspects: appropriateness of expectations, and the degree to…
Descriptors: Productivity, Student Employment, Social Integration, Structural Equation Models
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Sander, Paul; Stevenson, Keith; King, Malcolm; Coates, David – Studies in Higher Education, 2000
Studied the expectations and preferences of undergraduates with regard to teaching, learning, and assessment. Responses of 395 undergraduates at British universities showed that students expected to be taught by formal and interactive lectures but preferred to be taught by interactive lectures and group-based activities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Expectation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interaction