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Direct linkHeather A. Dalal; Arthur Taylor; Sharon Whitfield – College & Research Libraries, 2025
Generation Z has come of age in a world inundated with an immediate and constant flow of information from a variety of sources. This information is usually uncurated, unverified, and presented in ways that make it difficult to discern the source and the veracity of the information. While previous generations had access to similar information, it…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Student Attitudes, College Students, Generational Differences
Redesigning for Student Success: Cultivating Communities of Practice in a Higher Education Classroom
Download full textGauthier, Launa – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
In this paper, I discuss the process of redesigning and teaching a mandatory, academic skill building course for students on academic probation at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) in Atlantic Canada. The rationale for redesigning the course was to offer an alternative curricular framework, including instructional approaches, to course…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Bush, H. Francis; Walsh, Vonda K. – American Journal of Business Education, 2014
Today colleges and universities are working with students who are younger than the Internet. They were born at the end of the last century, and are referred to as millennials or the Net Generation. Their learning style and time management preferences may respond better to continuous tasks and constant feedback. This paper examines the statistical…
Descriptors: Accounting, College Students, Age Groups, Generational Differences
Garces-Ozanne, Arlene; Sullivan, Trudy – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2014
A total of 196 first year Principles of Economics I students participated in a study examining how students' expectations about their course and grades are related to the grades they actually receive. We empirically test whether there is a significant difference between the students' grade expectations and the actual grades they receive, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Economics Education
Jones, Virginia R. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
The Millennial Generation is a subject of paramount interest for 21st-century educators. It is a generation unlike its predecessors, with some stating it is the most intelligent consumer generation in history. Experts in the fields of neurobiology and psychology have found that Millennial brains may actually be "physically different" because of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Study Habits, Age Groups, Technology Integration
Rickes, Persis C. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2010
The monikers are many: (1) "Generation Y"; (2) "Echo Boomers"; (3) "GenMe"; (4) the "Net Generation"; (5) "RenGen"; and (6) "Generation Next". One name that appears to be gaining currency is "Millennials," perhaps as a way to better differentiate the current generation from its…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Baby Boomers, Age Groups
Montag, Tamara; Campo, Jill; Weissman, Julie; Walmsley, Angela; Snell, Alex – NACADA Journal, 2012
Utilizing generational theory, we explored the relationship between Millennial characteristics and students' major selection and academic advising experiences. We conducted focus groups of students with senior standing at a private, midwestern university, and we utilized a closed coding technique to analyze the qualitative data. Consistent with…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Majors (Students), Best Practices, Focus Groups
