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Straddling the Gap: How Second-Year Peers Empower First-Year Students to Participate in a Community of Independent Learning by Means of the Educative
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Green, Alison – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
Transition from school or college to university is a time of great anxiety for many first-year undergraduates: some studies illustrate the emphasis which students place on finding new friends and securing a consistent social life; the importance of which resonates more with peers than with parents or lecturers. This has to be accomplished…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Peer Teaching, Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship