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Improving the Understanding of Written Peer Feedback through Face-to-Face Peer Dialogue: Students' Perspective
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Schillings, Marlies; Roebertsen, Herma; Savelberg, Hans; van Dijk, Anne; Dolmans, Diana – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Feedback plays a vital role in the process of mastering writing in many academic disciplines. Although peer feedback has been proven helpful to develop students' academic writing competency, the role of additional face-to-face peer dialogue in this context remains indistinct. Face-to-face peer dialogue on written peer feedback is expected to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Peer Evaluation, Synchronous Communication, Dialogs (Language)
Simulated Learning for Generic Communication Competency Development: A Case Study of Australian Post-Graduate Pharmacy Students
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Barker, Michelle; Fejzic, Jasmina; Mak, Anita S. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Authentic workplace experience is becoming increasingly challenging to provide for students. Simulation represents an effective pedagogical strategy for communication competency development in preparation for, or in lieu of clinical placements/practicums. The case study represents an innovative approach to simulating aspects of a pharmacy practice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmaceutical Education, Communication Skills, Skill Development
When Academics Integrate Research Skill Development in the Curriculum
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Willison, J. W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
This study considered outcomes when 27 academics explicitly developed and assessed student research skills in 28 regular (non-research methods) semester-length courses. These courses ranged from small (n = 17) to medium-large (n = 222) and included those from first year to masters in business, engineering, health science, humanities and science,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Evidence, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology
Assessing the Success of a Discipline-Based Communication Skills Development and Enhancement Program in a Graduate Accounting Course
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Barratt, Catherine; Hanlon, Dean; Rankin, Michaela – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
In this paper we present results of the impact diagnostic testing and associated context-specific workshops have on students' written communication skills in a graduate-level accounting course. We find that students who undertook diagnostic testing performed better in their first semester accounting subject. This improvement is positively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diagnostic Tests, Writing Skills, Accounting
Writing as Learning: Reflections on Developing Students' Writing Strategies.
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Jackson, M. W. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1991
It is argued that college students can learn to improve their writing by being taught a number of basic strategies. A distinction is made between weak and strong strategies, and a number of each are identified and discussed. Classroom instructional procedures supporting improvement of skills are outlined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Interactive Teaching Goes to Uni: Keeping Students Awake and Learning Alive.
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Mannison, Mary; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1994
A university education course in human sexuality and learning at the Queensland University of Technology (Australia) used a small-group cooperative learning approach to motivate and challenge students. Students found the small group discussion method effective in developing memory and thinking skills. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Education Courses
Effectiveness of an Intensive Learning Skills Course for University Students on Restricted Enrolment.
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Manalo, Emmanuel; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A University of Auckland (Australia) program of developmental studies for students on academic probation provides four days of intensive instruction in time management, study habits, test preparation, test-taking, memory, concentration, and writing skills. Data show students taking the course improved significantly in their academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Probation, Achievement Gains, College Students