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Peer reviewedMulligan, Denise; Kirkpatrick, Andy – Higher Education Research & Development, 2000
Studied the nature and extent of problems in comprehension of lectures experienced by 198 college students from non-English speaking backgrounds at a British university. Slightly fewer than 1 in 10 was able to understand the content and intent of lectures very well, and almost 25% had not understood the lectures at all. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Download full textPowell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1982
Five articles on higher education in Australia and New Zealand are presented, along with two review articles. "Australian Higher Education Research and Society. Part I: Post-War Reconstruction and Expansion, 1940-1965" (D. S. Anderson and E. Eton) is a review of research on higher education in Australia and New Zealand since World War…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Students
Powell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1983
Five articles on research and development in higher education and three review articles are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Students' Assessments of Instruction as a Basis for Teaching Improvement and Promotions Decisions: A Case-Study" (John Jones); "The Making of Academic Promotion Decisions: Criteria and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
