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Direct linkMayhew, Matthew J.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Research in Higher Education, 2008
We investigated curricular conditions and educational practices that influenced the development of life-long learning orientations among 405 undergraduate students. Results suggest that growth in life-long learning orientations was facilitated by instruction that included opportunities for reflection, active learning, and perspective-taking and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Educational Practices
Volkwein, J. Fredericks; Carbone, David – 1990
A variety of departmental and student outcomes data was obtained and analyzed from faculty and graduating seniors in 27 academic departments located at a university classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research II institution. The purpose of the study was to determine: (1) whether strong research orientation by an academic department…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Background
Peer reviewedFeigenbaum, Elysa; Friend, Ronald – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Presents results of a study comparing student class size preferences among first-year college students and upper-division students. Reports that first-year students prefer small classes and upper division students prefer large classes. Concludes that experience in larger classes results in a stronger preference toward the large classes. Urges…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Class Size, Classroom Environment, College Freshmen
Download full textLavelle, Ellen; Rickord, Bill – 1997
This research study reports the results of an attempt to build a model of individual differences in undergraduate student development based on factor analysis of a wide range of students' beliefs and behaviors. An 127-item inventory named the Dakota Inventory of Student Orientations was administered to 738 male and female undergraduate students in…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Correlation, Factor Analysis, General Education
