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Researching the First Year Experience: Where to from here?

Pages 105-114 | Published online: 14 Jul 2010

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Diana Kwarikunda, Nakalema Gladys, Charles Magoba Muwonge, Joseph Ssenyonga & Ulrich Schiefele. (2023) Adjusting to and thriving in a new school: Role of students’ expectations, educational attitudes, and resilience during secondary school transition. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology 11:3, pages 259-273.
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Sanne G. A. van Herpen, Marieke Meeuwisse, W. H. Adriaan Hofman & Sabine E. Severiens. (2020) A head start in higher education: the effect of a transition intervention on interaction, sense of belonging, and academic performance. Studies in Higher Education 45:4, pages 862-877.
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Stephen Evans. (2018) Making the transition to higher education in Hong Kong: a tale of two cohorts. Journal of Further and Higher Education 42:2, pages 177-192.
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Thanita Lerdpornkulrat, Ravinder Koul & Chanut Poondej. (2018) Relationship between perceptions of classroom climate and institutional goal structures and student motivation, engagement and intention to persist in college. Journal of Further and Higher Education 42:1, pages 102-115.
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So Young Bae & Hwasung Song. (2017) Intercultural sensitivity and tourism patterns among international students in Korea: using a latent profile analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 22:4, pages 436-448.
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Harriet Dismore. (2014) Experiencing the transition from an apprenticeship to higher education. Journal of Education and Work 27:6, pages 585-607.
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Isadora Jung-Hsiu Lin. (2014) Realigning capital portfolios: international students' educational experiences in higher education. Asia Pacific Journal of Education 34:3, pages 366-380.
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Nicole M. Monteiro, Shyngle K. Balogun & Kutlo N. Oratile. (2014) Managing stress: the influence of gender, age and emotion regulation on coping among university students in Botswana. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 19:2, pages 153-173.
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Angela Bowles, Ron Fisher, Ruth McPhail, Daniela Rosenstreich & Alexandra Dobson. (2014) Staying the distance: students’ perceptions of enablers of transition to higher education. Higher Education Research & Development 33:2, pages 212-225.
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Lynne Leveson, Nicola McNeil & Therese Joiner. (2013) Persist or withdraw: the importance of external factors in students' departure intentions. Higher Education Research & Development 32:6, pages 932-945.
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Julie Ballantyne. (2012) Valuing students’ voices: Experiences of first year students at a new campus. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning 7:1, pages 41-50.
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Beverley Jackling & Riccardo Natoli. (2011) Student engagement and departure intention: an Australian university perspective. Journal of Further and Higher Education 35:4, pages 561-579.
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Catherine Bovill, CathyJ. Bulley & Kate Morss. (2011) Engaging and empowering first-year students through curriculum design: perspectives from the literature. Teaching in Higher Education 16:2, pages 197-209.
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Rey Fuentes, Lara Chanthongthip & Francisco Rios. (2010) Teaching and Learning Social Justice as an “Intellectual Community” Requirement: Pedagogical Opportunities and Student Understandings. Equity & Excellence in Education 43:3, pages 357-374.
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Nell Buissink‐Smith, Rachel Spronken‐Smith & Rebecca Walker. (2010) You’re doing what? Students’ experiences of advice from a New Zealand university. Higher Education Research & Development 29:4, pages 357-371.
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Clare Power & Kiyomi Dunphy. (2010) Peer facilitated learning in Mathematics for Engineering: a case study from an Australian university. Engineering Education 5:1, pages 75-84.
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Trevor Hussey & Patrick Smith. (2010) Transitions in higher education. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 47:2, pages 155-164.
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Jennie Winter & Harriet Dismore. (2010) Investigating the experiences of foundation degree students progressing to an honours degree: an integrated approach. Journal of Further and Higher Education 34:2, pages 253-270.
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Marisa Salanova, Wilmar Schaufeli, Isabel Martínez & Edgar Bresó. (2010) How obstacles and facilitators predict academic performance: the mediating role of study burnout and engagement. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 23:1, pages 53-70.
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Sue Walker, Joanne Brownlee, Sandra Lennox, Beryl Exley, Kerry Howells & Fiona Cocker. (2009) Understanding first year university students: personal epistemology and learning. Teaching Education 20:3, pages 243-256.
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John Hultberg, Kaety Plos, GrahamD. Hendry & KarinI. Kjellgren. (2008) Scaffolding students' transition to higher education: parallel introductory courses for students and teachers. Journal of Further and Higher Education 32:1, pages 47-57.
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Marann Byrne & Barbara Flood. (2005) A study of accounting students' motives, expectations and preparedness for higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education 29:2, pages 111-124.
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Cynthia White. (2005) Contribution of Distance Education to the Development of Individual Learners. Distance Education 26:2, pages 165-181.
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Ernesto Macaro & Ursula Wingate. (2004) From sixth form to university: motivation and transition among high achieving state‐school language students. Oxford Review of Education 30:4, pages 467-488.
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Tamsin Haggis & Mireille Pouget. (2002) Trying to be Motivated: perspectives on learning from younger students accessing higher education. Teaching in Higher Education 7:3, pages 323-336.
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