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An Investigation of Factors that May Demotivate Secondary School Students Undertaking Project Work: Implications for Learning Information Literacy
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Smith, Marian; Hepworth, Mark – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
This paper describes an exploratory, qualitative study of the motivational issues associated with project work--a method intended to help encourage independent learning skills. The population studied were United Kingdom secondary school students who attended a state-funded comprehensive school in Derbyshire. The study chose to explore why…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Independent Study, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Dissertations as a Learning and Teaching Tool: Undergraduate Business Studies in the UK.
Watson, David M. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1983
From a study of the use of undergraduate dissertation writing at four United Kingdom institutions it is determined that this technique is of little value to students and requires administrative control disproportionate to the educational benefits. Issues of curriculum design, teaching styles, and timing of dissertation work are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
The Research Student's Guide to Success.
Cryer, Pat – 1996
This practical guide offers a British perspective to beginning, pursuing, and completing a research degree and is designed to aid graduate students in addressing a wide range of new and unfamiliar roles, expectations, and needs. Some issues addressed are specific to foreign students. An introductory section describes the guide's rationale and…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Faculty, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs