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Peer reviewedKember, David – Higher Education, 2000
Review of evidence from over 90 action research projects finds the common assertion that Asian students prefer passive learning and resist teaching innovations is not correct. Argues that the motivation displayed by Asian students is not an extrinsic form of motivation, which depresses intrinsic motivation, and that the high levels of achievement…
Descriptors: Action Research, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, High Achievement
Direct linkKember, David; Ying, Chan Kwok; Wan, Chan Shun; Yung, Chan Siu; Wai, Chan Tze; Mui, Chang Yuk; Wing, Cheung Kwong; Heung, Lau Kwai; Sam, Lee Lai; Chi, Lee Wai; Wanze, Li Wing Sze; Chuen, Tam Kam; Anne, Tang Oi Yin; Chu, Tse Lin; Jason, Tse Wai – Active Learning in Higher Education: The Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2005
This study provides a qualitative test and illustration of a model of how students cope with the demands of part-time study. The model shows that students who are successful in finding the time to complete the requirements of part-time courses do so by adopting three mechanisms; sacrifice, support and the negotiation of arrangements. All three…
Descriptors: Coping, Part Time Students, Social Life, Self Motivation
