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Shemshuchenko, Yurii S.; Gerasymova, Elvira M.; Vykhovanets, Zorina S.; Mosenkis, Iurii L.; Strokal, Oleksandr M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The objective of this study was to find out how effective the use of cloud technologies is in the formation and development of critical thinking in future lawyers. An experimental model using cloud technologies was tested in training courses in the special (Civil Law, Fundamentals of Administrative Law) and general (English for Specific Purposes,…
Descriptors: Law Students, Legal Education (Professions), Computer Software, Critical Thinking
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Day, Indira N. Z.; van Blankenstein, Floris M.; Westenberg, P. Michiel; Admiraal, Wilfried F. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Individual student success is influenced by the educational environment and student characteristics. One adaptation of the educational environment to improve student success is the introduction of continuous, or in-course, assessment. Previous research already identified several student characteristics that are related to student success as…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Statistical Analysis, Academic Achievement, Questionnaires
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Glöckner, Andreas; Towfigh, Emanuel; Traxler, Christian – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
In a comprehensive empirical investigation (N = 71,405) we analyzed the development of legal expertise in a critical 1-year period of academic legal training in which advanced law students start practicing to solve complex cases. We were particularly interested in the functional form of the learning curve and inter-individual differences in…
Descriptors: Law Students, Expertise, Decision Making, Learning Processes
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Taylor, Lynne; Brogt, Erik; Cheer, Ursula; Baird, Natalie; Caldwell, John; Wilson, Debra – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This paper investigated the extent to which the engagement levels of a self-selected cohort of students enrolled in first-year law programmes at three New Zealand universities varied according to ethnicity. When viewed in the light of factors identified within the international literature as having a bearing on student engagement and, in…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Ethnicity, Academic Achievement, Law Students