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Exploring the Variation in First Year Undergraduates' Induction into Their Academic Disciplines
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Yang, Min; Webster, Beverly; Prosser, Michael – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
This study explored qualitative variation in first year undergraduates' induction into the discipline in four dimensions: (1) induction into disciplinary knowledge; (2) induction into disciplinary research; (3) integration of learning from different courses; and (4) induction into disciplinary skills. Data were drawn from focus groups with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Orientation, School Orientation, Intellectual Disciplines
Reading the Internet: Conducting Research for the Virtual Classroom.
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Hawes, Kathryn S. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Describes how college-reading and study-skills instructors can use the Internet as an extension of classroom activities. Discusses teaching students to use the computer, to search the Internet, to read the sources critically, to communicate, and to write opinion papers. Notes two useful articles that deal with instructional applications of the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Internet, Reading Instruction
Independent Learning and the Use of Resources: VCE Australian Studies.
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Williamson, Kirsty – Australian Journal of Education, 1995
A study investigated the independent study and research skills of Year 11 secondary students (n=460) and the research and study skills instruction by teachers (n=54) in the Australian studies component of the Victoria Certificate of Education (VCE) curriculum. Results found many students not competent in using resources independently and few…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
Research Survival Skills: Preparing a Master's Thesis, Field Project or Doctoral Dissertation.
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Pedron, Nadine A.; Evans, Susan B. – 1992
This paper is intended to give graduate level special education students (and others) a structure to facilitate completion of a field study/thesis for a master's degree or a dissertation for the doctorate. First, a format for a dissertation/thesis proposal is suggested and guidelines are offered for development of the proposal. The importance of a…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Citing Secondary Sources: Can We Correct What Students Do Not Know?
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Froese, Arnold D.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Maintains that direct instruction can improve significantly undergraduates citing of primary and secondary sources. Students were tested concerning definitions of primary and secondary sources, judgement of citation acceptability, and identification of samples. Students receiving posttest instruction showed marked improvement. Recommends early…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Content Analysis, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education
Children's Retrieval Skills for School Learning.
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Kobasigawa, Akira – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1983
Grade four (20) and grade eight (20) Ontario parochial school children were interviewed to assess retrieval skills for school research projects, particularly selecting search areas/specific book sections for particular retrieval questions and evaluating gathered information. Older children were more skillful at generating/defining search areas and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students