... Sociomateriality First-year experience Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space 16NISTA16 A Funding: This work was supported by Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (award number: 16NISTA16A). Distance education (DE) has become a central and rapidly expanding...

... interdisciplinary challenges facing today's world aiming to facilitate transition from high school to a research-intensive university. Science teaching Interdisciplinary First-year experience Student belongingness In the pilot study, 161 out of 215 students participated in the study (InSciTE: 53 of 53...

... Student engagement Student attitudes First-year experience First-year seminars Due to the changes in university admissions policy, there has been a considerable increase in student numbers from different public and international high schools. Previously, the administration and faculty had faced...

... between May 2015 and July 2015 and were between 23 and 39 minutes in length. The researchers had expertise in students’ first-year experience, teaching, and conducting interviews. All interview sessions were recorded, fully transcribed with f4 transcription software and coded using MAXQDA analysis...

...Bryant L. Hutson This study describes the evaluation of a first‐year experience course which emphasised the “appreciative advising” theoretical model – a strength‐based, relational approach to student development that aims to enhance students’ self‐efficacy and academic self‐perception. In order...