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dc.contributor.authorGoldfinch, Judyde
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Moirade
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-01T06:46:00Zde
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-30T04:47:53Z
dc.date.available2012-08-30T04:47:53Z
dc.date.issued2007de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/23137
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the relationships between students' confidence in their generic skills on entry to university, their learning styles and their academic performance in first year. Research based on a large cohort of Scottish undergraduates found that students generally entered university feeling very confident that they already possessed good skills, and there was a suggestion of over-confidence in that those who failed the year entered with slightly higher confidence than other students. However, those students who withdrew during the year had significantly less confidence. The most significant combination of factors in explaining success in first year were a low score on the activist learning style scale and high initial confidence in the skills of self-reliance, time management and teamwork, together with lower initial confidence in written communication skills. The implications of this research are discussed and some suggestions made for improving educational practice.en
dc.languageende
dc.subject.otheracademic performance; business undergraduates; generic skills; learning styles; retention;
dc.titleSkills, learning styles and success of first-year undergraduatesen
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.source.journalActive Learning in Higher Educationde
dc.source.volume8de
dc.source.issue3de
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-231370de
dc.date.modified2011-03-01T06:46:00Zde
dc.rights.licencePEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)de
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ssoar.contributor.institutionhttp://www.peerproject.eu/de
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dc.type.documentjournal articleen
dc.type.documentZeitschriftenartikelde
dc.source.pageinfo259-273
internal.identifier.journal8de
internal.identifier.document32
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1469787407081881de
dc.description.pubstatusPostprinten
dc.description.pubstatusPostprintde
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