'It's almost a mindset that teachers need to change': First-year students' need to be inducted into time management

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 777-791

  van der Meer, Jacques ^a   Jansen, Ellen ^b   Torenbeek, Marjolein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic acculturation; Self directed; Student transition; Student workload; Study habits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957923024     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070903383211     Document Type: Article

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