The state of the art in student engagement / / topic editors, Carl Senior, Psychology, Aston University, UK, Chris Howard, University of Derby, UK.

There is an extensive literature conducted from a range of theoretical perspectives and methodologies on the role of groups and student learning in higher education. However here the concept of the ‘group’ is heavily contested at a theoretical level but within higher education practice, characterizi...

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Superior document:Frontiers Research Topics
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (53 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • The state of the art in student engagement / Carl Senior and Chris Howard
  • The relationship between student employability and student engagement: working toward a more unified theory / Carl Senior, Peter Reddy and Rowena Senior
  • The future and the female academic leader: advancing student engagement / Carl Senior, Christopher Howard and Rowena Senior
  • Group work as an incentive for learning-students' experiences of group work / Eva Hammar Chiriac
  • Creating learner-centered assessment strategies for promoting greater student retention and class participation / John D. Rich Jr, Arabia N. Colon, Dominique Mines and Kimberly L. Jivers
  • Learning in friendship groups: developing students' conceptual understanding through social interaction / Carl Senior and Chris Howard
  • Student polling software: where cognitive psychology meets educational practice? / Paul McGivern and Matthew Coxon
  • Teaching statistics using dance and movement / Lucy T. Irving
  • The effects of family support and gender on mature student engagement in higher education / Baljit Gill, Sarah Hayes and Carl Senior
  • Teacher enthusiasm: a potential cure of academic cheating / Gábor Orosz, István Tóth-Király, Beáta Bothe, Anikó Kusztor, Zsuzsanna Üllei Kovács and Miriam Jánvári.