scholarly journals 2020 BEST ZONE III PAPER WINNER - Supplemental Instruction and Just-in-Time Tutoring: The Who, When, and Why Students Attend in a First-Year Engineering Course

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ewing ◽  
Catherine Unite ◽  
Christina Miller ◽  
Cedric Shelby
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donnalee Taylor

<p class="Body"><em>To date, little has been published on the provision of student-driven just-in-time information to support first year students. This chronicle of just-in-time curricular and extra-curricular student support information was designed early in 2014 and successfully disseminated to first year biomedical science students over three years at James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In 2016, the information was redeveloped to make the support information electronically available to a much broader student audience. This article provides a dissemination template of what just-in-time curricular and extra-curricular information is required by first year university students. In addition, it outlines how students’ need for this information was determined and how information was successfully created and disseminated over these three years to assist the students in their transition to and through university. The intention of this article is to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on student resilience and wellbeing and to provide a guide for anyone interested in supporting their students in a similar manner.</em></p>


Author(s):  
L. M. Lye ◽  
A. D. Fisher

This paper describes a new approach to teaching first year design at Memorial University. Students are introduced to engineering design using the product realization process (PRP) as a platform. The course integrates the business, engineering design, and prototyping functions of the PRP. The just-in-time structured delivery of background tools and theory complement the relatively unstructured nature of the design problems. Lab exercises are used to intoduce the basic practicalities of mechanical, electrical and electronic design. Projects are completed in teams with emphasis placed on teamwork, project management and communication skills. Student enthusiasm has been very high and this aides significantly in the learning process.


Author(s):  
Oyinlola Omolara Adebola

Supplemental instruction (SI), which can be referred to as academic support has been linked to the successful academic performance of university students both locally and internationally. This study explores the successful implementation of SI to encourage students toward academic performance in a South African university. Constructivism theory (CT) was adopted as the theoretical framework for the study while Participatory Research (PR) was the research design. A focused group interview was used to collect data because of its relevance and assumptions of academic support such as supplemental instruction. Two lecturers, two tutors, two tutees, and two SI personnel were selected for the study from a selected university. At the same time, thematic analysis was chosen to analyse the data generated. The findings showed that through the intervention of SI, first-year students' academic performance increased while the dropout rate has also reduced.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-109
Author(s):  
Lisa Beccaria ◽  
◽  
Megan Kek ◽  
Henk Huijser ◽  
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...  

Undergraduate nursing students often find essay writing challenging, and feel underprepared, yet the impact of using online feedback to support essay writing has been underexplored. First-year nursing students from a regional university were involved in a project that encouraged them to access an online tutoring service, as part of their development of an essay task. Significant differences were found in students’ final essay marks for those who accessed the online writing support. Students who accessed online writing support were also more likely to be deep, rather than surface learners. The findings indicate that the provision of prompt or ‘just in time’ feedback, using an online feedback mechanism, can greatly enhance students’ essay writing performance.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Ghio ◽  
Sydney Morris ◽  
Hannah Boyce ◽  
Bradley Priem ◽  
Paul DiMilla ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Donnalee Taylor

To date, little has been published on the provision of student-driven just-in-time information to support first year students. This chronicle of just-in-time curricular and extra-curricular student support information was designed early in 2014 and successfully disseminated to first year biomedical science students over three years at James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In 2016, the information was redeveloped to make the support information electronically available to a much broader student audience. This article provides a dissemination template of what just-in-time curricular and extra-curricular information is required by first year university students. In addition, it outlines how students’ need for this information was determined and how information was successfully created and disseminated over these three years to assist the students in their transition to and through university. The intention of this article is to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on student resilience and wellbeing and to provide a guide for anyone interested in supporting their students in a similar manner.


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