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Academic success of mature students in higher education: a Portuguese case study
European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 2016 The increasing number and diversity of non-traditional participants who are now entering Higher Education Institutions (HEI) highlights the relevance of questioning on mature students' academic success.
Lucília Santos +5 more
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Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2021 Background: Ego defense mechanisms (EDMs) act as a major factor for overcoming stressful situations in life. Aims: The study aimed to assess the various patterns and factors of EDMs employed by pediatric dental postgraduate students in India.
Sharath Asokan +3 more
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Comparing the Experience of Mature-Aged and Traditional Medical Students in the Clinical Setting: A Qualitative Approach [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Although the mean age of first year medical students is 24, an increasing number of “mature-aged” students, defined as over age 30, are entering medical school in the United States.
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Are career mature students more committed to the career choice process?
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 1997 The present study examines the relationship between commitment to the career choice process and the career maturity of 123 White first year psychology students. The results indicate a statistically highly significant relationship ( ?
M. B. Watson, G. B. Stead
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The effects of humour on mature students' experience of/in higher education
The European Journal of Humour ResearchThe focus of this study is on mature students in a UK university, returning to higher education after a gap of many years, and the experiences and perceptions this demographic has of humour in Higher Education (HE).
Michaela Schriek
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Characteristics of students who enter occupational therapy education through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Clearing System [PDF]
, 2002 Since the 1960s, there has been substantial research outside the United Kingdom (UK) on recruitment to occupational therapy education. Recent UK studies have explored the characteristics of mature students (Craik and Alderman 1998), first-year ...
Wyatt-Rollason, T, Craik, C
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Measures of the adjustment of mature-age, undergraduate students to university
Journal of Global Education and Research, 2018 Adjustment to the first year of university involves engaging with the university culture and developing a sense of belonging or attachment. Difficulty making the transition to university can result in students deferring or withdrawing from their courses.
Merryn Dawborn-Gundlach, Kay Margetts
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Pan-African Journal of Education and Social SciencesTask-based Language Teaching (TBLT), a student-centered language teaching method, has emerged as an effective language teaching approach for improving the language competency levels of all students, including mature students.
Susana Adjei-Mensah
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Students’ choice of occupational therapy as a second degree [PDF]
, 2001 There has been little research in the United Kingdom into the recruitment of occupational therapy students. This study focused on one aspect and surveyed students already holding a degree, in order to ascertain the factors that attracted them to ...
Napthine, C, Craik, C
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Role congruence and study engagement in mature-age students: a serial indirect effects model
, 2022 We examined how mature-aged, non-traditional students (studying part-time, working full-time) managed their multiple roles by testing a serial, indirect effects model, in which student role congruence (i.e., extent to which students structure role ...
Winterbotham Sonya +7 more
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