Differences in study workload stress and its associated factors between transfer students and freshmen entrants in an Asian higher education context.

ABSTRACT: Unlike the studies of freshmen entrants, the learning experiences of community college transfer (CCT) students in the receiving university is a topic that has only started to gain attention in recent decades. Little is known about the differences between CCT and freshmen entrants with regard to their study workload stress and its relationship with their perceptions of the teaching and learning environment, approaches to learning, self-efficacy and generic skills. The purpose of our study was to address this gap. This was a cross-sectional survey study conducted from April 2018 to November 2018 in a university in Hong Kong. The HowULearn questionnaire was adapted to local usage and validated for data collection. In total, 841 CCT students and 978 freshmen entrants completed the survey. The

SUBMITTER: Cheung K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228073 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature