dc.contributor.author |
Lee, Bo |
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dc.contributor.author |
Farruggia, SP |
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dc.contributor.author |
Brown, Gavin |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-30T04:16:24Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Higher Education Research & Development, 2013, 32 (6), pp. 915 - 931 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0729-4360 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/23382 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The study focused on learning difficulties experienced by East Asian International (EAI) students. Participants were 117 EAI students undertaking tertiary study at a major university, all were surveyed and 21 students were interviewed. The findings suggest that language limitations, academic content and learning styles were associated with difficulties in their learning. Difficulties with academic content appeared to act as the major barrier to their academic performance rather than English language. This is contrary to earlier findings, where Asian students often experienced difficulties in tasks that are particularly related to language proficiency. The study also contradicted the popular belief that Asian students are only surface learners. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Higher Education Research & Development |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0729-4360/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Academic difficulties encountered by East Asian international university students in New Zealand |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1080/07294360.2013.806444 |
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pubs.issue |
6 |
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pubs.begin-page |
915 |
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pubs.volume |
32 |
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dc.description.version |
AM - Accepted Manuscript |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2013.806444 |
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pubs.end-page |
931 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
354948 |
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pubs.org-id |
Education and Social Work |
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pubs.org-id |
Learning Development and Professional Practice |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1469-8366 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2012-05-26 |
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