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The Journal of the Education Research Group of Adelaide

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Volume 1, Number 1, December 2007

Contents

Introduction

Editorial

A Pilot Study Investigating the Use of Action Planning Statements in Tutoring Clinical Skills to Second Year Medical Students.
Susan Selby

Attrition Patterns in a Diversified Student Body: A Case Study.
Xin Deng, Zeng-Hua Lu and Zhongjun Cao

Combining to Innovate: A Collaborative Interprofessional Learning Approach to Delivering Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation (TUPAC) Education for Undergraduate Oral Health Students.
Sophie Karanicolas, Teri Lucas, Laura Spencer, Catherine Snelling and Dymphna Cudmore

Development of a Script Concordance Test using an Electronic Voting System.
Paul Duggan

When 'The Other' Becomes the Mainstream: Models for the Education of EAL Students and their Assessment Implications.
Alexandra Myers and Michelle Picard

Volume 1, Number 2, February 2009

Contents

Editorial

The effect of cultural background on the academic adjustment of first year dental students.
Teresa Burgess, Len Crocombe, Joan Kelly and Pi-Shen Seet

Is comprehension or application the more important skill for first-year computer science students?
Nickolas J G Falkner

Cutting the cloth to fit new needs and communication preferences.
Helen Johnston, Andrea Duff and Diana Quinn

Utilising Facebook: immersing Generation-Y students into first year university.
Joshua McCarthy

Experiences with building intrinsic motivation through self-directed projects.
Cheryl Pope

Doing it the WIMBA way: an initial evaluation of a voice tool for learning.
Richard Warner

Volume 1, Number 3, February 2010

Contents

Editorial

Benchmarking and peer review of teaching practice for the purpose of evidencing excellence in teaching and learning.
David Birbeck

A projective technique to help understand the non-rational aspects of withdrawal and undergraduate attrition.
Clive R. Boddy

Perceptions and expectations of authorship: Towards development of an e-learning tool facilitating discussion and reflection between post-graduate supervisors and candidates.
Michelle Picard, Kerry Wilkinson and Michelle Wirthensohn

What does a Professional Doctorate Portfolio look like?
Robyn Muldoon

Expressive phenomenology and critical approaches in the classroom: Process and risks for students of health sciences.
Eileen Willis

Service Excellence Library Project: Improving student and researcher access to teaching and learning resources.
Clive R. Boddy, Nicole Stones, Richard Clark, Simon Bodie, Mark Williams, John Williams & Susan Stuart

Volume 2, Number 1, February 2011

Contents

Editorial

Integrating communications skills with discipline content.
Katrina E. Falkner

VotApedia for student engagement in academic integrity education.
Chad Habel

University post-enrolment English language assessment: a consideration of the issues.
Neil Murray

Facilitating active learning with international students: what worked and what didn't.
David Qian

Cultural values of Chinese tertiary students and the implications for first-year engagement.
Simon Smith and Sally Rao Hill

Volume 2, Number 2, August 2011

Contents

Editorial

Stimulating self assessment and reflection in first year engineering using ePortfolios.
Margaret Faulkner and Syed Mahfuzul Aziz

Transitioning from enabling education into higher education: A case study of the benefits and challenges presented to and by mature students with life experience.
Christopher M. Klinger and Neil Murray

Learning and leading: An innovative approach towards maximising the effectiveness of work-integrated learning at Flinders University.
Ceri Macleod, Linda Sweet, Angela Cavaye, Chris Fanning, Damien Mills and John Oliphant

The development of an assessment matrix to promote student learning in postgraduate multidisciplinary research projects.
Jackie Venning and Femke Buisman-Pijlman

Engaging design students through a video-based tutorial system.
Rebecca Francis and Joshua McCarthy

Volume 2, Number 3, February 2012

Contents

Editorial

Parallel teaching of postgraduate coursework students in undergraduate courses: An examination of student expectations, experiences, and views.
Mark C. Dodd

Applying the alignment model of sustaining student motivation and active learning in a multi-cultural context.
Xuemei Tian

Differentiating service learning in an Australian higher education context.
David Birbeck

Transitioning an independent learning model to an on-line environment.
Matthew Mitchell and Samar Zutshi

Transforming first-year university Politics students into critical thinkers.
Christine Beasley and Benito Cao

Scholarly development of a set of field-specific graduate attributes for youth mental health practitioners.
Candice Boyd, Steve Halperin, Nazan Yuksel, Louise Hayes and Simon Dodd