Abstract
Starting university can be quite an emotional time in a student’s life. It is a new
adventure, and is usually accompanied by mixed feelings of excitement, expectation and much apprehension. In this paper we report on an activity day to support 1st year physics student transition at Flinders University. Essentially, the key focus is to maximise each students’ initial engagement with 1st year Physics by creating an environment for them to enjoy thinking about Physics in a positive, supportive, social setting, and thus significantly reduce any anxiety during their first week of 1st year university. In this paper we present our approach to this challenge and the measurable outcomes we have achieved so far. For the academic year 2011, we have conducted a survey on the transition day and week 4 of the first semester to measure the influence of such an event
upon student confidence.
adventure, and is usually accompanied by mixed feelings of excitement, expectation and much apprehension. In this paper we report on an activity day to support 1st year physics student transition at Flinders University. Essentially, the key focus is to maximise each students’ initial engagement with 1st year Physics by creating an environment for them to enjoy thinking about Physics in a positive, supportive, social setting, and thus significantly reduce any anxiety during their first week of 1st year university. In this paper we present our approach to this challenge and the measurable outcomes we have achieved so far. For the academic year 2011, we have conducted a survey on the transition day and week 4 of the first semester to measure the influence of such an event
upon student confidence.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 15th International First Year in Higher Education Conference 2012: New Horizons - Sofitel Brisbane Central, Brisbane, Australia Duration: 26 Jun 2012 → 29 Jun 2012 https://unistars.org/past_papers/papers12/FYHE_Proceedings.pdf (Book of Proceedings) https://unistars.org/proceedings/ (Links to past conferences) |
Conference
| Conference | 15th International First Year in Higher Education Conference 2012 |
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| Abbreviated title | FYHE Conference 2012 |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Brisbane |
| Period | 26/06/12 → 29/06/12 |
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Keywords
- FYHE Conference
- UniSTARS
- STARS Conference
- first year experience
- First Year Higher Education
- first year university education
- First year university experience
- STEM
- Tertiary physics