Category Archives: Student engagement

A project examining motivational factors influencing mid-career student participation in management programmes. Continue reading →

A project to identify relationships between important personal values, hope and grit (perseverance), and with retention and success in first year tertiary study. Continue reading →

Research to determine whether enrolment data will identify future successful and unsuccessful students before the course. Continue reading →

Research on the impact of persuasive and affective SMS text messages on students’ self-regulated learning strategies. Continue reading →

This research aimed to develop an extramural student peer mentoring programme in response to the problem of high rates of failure and non-completion among first-year students. Continue reading →

A project to implement a peer mentoring programme to improve first-year distance students’ engagement and learning success. Continue reading →

A project to develop a student survey (Review It) enabling students to share their experiences of Massey University courses with other students. Continue reading →

Research on the challenges that satellite programmes and students face and strategies for responding to these challenges. Continue reading →

Research that aimed to identify the factors associated with the qualification non-completion of level 3 and 4 apprentices and industry trainees. Continue reading →

This video discusses the student-centred learning environment that has been particularly rewarding for Māori students in the Communication Design degree programme at Otago Polytechnic. Continue reading →

Research into the role of assessment, motivation and prior knowledge in learner completion of a workplace-based course. Continue reading →

Research exploring explanations for gender differences occurring in enrolment and retention in tertiary institutions. Continue reading →

Research that explored the experiences of young people on Youth Guarantee Fees-Free training programmes and their education providers. Continue reading →

Research investigating why only a low proportion of males enrol in Business programmes at Waiariki Institute of Technology. Continue reading →

Research on developing new and sustainable models of professional development and support for Learning Representatives. Continue reading →

A Synthesis report about effective programmes and support mechanisms provided for students in tertiary institutions. Continue reading →

A two-year project that explored student perceptions of the evaluation process and informed the institution and potentially other tertiary institutions, on how student evaluation systems can be refined to encourage student engagement. Continue reading →

A project to measure student engagement and learning outcomes at New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics. Continue reading →

Research to enable tertiary teachers better understand students, including their inclinations and learning environments. Continue reading →

This project sought to identify the attitudes and perceptions educators have regarding the typical character profile suited for engineering practice. Continue reading →

Research to assess the extent to which purposeful interventions influence student retention in distance education. Continue reading →

A research project to produce good practice guidelines for Independent Learning Centres (ILCs). Continue reading →

Research to identify and implement effective organisational practices that will improve student retention and success Continue reading →

A project to identify strategies and initiatives that keep students involved to course completion. Continue reading →

A project investigating the effect of creating an inclusive cohort environment in engineering undergraduate education on student retention. Continue reading →

This project investigated strategies used by Private Training Establishments (PTEs) to provide support for students, and the effectiveness of this from a student perspective. Continue reading →

Research into the impact on students of a crisis event in an educational setting and developing response recommendations. Continue reading →

Research investigating whether participation in a well-being programme improves students’ well-being and academic success. Continue reading →

A research project, to understand how university students become or remain engaged in science during their transition from school to university. Continue reading →

This report details the practice of using service-learning (connecting academic content with service in the community) in two courses at the University of Canterbury and its positive effects on student engagement. Continue reading →