Evoked prior experiences in first-year university student learning |
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| Authors: | Paul Ashwin Keith Trigwell |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Educational Research, County South , Lancaster University , Lancaster , UK;2. Institute for Learning and Teaching , The University of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |
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| Abstract: | In this article, we focus on three aspects of students' prior experiences of learning: evoked conceptions of learning, evoked motivation and evoked self-efficacy. We show how, for a first-year undergraduate population, these three aspects of evoked prior experience relate to students' approaches to learning and their perceptions of the learning environment as well as to their previous schooling, their gender and the broad discipline area in which they are studying. In doing so, we confirm that evoked prior experiences are distinct and measurable and can be used to better understand the ways in which students experience learning in higher education. |
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| Keywords: | approaches to learning conceptions of learning first-year experience learning outcomes motivation self-efficacy student learning experience |
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