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Differences between Chinese and Australian students: some implications for distance educators.
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First year undergraduate Business and Computing Chinese students studying on‐campus in Australia and from Confucian cultural heritage societies were compared with first year Australian undergraduate students of the same courses using Entwistle and Ramsden's (1983) Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI). Results were analysed for each ASI scale using analyses of variance. Significant differences were shown for a number of scales, with implications for the design and delivery of effective off‐shore distance education directed towards Confucian heritage cultures. The results are discussed in a context of the factor structure identified for Chinese students by Smith, Miller and Crassini (1998) with a view to informing instructional decision‐making.
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“This finding echoed another survey report by Smith and Smith (1999), which indicated that Chinese heritage students tend to display more anxiety than Australian students in terms of their general approaches to learning.”
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“Chinese students display a strong need for 'structured programs of instruction where the logic of that structure is transparent to the student'”
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“They look for highly structured programs, transparent course structure, clear rules from the instructor to guide their learning behaviors, and detailed assessment criteria for them to concentrate (Smith & Smith, 1999; Wang, 2007).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Smith, P. J., & Smith, S. N.
- ORCID
- Smith, Peter J.
- Venue
- Distance Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1999-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 64-80
- ISSN
- 0158-7919 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-0198
- OpenAlex
- W1967419704
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 12.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Distance Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Social Sciences › Communication › International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Keywords
- Chinese students, Confucian heritage culture, approaches to studying, international students, first-year students, instructional design, cross-cultural comparison
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