From a Year-Long Delivery Pattern to a One Semester Delivery Pattern, the Impact on Student Performance in a UK University.

ROBERTS, Martin, O'BRIEN, Tony, MALI, Dafydd and REVILLE, Jayne (2022). From a Year-Long Delivery Pattern to a One Semester Delivery Pattern, the Impact on Student Performance in a UK University. Global Journal of Human-Social Science : G Linguistics & Education, 22 (G3), 37-45.

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Abstract

Increasingly UK universities are adopting a more US-based approach of teaching subject-matter in modules across semesters. This means that the teaching of a particular subject across a whole academic year is now changing to the same subject-matter being compressed into a single module taught in one semester (across twelve weeks). This study examines the effects of a transition over four years on 2,612 students at a UK university, changing teaching methods from a year-long (two semesters) method of teaching to a more compressed US-style of only one semester long module method. The main findings are that overall pass rates stay approximately the same but there is concern that the number of awards at a first class and upper second level has been diminished. This is potentially due to the students not having the time to assimilate the course-material, develop a deeper learning and understanding of the course materials.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.34257/gjhssgvol22is3pg37
Page Range:	37-45
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2023 14:07
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 09:22
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32271

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