Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Australian Government Report on First Year University Experience - Executive Summary (2006)

A project was undertaken in the University of Queensland known as the First Year Experience (FYE). This project was undertaken to explain the different approaches to learning. This report is based on the different approaches that were adopted and explains how students benefitted by learning these approaches. The main aim of this program was to help the students to improve their first year and how they will be able to make sure that their initial year at the university is worth it. The Faculty-based induction program is the main centre of focus which means that the induction program is the centre of focus.

It lays emphasis on the fact that the communication between the faculty and the students is done in a way that will help the students is learn more and spend a good life. They should be able to make sure that they are the ones who will lead a better first year in the university. First year of the university is very important for the students, which is why great emphasis is laid on this initial year.

Better Learning through Better Thinking: Developing Students' Metacognitive Abilities, Taylor (1999)

Education has evolved with time. Today, students are not educated in the same manner as they were used to. They old ways of teaching and learning are now obsolete and students do not want to learn in the same manner as people were taught in the old days. They want the classes to be interactive and enthusiastic so that they can learn in a manner that will help them in future. The classes that they attend should be informative so that they know more about what they are learning, as well as, what is going on in the world. ...