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What is Academic Track

Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Active Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education
A 5-ECTS course in the bachelor’s degree program in international business at JAMK University of Applied Sciences. It takes place in the autumn semester of the second year. Following this course, students continue with their bachelor’s thesis under the supervision of their academic track teachers.
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Improvement of Learning Performances With Increased Guidance in Research-Based Learning
Murat Akpinar (JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9564-0.ch015
Abstract
This chapter examines whether increased guidance during the bachelor's thesis, a research-based learning activity, improves the learning performances of undergraduate students. The quantitative study tests hypotheses on changes in the learning performances at a bachelor's degree program in Finland following intervention in 2015 of the thesis supervision process. The results suggest that increased guidance scheme had a statistically significant positive effect and recommend its adoption in undergraduate programs.
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