Teaching Adaptability, Teaching Approach Preference and Learning Interest: Evidence from Freshman in Sichuan University, China


  •  Zheng Lu    
  •  Xiang Deng    

Abstract

Through a survey on freshman who elected the course Principles of Management, this paper empirically analyzed the relationship between student’s adaptability to teaching and learning in college, student’s preference to professor’s teaching approach and their learning interest by estimating an Ordered Response Model. Findings show that: over one third students cannot adapt to college’s teaching and learning mode, and a large portion of students are short of reading motivation; the student’s adaptability to teaching and learning in college, the recognition degree to professor’s teaching approach, the reason of course election and the concentration in class are significant positive factors affecting student’s learning interest.


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