ERIC_NO:
ED227748
TITLE:
Student Workloads: An Entree to the Literature. Occasional Paper, Number 3, Spring 1979.
AUTHOR:
Gough, J. E.; Monday, P. R.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1979
JOURNAL_CITATION:
Open Campus; n3 Spr 1979
ABSTRACT:
Recent Australian and New Zealand studies on college student workload are reviewed. Most of the studies have viewed workload questions in the
broader context of arrangements for teaching, learning, and assessment.
A Monash University, Australia, study assessed the total amount of work
done by students, the distribution of study time between structured and
unstructured work, and students' opinion about the amount and distribution
of work. Additional Australian studies include a University of Queensland
study that evaluated the relationship between student load in a subject
and the credit point value of the subject. A Canterbury University, New
Zealand, study calculated the mean hours of work completed by students
and identified courses contributing to workload problems, while a Waikato
University, New Zealand, survey established the range of assessment workloads
operating for individual university students. Additionally, the student
associations at the University of Otago and the University of Victoria,
New Zealand, surveyed students concerning workload problems and the use
of in-term assessment. Other studies are reviewed, and findings are listed
that indicate wide variations in workload. Workload study questions and
additional issues pertaining to workload are also identified. (SW)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
College Students; Courses; Credits; Foreign Countries;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Higher Education; Institutional Research; Student Attitudes; Student Problems;
IDENTIFIERS:
*Australia; *Course Load; New Zealand
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
070; 022