FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ ADAPTION AND ITS CORRELATION WITH STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES — A CASE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY

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The study aimed at investigating the academic and social adaptation of the first-year students of Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH) and examining the correlations between their adaptation and some learning outcomes, including students’ knowledge and skills development, grades, satisfaction and sense of belonging. Data were collected through an online survey. Responses from 898 IUH freshmen indicated that students had a decent pre-university understanding of university study and life; and they adapted at moderate levels to changes and novelty in their study and social life. The research found that freshmen’s pre-university understanding, academic adaptation and social adaptation were statistically significantly and positively related to each other. There was a strong correlation between students’ academic adaptation and social adaptation. The results also established positive correlations of first-year students’ pre-university understanding, academic and social adaptation to the examined outcomes. These variables had biggest effects on students’ knowledge and skills development, but had weakest relationships with students’ grades. Among the adaptation variables, academic adaptation had the strongest relations with all  observed learning outcomes. Based on the research findings, some suggestions were made to enhance freshmen’s adaptation, thereby to improve their learning outcomes.

DOIs: https://doi.org/10.46242/jstiuh.v70i4.4979