Tutoring - what do our first-year real estate undergraduates expect?

An effective tutoring strategy is important in enhancing the student learning experience. This is a preliminary study using qualitative approaches to investigate how a group of first-year real estate students perceived the usefulness of tutoring strategies adopted in the first six weeks of study, specifically how they assisted in engaging students in their learning and how useful they were for their transition to university learning. In-class survey was performed in week 6 and constant comparison method was used in data analysis to examine the differences of perceptions between different groups of students. Student-centred teaching, feedback and assessments were the three main themes highlighted in the findings and the student-centred teaching style was identified as most significant in assisting students with their transition.