Richard E. Bjork Library: Essential Learning Outcomes Resources: Adapting to Change

Adapting to Change

The ability to successfully engage and navigate new or unfamiliar circumstances or create opportunities.

Articles

Buchanan, J., Ljungdahl, L., & Maher, D. (2015). On the borders: adjusting to academic, social and cultural practices at an Australian university. Teacher Development, 19(3), 294-310.
Credé, M. & Niehorster, S. (2012) Adjustment to College as Measured by the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire: A Quantitative Review of its Structure and Relationships with Correlates and Consequences
Deveci, T., & Ayish, N. (2017). Engineering Students' Well-Being Experiences: A Freshman Year Experience Program. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal, 9(3), 1-20.
Eldaba, A. (2016). An Innovative Model to Design an Academic and Social Development Program for International College Students. College Student Journal, 50(2), 171-178.
Gebre, A., & Taylor, R. (2017). Association of Poor Kin Relations, College Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being among African American Undergraduates. Journal Of Child & Family Studies, 26(1), 217-224.
Goldman, Z. W., & Martin, M. M. (2016). Millennial students in the college classroom: adjusting to academic entitlement. Communication Education, 65(3), 365-367.
Lombardi, A., Murray, C., & Kowitt, J. (2016). Social support and academic success for college students with disabilities: Do relationship types matter?. Journal Of Vocational Rehabilitation, 44(1), 1-13.
Yang, C., & Robinson, A. (2018). Not necessarily detrimental: Two social comparison orientations and their associations with social media use and college social adjustment. Computers In Human Behavior, 8449-57.

Websites

College Student Adjustment: Examination Of Personal And Environmental Characteristics
Learning to be adaptable
Key among the skills our students need in today’s world are adaptability and resilience, both of which link to emotional intelligence.
Self-Efficacy: Helping Students Believe in Themselves
Written and compiled by Karin Kirk, SERC, and contains an overview of motivation research and pertinent references.