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Table 2 shows that the majority of students (82.6%) use textbooks in no fewer than50% of their subjects. 30% of students use textbooks for 70-90%, 27.9% of studentsuse textbooks for 50-70% and 24.8% of students use textbooks for 90-100%. Only17.4% students use textbooks less than 50%. A similar distribution pattern can beseen from Table 2. However, we found that more than one third (33.5%) of localstudents use textbooks in more than 90% of their subjects compared with 19.5% ofinternational students.Question II.3. If you chose D in question 2, what is the main reason?Table 3 (Question II.3) Main reasons for choosing D in II.2Main reasons forchoosing D in II.2high pricenot very useful or notnecessaryCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia24 47 71Percentage 28.2% 31.5% 30.3%Count39 50 89Percentage45.9% 33.6% 38.0%I have other reference Countbooks5 16 21Percentage 5.9% 10.7% 9.0%other Count 17 36 53Percentage 20.0% 24.2% 22.6%Total Count 85 149 234Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 3 shows that of students who do not often use textbooks, 45.9% localstudents believe that textbooks are not very necessary, while 33.6% of internationalstudents (33.6%) also think so. High price is another reason for low textbook usagerate by both cohorts.Question II.4. What difficulties do you have reading your textbooks?Table 4 (Question II.4) Difficulties when reading textbooksDifficulties whenreadingtextbooksnoneI am a slow readerdue to English problemsslow reader due toother problemscan't understandcontentsCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia317 283 600Percentage 83.4% 44.8% 59.3%Count8 216 224PercentageCount2.1% 34.2% 22.1%17 29 46Percentage 4.5% 4.6% 4.5%Count4 71 75Percentage 1.1% 11.2% 7.4%other Count 34 33 67Percentage 8.9% 5.2% 6.6%17
Total Count 380 632 1012Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 4 shows that more than one-third (34.2%) of international students have somedifficulties in reading textbooks due to English problems and 11.2% cannotunderstand the contents of textbooks.Question II.5. On average, what do you read in your textbooks?Table 5 (Question II.5) Reading textbooksWhat do you readintextbooksall contentsonly the suggestedreadingsCountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia96 201 297Percentage 24.9% 31.5% 29.0%Count208 375 583Percentage 54.0% 58.7% 56.9%very little Count 67 45 112Percentage 17.4% 7.0% 10.9%others Count 14 18 32Percentage 3.6% 2.8% 3.1%Total Count 385 639 1024Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Table 5 shows that more than half the students (56.9%) including both local (54.0%)and international (57.7%) students only read the suggested part of textbooks. Moreinternational students (31.5% compared with 24.9% of Australian students) read allcontents of textbook content. The percentage of local students (17.4%) who paylittle attention to textbooks is higher than that of the international students (7%).Question II.6. Describe the characteristics of the textbooks you prefer:Table 6 (Question II.6.A) Emphasis on theoriesTextbook shouldemphasise theories1 strongly disagree CountStudent category TotalAustralian International Australia12 35 47Percentage 3.1% 5.5% 4.6%2 Count 21 77 98Percentage 5.5% 12.1% 9.6%3 Count 118 209 327Percentage 30.8% 32.8% 32.1%4 Count 169 230 399Percentage 44.1% 36.1% 39.1%5 strongly agree Count 63 86 149Percentage 16.4% 13.5% 14.6%Total Count 383 637 1020Percentage 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%It is observed from Table 6 that 60.5% (44.1% +16.4%) Australian students and18
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Page 5: 0 Executive SummaryAustralian terti
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Page 27 and 28: Preferredfewerlectures andmore labs
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lecturer, and one of them like the
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life. However, it is very important
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Visiting Professor Javier Montero f
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11 ReferencesAsmar C. (1999), Schol
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