FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ ADAPTION AND ITS CORRELATION WITH STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES — A CASE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY OF HO CHI MINH CITY SỰ THÍCH ỨNG CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT VÀ MỐI TƯƠNG QUAN CỦA NÓ VỚI MỘT SỐ KẾT QUẢ HỌC TẬP CỦA SINH VIÊN — MỘT NGHIÊN CỨU TRƯỜNG HỢP TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC CÔNG NGHIỆP THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH

Abstract

The research was conducted at Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh city (IUH) to investigate first-year students’ academic and social adaptation and examine the correlations between their adaptation and some learning outcomes. 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 their 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. The results also established positive correlations of first-year students’ pre-university understanding, academic and social adaptation to some outcomes they achieved from their learning experience at IUH. Based on the research findings, some suggestions were made to enhance freshmen’s adaptation, thereby  to improve their learning outcomes.