The Types of Changes that Occur among freshmen at First Year University When First Enrolled at Yarmouk University and their Adjustments to the New Environment

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the degree of the nature of change that

happens to the secondary students when they enter Yarmouk University in

Jordan and its relation to their adjustment to the teaching styles , academic

requirements and the general enviornment. To achieve this , a questionnaire

was developed by the researcher depending on the previous literature and

studies. A sample of (595) students ( Male and Female) was chosen from the

first year students at Yarmouk University in Jordan. It was found that the

means of the items for the nature of change were within (1.890 - 2.742) with

an average (2.270) and low degree , while they were (1.406 - 3.109) , regarding

the students adjustment to the teaching styles , academic requirements and

the general environment , with an average (2.149) and low degree. The study

also showed that there was a relationship relation between the degree of the

nature of change that happens with the secondary students when they enter

Yarmouk University in Jordan and its relation to their adjustment to the

teaching styles , academic requirements and the general environment.