Nick Zepke

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Nick Zepke is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Human Factors and Ergonomics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Zepke has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Education, 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Human Factors and Ergonomics. Recurrent topics in Nick Zepke's work include Higher Education Practises and Engagement (26 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (23 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (21 papers). Nick Zepke is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Practises and Engagement (26 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (23 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (21 papers). Nick Zepke collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Sweden and Canada. Nick Zepke's co-authors include Linda Leach, Philippa Butler, Tom Prebble, Christine Stephens, Ella Kahu, Kogilam Naidoo, Gordon Suddaby, J. Z. Jordens, Charlotte F. Bolwell and Stuart Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Studies in Higher Education and Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Nick Zepke

59 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Improving student engagement: Ten proposals for action

2010 490 citations Nick Zepke, Linda Leach profile →

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Linda Leach New Zealand

Rick Shoup United States

Ty M. Cruce United States

Liisa Postareff Finland

Velda McCune United Kingdom

Anne Nevgi Finland

Alf Lizzio Australia

Robert M. Gonyea United States

Peter Felten United States

Carolin Kreber United Kingdom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Zepke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nick Zepke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nick Zepke based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nick Zepke. Nick Zepke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zepke, Nick. (2015). Student engagement and neoliberalism: mapping an elective affinity. International Journal of Lifelong Education. 34(6). 696–709. 16 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick. (2015). Student engagement research: thinking beyond the mainstream. Higher Education Research & Development. 34(6). 1311–1323. 79 indexed citations

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Kahu, Ella, Christine Stephens, Linda Leach, & Nick Zepke. (2014). Linking academic emotions and student engagement: mature-aged distance students’ transition to university. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 39(4). 481–497. 108 indexed citations

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Kahu, Ella, Christine Stephens, Linda Leach, & Nick Zepke. (2013). The engagement of mature distance students. Higher Education Research & Development. 32(5). 791–804. 63 indexed citations

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Leach, Linda & Nick Zepke. (2011). Engaging students in learning: a review of a conceptual organiser. Higher Education Research & Development. 30(2). 193–204. 57 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick. (2011). Navigating between Māori particularism and economic universalism in adult literacy provision in Aotearoa New Zealand: the case of a Wānanga. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 32(3). 431–442. 3 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick. (2011). Understanding teaching, motivation and external influences in student engagement: how can complexity thinking help?. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 16(1). 1–13. 28 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick & Linda Leach. (2010). Beyond hard outcomes: ‘soft’ outcomes and engagement as student success. Teaching in Higher Education. 15(6). 661–673. 82 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick, Linda Leach, & Philippa Butler. (2010). Student Engagement: What Is It and What Influences It?. 21 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick & Linda Leach. (2010). Improving Student Engagement in Post-compulsory Education: A Synthesis of Research Literature. 11 indexed citations

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Jordens, J. Z. & Nick Zepke. (2009). A Network Approach to Curriculum Quality Assessment. Quality in Higher Education. 15(3). 279–289. 13 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick, et al.. (2009). Improving student engagement in post-school settings: An annotated bibliography.. 2 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick & Linda Leach. (2007). Educational Quality, Institutional Accountability and the Retention Discourse. Quality in Higher Education. 13(3). 237–248. 16 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick & Linda Leach. (2006). Improving learner outcomes in lifelong education: formal pedagogies in non‐formal learning contexts?. International Journal of Lifelong Education. 25(5). 507–518. 19 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick, Linda Leach, & Tom Prebble. (2006). Being learner centred: one way to improve student retention?. Studies in Higher Education. 31(5). 587–600. 71 indexed citations

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Leach, Linda, et al.. (2005). Standards-Based Assessment in the Senior Secondary School: A Review of the Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 107–115. 5 indexed citations

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Prebble, Tom, et al.. (2005). Impact of student support services and academic development programmes on student outcomes in undergraduate tertiary study: a synthesis of the research. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 119 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick & Linda Leach. (2002). Contextualised Meaning Making: One way of rethinking experiential learning and self-directed learning?. Studies in Continuing Education. 24(2). 205–217. 21 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick. (1999). Autonomy, Accountability in Adult Education and the Politics of Official Knowledge.. 27(2). 31–44. 2 indexed citations

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Zepke, Nick. (1997). Narrative and constructivism in cyberspace: Instructional design for distance delivery using hypertext on the internet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 19–27.

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