Help Me Else I Might Fail! Solutions for Academically Challenged Engineering Students
| Autor: | Chris Maharaj, Surendra Arjoon, Simone J. Primus, Vashish Sirjoosingh, Aadil Ali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. 23:607-635 |
| ISSN: | 1541-4167 1521-0251 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1521025119865747 |
| Popis: | This study concerns students in an internationally accredited undergraduate mechanical engineering program who due to consistent poor grades are academically dismissed and, by existing policy, required to take a 1-year leave of absence. The purpose was to determine whether the policy could be improved to offer more proactive solutions to address performance issues of academically challenged students. A review of studies, intervention mechanisms, and policies related to academically challenged students was undertaken. Using the Golden Circle framework, improvements to the existing policy are recommended to incorporate a more proactive approach to minimize the likelihood of a student becoming academically challenged. The proposed revised policy could include assessing psychological well-being, motivation, or “grit” for new students and following up with subsequent attendance, behavior, and course performance data to determine potentially at-risk students. With the at-risk students, a group intervention could be conducted followed by individual intervention if student performance continues to deteriorate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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