Sökning: "Student Retention"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Student Retention.
1. Complexity Theory and Physics Education Research : The Case of Student Retention in Physics and Related Degree Programmes
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the use of complexity theory in Physics Education Research as a way to examine the issue of student retention (a university’s ability to retain its students). University physics education is viewed through the concepts of nestedness and networked interactions. LÄS MER
2. Exploring using complexity thinking to extend the modelling of student retention in higher education physics and engineering
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3. Learning Computing at University: Participation and Identity : A Longitudinal Study
Sammanfattning : Computing education has struggled with student engagement and diversity in the student population for a long time. Research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education suggests that taking a social, long-term perspective on learning is a fruitful approach to resolving some of these persistent challenges. LÄS MER
4. Computer simulations of the clinical encounter : perceptions and emotional aspects
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to examine the issues surrounding affective learning, perceived effectiveness, student motivation and engagement in computer simulations of patient encounters. Offering a high degree of realism, authenticity and interactivity, the Interactive Simulation of Patients (ISP) system, a Virtual Patient (VP) environment, was found to be a good technological candidate for conducting this research. LÄS MER
5. Do excellent engineers approach their studies strategically? : A quantitative study of students' approaches to learning in computer science education
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about students’ approaches to learning (SAL) in computer science education. Since the initial development of SAL instruments and inventories in the 70’s, they have been used as a means to understand students’ approaches to learning better, as well as to measure and predict academic achievement (such as retention, grades and credits taken) and other correlating factors. LÄS MER