DocumentCode
595976
Title
Work in progress: Understanding migration patterns of engineering undergraduates: The impact of course grades on student major choice
Author
Main, Joyce B. ; Ohland, Matthew W. ; Mumford, K.J.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng. Educ., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
3-6 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Building on the work of others, we propose a different approach to studying the influence of letter grades on engineering students´ major choice and migration patterns. As this work progresses, we will improve understanding of the effects of course performance, grading distributions, and early major intentions on the likelihood that students will persist in a given field.
Keywords
educational courses; engineering education; course grades; engineering student; engineering undergraduate; grading distribution; migration patterns; student major choice; Economics; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Logic gates; USA Councils; grades; major choice; migration; persistence;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1353-7
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462426
Filename
6462426
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