• 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