Title :
Predicting success in a first year engineering course: the role of study habits
Author :
Richards, Lorie G. ; Richards, H.C. ; Sheridan, Dunw C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
What factors influence the success of engineering students in their first year courses? Our students have been selected to represent a very limited range of intellectual abilities; they have high SAT scores and good high school grades. Therefore any performance differences must be due to other factors. Others have studied the role of learning styles, attitudes, and personality traits. In this paper, we attempt to predict academic performance based on our students´ study habits.
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; academic performance prediction; first year engineering course; good high school grades; high SAT scores; intellectual abilities; learning styles; performance differences; student attitudes; student personality traits; success prediction; Art; Conducting materials; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Helium; Maintenance engineering; Monitoring; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.839166
