Title :
Do faculty-student collaborations affect achievement in engineering and technical fields? A large-scale analysis
Author :
Strayhorn, Terrell L.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Analyzing survey data from a national sample of 3,118 undergraduates majoring in STEM, this study examined the extent to which faculty-student collaborations affect academic achievement as measured by college grades. Results suggest a statistically significant association between faculty-student relations and grades, even after controlling for confounding influences. Also, time spent studying was positively associated with college grades. Implications for future research and practice will be discussed.
Keywords :
education; statistics; STEM major; college grades; engineering field acheievement; faculty-student collaboration; statistics; technical fields acheievement; Data analysis; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Large-scale systems; Linear regression; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Power capacitors; Problem-solving; Testing; STEM; academic achievement; faculty; mentoring;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4715-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2009.5350835