Title :
A Surface Approach to Learning Rewards First-Year Engineering Students
Author :
Svedin, M. ; Balter, O. ; Scheja, M. ; Pettersson, K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Commun., KTH R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
In a study investigating first-year engineering students´ approaches to learning and studying, a surface approach to learning was shown to be the best predictor of academic achievement. A strategic approach to studying was found to be a negative factor. A questionnaire was distributed to first-year students aiming for Master of Science in Engineering in either Computer Science or Media Technology in the beginning and the end of their first year of study. In the first instance 150 students (69.5 %) answered the questionnaire and 87 (34.5 %) participated on both occasions.
Keywords :
computer science education; engineering education; Master of Science in Engineering; academic achievement; computer science; first-year engineering student; learning approach; media technology; studying approach; Calculus; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Media; Psychology; approaches to learning; engineering students;
Conference_Titel :
Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2013
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5627-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4960-6
DOI :
10.1109/LaTiCE.2013.40
