Characteristics of Freshman Engineering Students: Models for Determining Student Attrition in Engineering
Characteristics of Freshman Engineering Students: Models for Determining Student Attrition in Engineering
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工程新生的特征：确定工程专业学生流失的模型
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1997
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L. Shuman
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M. Besterfield;C. Atman;L. Shuman
在全国范围内，只有不到一半的大一新生从工程专业毕业，而且至少有一半的减员发生在大一。显然，大一对于工程专业学生的学术成功和保留至关重要。这样的成功不仅取决于在这第一年学到的知识和技能，而且还取决于学生个人的态度，他们带来的大学。因此，如果这些态度可以在开始上大学之前进行测量，我们就可以制定更有针对性的计划，以减少自然减员，提高学术成就。此外，通过测量学生态度在大一的过程中的变化，我们可以开发更好的方法来评估工程教育课程。
Nationwide, less than half the freshman who start in engineering graduate in engineering, and at least half of this attrition occurs during the freshman year. Clearly, the freshman year is critical for both academic success and retention of engineering students. Such success depends not only on the knowledge and skills learned during this first year, but also on the attitudes individual students bring with them to college. Hence, if these attitudes can be measured before beginning college, we can develop more targeted programs for reducing attrition and improving academic success. Further, by measuring changes in student attitude over the course of the freshman year, we can develop better methods to evaluate engineering education programs.