Impacts of a Summer Bridge Program in Engineering on Student Retention and Graduation.
Impacts of a Summer Bridge Program in Engineering on Student Retention and Graduation.
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工程学暑期桥梁课程对学生保留和毕业的影响。
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2018
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C. Walker
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Luciana Cançado;J. Reisel;C. Walker
夏季桥梁项目是在一个工程项目中开发的，以促进即将到来的新生的准备，特别是在他们的数学课程安排方面。这个项目的目的是提高那些本来会从微积分I以下的课程开始工程学习的学生的初始数学课程的排名。这个特殊的工程项目的保留率低的一个原因是，学生需要花太多的时间在大学的数学课程上，只是为了准备好学习微积分I课程。这延长了他们在大学的总时间，耽误了他们学习感兴趣的工程课程的时间。该计划成功地实现了提高这些学生的数学课程排名的直接目标。然而，与没有参加这个桥梁项目的能力相似的学生相比，该项目在改善数学课程安排方面的成功并没有导致学生留在工程专业或从工程专业毕业的几率显著提高。
A summer bridge program was developed in an engineering program to advance the preparation of incoming freshmen students, particularly with respect to their math course placement. The program was intended to raise the initial math course placement of students who otherwise would begin their engineering studies in courses below Calculus I. One reason given for low retention rates in this particular engineering program was that students needed to spend too much time taking math courses in college just to be ready to take the Calculus I course expected of incoming freshmen in the program; this extended their total time in college and delayed their ability to take the engineering courses that interested them. The program was successful at meeting its immediate goal of raising the math course placement of these students. However, the program’s success with regards to improving math course placement did not lead to significantly improved odds of the students being retained in engineering or graduating from engineering in comparison to students of similar abilities who did not participate in this bridge program.