Title :
Retention through student teams
Author :
Herrick, Robert J. ; Moss, Gregory L. ; Sanders, Michael D.
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
The authors report on a program to serve the needs of underprepared freshman Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) majors at Purdue University. The EET Booster Program began in the Fall semester of 1992. This program is an optional class or classes which provides assistance in first year Electrical Circuits and Digital Fundamentals courses for EET majors. Beginning freshmen are recommended for the Booster Program based on SAT scores, the number of semesters and grades earned in high school math, English, and science courses, and a Purdue math composite score. Students are also matched in profile against the previous two freshman classes and how they performed in first year Electrical Circuits and Digital Fundamentals courses
Keywords :
educational courses; electrical engineering education; electronic engineering education; Digital Fundamentals courses; EET Booster Program; Purdue University; SAT scores; electrical circuits courses; underprepared freshman Electrical Engineering Technology; Circuit testing; Educational institutions; Maintenance engineering; Problem-solving; Student members;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1482-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1993.405571
