Title :
Work in progress: Understanding migration patterns of engineering undergraduates: The impact of course grades on student major choice
Author :
Main, Joyce B. ; Ohland, Matthew W. ; Mumford, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. Educ., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
Building on the work of others, we propose a different approach to studying the influence of letter grades on engineering students´ major choice and migration patterns. As this work progresses, we will improve understanding of the effects of course performance, grading distributions, and early major intentions on the likelihood that students will persist in a given field.
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; course grades; engineering student; engineering undergraduate; grading distribution; migration patterns; student major choice; Economics; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Logic gates; USA Councils; grades; major choice; migration; persistence;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1353-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462426