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Nesterowicz, Krzysztof; Bayramova, Ulkar; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad; Scarlat, Ana; Ash, Anthony; Augustyn, Anna Maria; Szádeczky, Tamás – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2022
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) aim at unlimited participation and open access via the web. There are concerns about the actual value of such courses. This is predominantly due to higher dropout rates. According to studies, only 7-13% go on to complete these courses. The high dropout rate in MOOCs is a challenge for education providers. This…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Online Courses, Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention
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Wagner, Kerstin; Merceron, Agathe; Sauer, Petra; Pinkwart, Niels – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
In this paper, we present an extended evaluation of a course recommender system designed to support students who struggle in the first semesters of their studies and are at risk of dropping out. The system, which was developed in earlier work using a student-centered design and which is based on the explainable k-nearest neighbor algorithm,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, At Risk Students, Dropouts, Dropout Programs
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Lara-Cabrera, Raul; Ortega, Fernando; Talavera, Edgar; Lopez-Fernandez, Daniel – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Students' perception of excessive difficulty in STEM degrees lowers their motivation and, therefore, affects their performance. According to prior research, the use of gamification techniques promote engagement, motivation, and fun when learning. Badges, which are a distinction that is given as a reward to students, are a well-known gamification…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Rewards, Gamification, Technology Uses in Education
Elizabeth Setren – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
School assignment policies are a key lever to increase access to high performing schools and to promote racial and socioeconomic integration. For over 50 years, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) has bussed students of color from Boston, Massachusetts to relatively wealthier and predominantly White suburbs. Using a…
Descriptors: Busing, Racial Integration, School Desegregation, Desegregation Effects
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Maximiliane Marschall; Susanne Falk; Christina Klug – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Despite the substantial efforts made by higher education institutions to reduce dropout rates, a considerable proportion of students still discontinues their initial study program. In view of this situation, the present study aims to investigate whether participation in first-year courses for personal and academic support goes along with a…
Descriptors: Student Participation, College Freshmen, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
David Christopher Averett – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The current mixed method study examined the impact of mentoring on a selected group of at risk students attending a north Texas high school. The study compared the group of mentored students to a group of students selected from the list of at risk students attending the same high school. The study examined the grade point average, attendance, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Dropout Prevention
Florence Xiaotao Ran; Hojung Lee – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
The landscape of developmental education has experienced significant shifts over the last decade nationwide, as more than 20 states and higher education systems have transitioned from the traditional prerequisite model to corequisite remediation. Drawing on administrative data from Tennessee community colleges from 2010 to 2020, this study…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, Program Effectiveness
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Bozick, Robert; Mulhern, Christine – RAND Corporation, 2023
This Perspective builds on a related RAND Corporation report that describes the implementation of Findhelp at four North Carolina community colleges in 2021 and 2022. Findhelp is an online tool to connect students to resources in their communities to help meet their basic nonacademic needs. The North Carolina Community College System, with support…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Community Resources, Community College Students
Ike Griffith – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this ex post facto study was to compare the end of year GPAs of 8th grade underachieving students who participated in Career and Technical Education programming through the Memphis Ambassadors Apprentice Program to those who did not. Introducing Career and Technical Education programs and activities to students at a young age…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Underachievement, Vocational Education
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Brooke T. Culclasure; Eric Stocks; Michael R. L. Odell – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2023
The impact of the New Tech Network (NTN) design on several academic measures was tested on ninth graders in four schools in one state located in the Southeastern United States. Research questions explored the extent to which achievement test scores, dual credits earned, and dropout rates differed between ninth grade students in high fidelity NTN…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement
Viola J. Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While the value of mentoring has long been presumed in the literature as well as in practices, little is known about the success of formal, and informal mentoring practices (Crisp, 2010; Crisp & Cruz, 2009; & Ward & Ball, 2016). In addition, there is a lack of research on community college student mentoring in higher education…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Transfer Students, Colleges, Mentors
Anthony Paniccia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the United States, our traditional educational model is outdated, with subpar academic achievement and a high dropout rate. Alternative education provides non-traditional settings designed to help prevent students from falling through the cracks, but the atypical format and at-risk population can make it difficult to assess how effective…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Syme, Suzi; Roche, Thomas; Goode, Elizabeth; Crandon, Erin – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
This study examines the impact of an Australian enabling program, underpinned by critical pedagogy, on students' academic and professional success. Qualitative focus group data were collected from individuals who had completed an enabling program at a regional Australian university and progressed to undergraduate study. Quantitative data comparing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
Although Oregon has made recent gains in its overall high school graduation rate, 21 percent of public school students entering grade 9 in 2014 did not graduate within four years, by 2018. To improve graduation rates, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 98 in 2016 to fund dropout prevention and college and career readiness initiatives in high…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
The "First-Year Effects of Early Indicator and Intervention Systems in Oregon" study provides information to the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon districts that are adopting or considering adopting an early indicator and intervention system (EIIS), as well as to other interested state and district education leaders who are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
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