Knowledge Discovery for Higher Education Student Retention Based on Data Mining: Machine Learning Algorithms and Case Study in Chile. [PDF]
Entropy (Basel), 2021 Data mining is employed to extract useful information and to detect patterns from often large data sets, closely related to knowledge discovery in databases and data science. In this investigation, we formulate models based on machine learning algorithms
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Evaluation of medical student retention of clinical skills following simulation training. [PDF]
BMC Med Educ, 2019 Adequate clinical skills training is a challenge for present day medical education. Simulation Based Education (SBE) is playing an increasingly important role in healthcare education worldwide to teach invasive procedures.
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Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2020 The purpose of this research is to compare the effectiveness of learning models to develop student critical thinking skills and retention in mathematics through the application of Problem Based Learning (PBL) models and multimedia assisted Direct ...
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Predicting economics student retention in higher education: The effects of students' economic competencies at the end of upper secondary school on their intention to leave their studies in economics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Despite the importance of acquiring economic competencies at the secondary level and the worldwide popularity of economics in higher education, there is almost no research on the effects of economic competencies on economics student retention. Based on a
Michael Jüttler
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Learning Design for Student Retention [PDF]
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 2018 Student retention is an issue of increasing interest to higher education institutions, educators and students. Much of the work in this area focuses on identifying and improving interventions that occur during the presentation of a course.
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Libraries and Student Retention
The Christian Librarian, 2016 Mick Williams presented the workshop “Libraries and Student Retention” at the June 2015 Association of Christian Librarians Conference. This article of the same name encapsulates key points that were shared during the workshop’s PowerPoint presentation ...
Williams, Mick
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A different viewpoint on student retention [PDF]
Higher Learning Research Communications, 2014 Although student retention, persistence, and graduation is a high priority for institutions and policymakers, graduation rates are not improving. Nowadays, more students from first-generation and low-income backgrounds have access to traditional higher ...
Watson Scott Swail
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Longitudinal Impact of Grade Retention on Student Engagement with School: Challenges to Inclusive Education and to Person-Centered Schools [PDF]
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and EducationThe value of grade retention as a pedagogic resource remains a subject of debate because of its costs and benefits. In fact, it has been repeatedly argued that grade retention has substantial psychosocial effects. Student engagement with school is one of
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Case Report: The Impact of Online Forum Use on Student Retention in a Level 1 Distance Learning Module [PDF]
Athens Journal of Education, 2022 The importance of making online and distance education successful has been dramatically prioritized due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Student retention is a key performance indicator in online higher education.
Jessica Pinchbeck, Caroline Heaney
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International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2023 There are several reasons for student academic underperformance, such as academic, personal, and social factors students face when transitioning from high school to higher educational institutions.
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