Students at a large southeastern university typically find the introductory networking and telecommunications course difficult. This study examines the factors that contribute to the success of undergraduate technology support and training management students in this required course. College transcripts and academic student files provided the data, which were analyzed using multiple regression....

Most theories of self-regulated learning (Winne & Hadwin, 1998) assume that adaptability is one key competency of selfregulation that should be associated with success in learning. Within previous studies, learners indeed demonstrated significant adaptation to task complexity; however, empirical results so far do not indicate a straightforward positive relationship with learning success (Piesch...

RETHINKING INTELLIGENCE 2 2 When describing a simple yet effective method for colleges to ensure student success, Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh, and Whitt (2005) suggest that " the surest way to increase the number of 'successful' students…is to admit only well-prepared, academically talented students " (pp. 7-8). The problem with such an approach, they admit, is that limiting admission to only the best a...

Having observed low success rates among first-year university students in both Belgium and France, we develop prediction models in this paper in order to identify, at the earliest possible stage, those students who are at risk of failing at the end of the academic year. We applied different data mining techniques to predict the students' academic success. We find that it is very difficult to pr...

Introduction The purpose of this study was to determine if online homework using MyMathLab (MML) would lead to an increase in academic performance compared with traditional paper-based, instructor-graded homework. Seventy-two students enrolled in a required college algebra course participated in this study. Results from this study indicate that there is not enough evidence to claim that the stu...

The aim of the research presented in this paper was to identify the relation of mechanical engineering students’ individual motives and their choice of specialty to success in their studies. The research includes consideration of motivational factors from a number of aspects. The results suggest a connection between academic success and the motives of professional advancement, success in the pr...

Im Rahmen der Studie SUCCESS 2006 wurden (Miss-)Erfolgsfaktoren von Hardund Softwareentwicklungsprojekten in Deutschland identifiziert. Dieses Papier schildert die Motivation, die grundsätzlich angewandte Vorgehensweise, von der Erfolgsfaktorenidentifikation bis zur Hypothesenverifikation, sowie eine Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse der Studie.

After more than two decades of development, e-Government services have become not only familiar to but also a significant part of citizens’ life. However, as the needs of citizens in using e-Government services changes, an improved understanding of citizen’s continuous use intention is warranted. This study therefore aims to explore the factors that influence citizens’ continuous use intention ...

INTRODUCTION Several factors including grades obtained in the Baccalaureate can influence academic performance of first year medical students. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between results achieved by students taking Baccalaureate exam and student academic success during the first year of medical school. METHODS We conducted an analytical study that included the whole...

Learning material in multimedia learning environments is frequently made up of text and pictures. Many students, however, have difficulties learning from such material successfully. In order to support students’ learning, we conceptualized a deep level strategy and a surface level strategy for learning from text and pictures. In an experimental study we investigated whether students who exercis...