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dc.contributor.authorDerr, Katja
dc.contributor.authorHübl, R
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Mohammed Zaki
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-23T08:41:45Z
dc.date.available2018-04-23T08:41:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-18
dc.identifier.issn0304-3797
dc.identifier.issn1469-5898
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11321
dc.description.abstract

The article describes the development and evaluation of a web-based pre-course in mathematics, delivered to four cohorts of engineering students at a German university. Based on demographic, personal, and learning-related data relationships between students’ preconditions, their learning gains in the pre-course, and study success in the degree programme were analysed. The results support the existing literature in that domain-related prior knowledge and secondary school achievement play a dominant role regarding study success in engineering. The analyses also showed that the influence of cognitive predictors could only be compensated for by a strong learner engagement. At-risk students with high pre-course learning gains showed significantly better first-year performance. The number of self-tests a student attempted was positively related to pre-course learning gains and even to first-year performance, suggesting that this variable is a good indicator of student engagement.

dc.format.extent911-926
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subject4 Quality Education
dc.titlePrior knowledge in mathematics and study success in engineering: informational value of learner data collected from a web-based pre-course
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typearticle
plymouth.issue6
plymouth.volume43
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalEuropean Journal of Engineering Education
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03043797.2018.1462765
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA12 Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-04-04
dc.rights.embargodate2019-4-18
dc.identifier.eissn1469-5898
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1080/03043797.2018.1462765
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-04-18
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review


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