Explaining individual student success using continuous assessment types and student characteristics

Using Course and Student Profiles to Improve Student Success

an investigation into translation of cultural concepts by beginner and advance student using think – aloud protocols

this research aims at answering the questions about translation problems and strategies applied by translators when translating cultural concepts. in order to address this issue, qualitative and quantitative study were conducted on two groups of subjects at imam reza international university of mashhad. these two groups were assigned as beginner and advanced translation students (10 students). ...

Prediction of Student Success Using Enrollment Data

Predicting the success of students as a function of different predictors has been a topic that has been investigated over the years. This paper explores the socio-demographic variables like gender, region lived and studied, nationality and high school degree that may influence success of students. We examine to what extent these factors help us to predict students’ academic achievement and will...

Individual Student Characteristics: Can Any Be Predictors Of Success In Online Classes?

Pearson product–moment correlations found significant relationships between students' grades in the online class and their GPA, attendance at a class orientation session, the number of previous course withdrawals, ASSET reading scores, the number of previous online courses, age, and ACT English scores. Regression analysis found that two variables serve as the best predictors: attendance at an o...

Supporting Student ‘Success’:

It is suggested that the current research focus on withdrawal from the first year in higher education (HE) provides a limited account of what may influence persistence. In particular it provides little account of how persistence is facilitated in the cases where students have sometimes doubted whether they should remain at university. The aim of this study was to determine any differences in le...