Predicting the Academic Performance of Construction Engineering Students by Teaching and Learning Approaches: Case Study

Ling, Florence Yean Yng; Ng, Poh Khai; Leung, Mei‐yung

doi:10.1061/(asce)ei.1943-5541.0000060

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“…In examining the teaching practices that give rise to better academic outcomes, Ling et al (2011) recommend that lecturers focus on helping students achieve higher-order learning outcomes. Such an approach is not the result of the transmission of facts and figures as this will only result in surface learning, instead lecturers should see themselves as facilitators of learningguiding, probing and supporting student enquiry-based learning.…”

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Using the student voice to enhance the teaching of undergraduate courses with high failure rates

Blair

2013

Enhancing Learner Experience HE

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Whilst it is likely that some students will fail a course, it is important for universities to determine whether such failure is a personal outcome or whether there are aspects of the course that could be more conducive to student learning. In adopting a student-centred approach, this research analysed data drawn from student evaluation questionnaires (SEQs) in order to establish how students thought the teaching of undergraduate courses with high failure rates could be improved. Many higher education institutions use SEQs as tools for gathering data on the teaching and learning experience, but the emphasis here is on how such data can be used. Content analysis was used to map the SEQs of students enrolled on 19 courses with high failure rates against a baseline developed from the SEQs of students enrolled on 19 courses with low failure rates. This paper examines these responses and makes five recommendations specifically aimed at improving undergraduate courses with high failure rates.

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confidence: 99%