Waves of (Dis)Satisfaction: Effects of the <i>Numerus Clausus</i> system in <scp>P</scp>ortugal

Fonseca, Madalena Pires da; Dias, Diana; Sá, Carla; Amaral, Alberto

doi:10.1111/ejed.12042

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“…In Portugal, about half of the students do not enrol the course or the institution of their first choice, making this a complex situation. This is due to numerus clauses used by the Portuguese government, meaning that placements are the result of the average classifications of high school and national exams used to access higher education [1].…”

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Academic Expectations for Engineering Freshmen: Gender Differences

Vasconcelos

Almeida

2018

2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)

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Faced with some massification, it becomes relevant to know what academic expectations the students present upon their entrance in the university. These expectations, reflecting aspirations and perceptions of self-efficacy in overcoming the difficulties inherent to the transition, are considered as a determinant variable of the degree of involvement, adaptation and academic success of students, throughout the first semester in higher education. We applied a questionnaire to the first-year students. The results obtained indicate that all students formulate high expectations regarding their university attendance. The expectations for a career or employment are those that reach higher scores, suggesting the strong association that students make between course attendance and future employment. Female students present better study methods, in secondary education, and anticipate less difficulties with their transition to university. They are better at fixing and completing study schedules, finishing their work within the fixed timeframes, and making prior plans.

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Academic Expectations for Engineering Freshmen: Gender Differences

Vasconcelos

Almeida

2018

2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)

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“…Those who are not placed in their first preference may be admitted to the second-best alternatives. Therefore, top academic performers in secondary education have a better chance of being admitted to their first preference and students who are not placed in their first preference might be dissatisfied with the outcome of their application (Fonseca et al 2014). There are additional alternative positive discrimination admission regimes for a small percentage of places.…”

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Early identification of first-year students at risk of dropping out of high-school entry medical school: the usefulness of teachers’ ratings of class participation

Araújo

Leite

Costa

et al. 2018

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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Dropping out from undergraduate medical education is costly for students, medical schools, and society in general. Therefore, the early identification of potential dropout students is important. The contribution of personal features to dropout rates has merited exploration. However, there is a paucity of research on aspects of student experience that may lead to dropping out. In this study, underpinned by theoretical models of student commitment, involvement, and engagement, we explored the hypothesis of using inferior participation as an indicator of a higher probability of dropping out in year 1. Class participation was calculated as an aggregate score based on teachers' daily observations in class. The study used a longitudinal dataset of six cohorts of high-school entry students (N = 709, 67% females) in one medical school with an annual intake of 120 students. The findings confirmed the initial hypothesis and showed that lower scores of class participation in year 1 added predictive ability to pre-entry characteristics (Pseudo-R 2 raised from 0.22 to 0.28). Even though the inclusion of course failure in year 1 resulted in higher explanatory power than participation in class (Pseudo-R 2 raised from 0.28 to 0.63), ratings of class participation may be advantageous to anticipate dropout identification, as those can be collected prior to course failure. The implications for practice are that teachers' ratings of class participation can play a role in indicating medical students who may eventually drop out. We conclude that the scores of class participation can contribute to flagging systems for the early detection of student dropouts.

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“…In order to deal with the growing demand and with the objective of broadening access, the system was expanded through the foundation of new universities and polytechnics (public and private) in new locations, breaking the previously existing concentration, in only three locations: Lisbon, Porto, and Coimbra. These apparent paradoxes show that a centralised regulation has not been capable of mitigating the unbalanced relation between supply and demand (Fonseca & Encarnação, 2012;Fonseca, Tavares, Sá, & Amaral, 2013;Teixeira, Fonseca, Amado, Sá, & Amaral, 2009). , 2013).…”

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Higher Education in Societies

Goastellec¹

2014

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This new series provides overviews about state of the art research in the field of higher education studies. It documents a selection of papers from the annual conferences of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), the world organisation of researchers in the field of higher education. This object and problem related field of studies is by nature interdisciplinary and theoretically as well as methodologically informed by disciplines such as sociology, political science, economics, history, philosophy, law and education. Each book includes an introduction by the editors explaining the thematic approach and criteria for selection as well as how the book can be used by its possible audience which might include graduate students, policy makers, researchers in the field, and practitioners in higher education administration, leadership and management. A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-94-6209-744-5 (paperback) ISBN 978-94-6209-745-2 (hardback) ISBN 978-94-6209-746-9 (e-book) Published by: Sense Publishers,

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Waves of (Dis)Satisfaction: Effects of the Numerus Clausus system in Portugal

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Academic Expectations for Engineering Freshmen: Gender Differences

Academic Expectations for Engineering Freshmen: Gender Differences

Early identification of first-year students at risk of dropping out of high-school entry medical school: the usefulness of teachers’ ratings of class participation

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