At-risk at the gate: prediction of study success of first-year science and engineering students in an open-admission university in Flanders—any incremental validity of …

M Pinxten, C Van Soom, C Peeters, T De Laet… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Against the background of the increasing need for skilled scientists and engineers, the
heterogeneous inflow of incoming students in science and engineering programs is …

Divergent thinking and academic performance of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder characteristics in engineering

CL Taylor, A Esmaili Zaghi, JC Kaufman… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Creativity is increasingly recognized as an important skill for success in the field
of engineering, but most traditional, post‐secondary engineering education programs do not …

Motivational patterns in STEM education: A self-determination perspective on first year courses

NR Dyrberg, HT Holmegaard - Research in Science & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The high rates of attrition in STEM (science, technology, engineering and
mathematics) programmes causes concern over a future shortage of graduates entering …

The Dropout of First-Year STEM Students: Is It Worth Looking beyond Academic Achievement?

JR Casanova, A Castro-López, AB Bernardo… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The expansion of Higher Education increased the diversity of students, with heterogenous
characteristics, needs, and values. Institutions, intending to preserve the mission and the …

Multi-institutional positioning test feedback dashboard for aspiring students: Lessons learnt from a case study in flanders

T Broos, K Verbert, G Langie, C Van Soom… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Our work focuses on a multi-institutional implementation and evaluation of a Learning
Analytics Dashboards (LAD) at scale, providing feedback to N= 337 aspiring STEM (science …

The psychometric properties of the Mathematics Attitude Scale for Adults (MASA)

M Szczygieł - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
The aim of the article is to present the Mathematics Attitude Scale for Adults (MASA)–a new,
three-dimensional questionnaire of attitude towards mathematics for adults which contains …

[PDF][PDF] Math Attitude and Math Anxiety of STEM Students Needs More Attention

M Szczygieł - Polish Psychological Bulletin, 2022 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
The issue of math attitude and math anxiety in STEM students has been till now overlooked.
However, the issue occurring in many countries is students' falling out of the STEM …

[PDF][PDF] The Dropout of First-Year STEM Students: Is It Worth Looking beyond Academic Achievement? Sustainability 2023, 15, 1253

JR Casanova, A Castro-López, AB Bernardo… - 2023 - academia.edu
The expansion of Higher Education increased the diversity of students, with heterogenous
characteristics, needs, and values. Institutions, intending to preserve the mission and the …

Predicting study success of first-year science and engineering students at the university of Žilina: An exploration of the added value of measuring incoming students' …

M Pinxten, P Hockicko - 2016 ELEKTRO, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The transition from secondary education to university is a pivotal moment in many students'
educational career. In this paper we will examine how characteristics of incoming science …

[引用][C] The Transition to STEM Higher Education: Policy Recommendations Conclusions of the readySTEMgo-Project

G Langie, M Pinxten - International …, 2018 - International Society for Engineering …