Examining undergraduate student retention in mathematics using network analysis and relative risk
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Article Title | Examining undergraduate student retention in mathematics using network analysis and relative risk |
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ERA Journal ID | 20498 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Woolcott, Geoff (Author), Chamberlain, Dan (Author), Whannell, Robert (Author) and Galligan, Linda (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology |
Journal Citation | 50 (3), pp. 447-463 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2018 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0020-739X |
1464-5211 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2018.1520932 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080↲ /0020739X.2018.1520932 |
Abstract | Higher education faces challenges in retaining students who require a command of numeracy in their chosen field of study. This study applies an innovative combination of relative risk and social network analysis to enrolment data of a single cohort of commencing students from an Australian regional university. Relative risk, often used in epidemiology studies, is used to strategically investigate whether first year mathematics subjects at the university demonstrated a higher risk of attrition when compared to other subjects offered in the first year of study. The network analysis is used to illustrate the connections of those mathematics subjects, identifying service subjects through their multiple connections. The analysis revealed that attrition rates for eight of the nine subjects were within acceptable limits, and this |
Keywords | Undergraduate mathematics, attrition, retention, service subjects, network analysis, relative risk |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
Byline Affiliations | Southern Cross University |
La Trobe University | |
University of New England | |
School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5450/examining-undergraduate-student-retention-in-mathematics-using-network-analysis-and-relative-risk
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