Measuring the impact of an individual course on Students' success

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-359

  Mesa, Vilma ^a   Jaquette, Ozan ^a   Finelli, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Advanced placement; Course impact

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADVANCED PLACEMENTS; COURSE IMPACT; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 70350627391     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2009.tb01032.x     Document Type: Article

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