A survey on student dropout rates and dropout causes concerning the students in the Course of Informatics of the Hellenic Open University

Computers and Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-377

  Xenos, Michalis ^a   Pierrakeas, Christos ^a   Pintelas, Panagiotis ^b  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer science; Dropout rates; Open and distance learning; Open university

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER SCIENCE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY OF SCIENCE; FEMALE STUDENTS; OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING; OPEN UNIVERSITIES; PERCEIVED DIFFICULTIES; SPECIALISATION; UNIVERSITY LEVELS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84899738659     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(02)00072-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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