Examining Undergraduate Student Retention in Mathematics Using Network Analysis and Relative Risk

Autor/inn/en	Woolcott, Geoff; Chamberlain, Dan; Whannell, Robert; Galligan, Linda
Titel	Examining Undergraduate Student Retention in Mathematics Using Network Analysis and Relative Risk
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 50 (2019) 3, S.447-463 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Woolcott, Geoff)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2018.1520932
Schlagwörter	Network Analysis; Undergraduate Students; Academic Persistence; Mathematics Education; Foreign Countries; Numeracy; Risk; Social Networks; College Freshmen; Mathematics Skills; Intervention; College Faculty; Faculty Mobility; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Netzplantechnik; Mathematische Bildung; Ausland; Rechenkompetenz; Risiko; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Studienanfänger; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Fakultät; Australien
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 included identified service subjects. The exception highlighted the issue of mathematics competencies in this cohort. This combined analytical technique is proposed as appropriate for use when investigating attrition and retention at faculty and institutional levels, including the determination of levels of intervention and support for any subject. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01