Dealing with the Tail: Remedial Tutorials for Second-year Electrical-engineering Students

Rowe, G; Smaill, C; Godfrey, E; Carter, L; Guillemin, B; Andrews, M; Abdulla, W

Dealing with the Tail: Remedial Tutorials for Second-year Electrical-engineering Students

Rowe, G Smaill, C Godfrey, E Carter, L Guillemin, B Andrews, M Abdulla, W

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Publisher:: The University of Adelaide
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE 2009, 2009, pp. 484 - 489
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rowe, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Smaill, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Godfrey, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carter, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Guillemin, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Andrews, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Abdulla, W	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kestell, DC	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Grainger, DS	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Cheung, PJ	en_US
dc.date	2009-12-06	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE 2009, 2009, pp. 484 - 489	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1-876346-59-0	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12667
dc.description.abstract	An intervention aimed at improving the success rate of at-risk students in three key secondyear electrical-engineering courses covering, respectively, the topics of circuit theory, electronics and electromagnetics is reported. At-risk students are identified by a combination of diagnostic testing and early coursework results. These students are then invited to join a special, weekly, âFoundation Tutorialâ in which both technical and learning obstacles are addressed. Two years of data are presented which suggest that such an intervention does produce a significant improvement in the success rate of participating students.	en_US
dc.publisher	The University of Adelaide	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE 2009	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education	en_US
dc.title	Dealing with the Tail: Remedial Tutorials for Second-year Electrical-engineering Students	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
dc.location.activity	Banff, CANADA
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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Abstract:

An intervention aimed at improving the success rate of at-risk students in three key secondyear electrical-engineering courses covering, respectively, the topics of circuit theory, electronics and electromagnetics is reported. At-risk students are identified by a combination of diagnostic testing and early coursework results. These students are then invited to join a special, weekly, âFoundation Tutorialâ in which both technical and learning obstacles are addressed. Two years of data are presented which suggest that such an intervention does produce a significant improvement in the success rate of participating students.

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