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FLC DWF Rates in Chemistry

Public Group active 6 years, 8 months ago

Several interventions have been applied to decrease the DFW rates in introductory chemistry courses during the past five years. Even though higher student success rates were observed, the DFW rates remain at the same level. Recently it has been noted that a disproportionate amount (approximately half) of the DFW rates is due to student withdrawals. Additionally, data on students who repeat courses indicates that students who have withdrawn from a course once are far more likely to withdraw from a course on their second attempt compared to their peers who received Ds or Fs on their first attempt. To investigate the possible reasons leading to the DFWs, with a particular focus on student withdrawals, we propose to form a faculty learning community composed of members from chemistry discipline, library, and CTE. We plan to 1) develop proper interview/questionnaire protocol, 2) interview students who withdraw from introductory chemistry classes, and 3) compile a list of reasons for withdrawals. Based on the collected data, we would like to recommend practical interventions that can be adopted by the chemistry discipline to decrease DFW rates and improve retentions. Our faculty learning community will not only provide opportunities for members from different areas to collaborate with each other but also serve as a model for future investigation of DFW rates in other disciplines in SST, and potentially across the college.

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  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 8 months ago by canfuso.
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  • September 2, 2018 at 11:29 pm #7424
    Ying Guo
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    We could post the papers recommended by all members. Below are what were sent to me. The detailed annotations can be found in the excel spreadsheet in the shared folder on OneDrive.

    Kevin:

    Impact of the Flipped Classroom on Student Performance and Retention: A Parallel Controlled Study in General Chemistry

    Chantelle:

    1) Can they succeed? Exploring at-risk students’ study habits in college general chemistry

    2) A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Student Motivational Factors Related to Academic Success and Retention Using the College Student Inventory (Good background reading on factors that affect student performance, but general results not very interesting unless we choose to use CSI as a tool. Only results are given, not really how analysis was performed, so not much else for us to glean from this.)

     

    September 11, 2018 at 9:35 am #7431
    canfuso
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    I think this is a great idea! I also put pdf copies of my two papers in our OneDrive folder (in “Articles for Group Review”) so they are in a central location.

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