Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course

This article presents data on the identification of factors that influence student dropout and failure to pass a university-level mathematics course. Research was based on a mixed quantitative-qualitative design, using a predominantly quantitative approach. Questionnaires, interviews and a focus gro...

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Autores: Castillo-Sánchez, Mario, Gamboa-Araya, Ronny, Hidalgo-Mora, Randall
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
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Idioma:español
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Palabra clave:dropping out
students
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academic failure
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title Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
spellingShingle Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
Castillo-Sánchez, Mario
dropping out
students
mathematics
academic failure
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estudiantes
matemáticas
fracaso escolar
universidad
title_short Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
title_full Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
title_fullStr Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
title_full_unstemmed Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
title_sort Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics course
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Gamboa-Araya, Ronny
Hidalgo-Mora, Randall
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv dropping out
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mathematics
academic failure
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matemáticas
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topic dropping out
students
mathematics
academic failure
universities
Deserción escolar
estudiantes
matemáticas
fracaso escolar
universidad
description This article presents data on the identification of factors that influence student dropout and failure to pass a university-level mathematics course. Research was based on a mixed quantitative-qualitative design, using a predominantly quantitative approach. Questionnaires, interviews and a focus group were used to collect data from students, and a questionnaire was also applied to teachers. Data on student characteristics such as sex, area of origin, type of school or institution in which they finished secondary education, year of admission to university education, average of secondary education grades, university admission examination grade, course enrollment category, schedule of the group in which they enrolled, and career selected allowed the identification of students at risk of dropping out or failing a course. Among the most important reasons that students failed a course were lack of dedication to the study of course topics, poor study habits, deficiencies in necessary background knowledge, prioritization of other courses that a student was enrolled in, and lack of interest in studying. In the case of dropping out, important contributing factors included poor performance in the first course examination, prioritization of other courses, deficiencies in background knowledge, lack of interest, and low levels of dedication studying for the course. Based on these results, there is a need to review the topics included in the course curriculum, and to establish strategies that assure that students with weak backgrounds in mathematics are enrolled in an introductory mathematics course at the university level.
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spelling Factors that influence student dropout and failing grades in a university mathematics courseFactores que influyen en la deserción y reprobación de estudiantes de un curso universitario de matemáticasCastillo-Sánchez, MarioGamboa-Araya, RonnyHidalgo-Mora, Randalldropping outstudentsmathematicsacademic failureuniversitiesDeserción escolarestudiantesmatemáticasfracaso escolaruniversidadThis article presents data on the identification of factors that influence student dropout and failure to pass a university-level mathematics course. Research was based on a mixed quantitative-qualitative design, using a predominantly quantitative approach. Questionnaires, interviews and a focus group were used to collect data from students, and a questionnaire was also applied to teachers. Data on student characteristics such as sex, area of origin, type of school or institution in which they finished secondary education, year of admission to university education, average of secondary education grades, university admission examination grade, course enrollment category, schedule of the group in which they enrolled, and career selected allowed the identification of students at risk of dropping out or failing a course. Among the most important reasons that students failed a course were lack of dedication to the study of course topics, poor study habits, deficiencies in necessary background knowledge, prioritization of other courses that a student was enrolled in, and lack of interest in studying. In the case of dropping out, important contributing factors included poor performance in the first course examination, prioritization of other courses, deficiencies in background knowledge, lack of interest, and low levels of dedication studying for the course. Based on these results, there is a need to review the topics included in the course curriculum, and to establish strategies that assure that students with weak backgrounds in mathematics are enrolled in an introductory mathematics course at the university level.En este artículo, se reportan datos sobre la identificación de algunos factores que influyen en la deserción y reprobación de estudiantes de un curso de matemáticas en el nivel universitario. La investigación realizada respondió a un diseño mixto, cuantitativo-cualitativo, con predominancia del enfoque cuantitativo. Para la recolección de los datos, se aplicaron cuestionarios, entrevistas y un grupo focal a estudiantes, más un cuestionario a docentes. Algunos aspectos relacionados con el alumnado, como el sexo, área de procedencia, tipo de colegio o institución en donde cursaron la educación secundaria, año de ingreso a la educación universitaria, promedio de las notas de educación secundaria, nota de examen de admisión, categoría de ingreso al curso, horario del grupo matriculado y carrera seleccionada, permiten determinar individuos con riesgo de desertar y reprobar. Entre los motivos que surgen más relevantes para la reprobación, destacan: poca dedicación al estudio de las temáticas del curso, falta de adecuados hábitos de estudio, deficiencia en conocimientos previos, priorización hacia otro curso y falta de interés por el estudio. Por otra parte, en deserción, se mencionan factores como bajo rendimiento académico en el primer examen parcial, priorización hacia otro curso matriculado, deficiencia en conocimientos previos, falta de interés y poca dedicación al estudio del curso. A partir de los resultados obtenidos, surge la necesidad de hacer una revisión de las temáticas incluidas en el programa de la materia y establecer estrategias que insten a una adecuada inserción del estudiantado al primer curso de matemática en el nivel universitario.Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica2020-01-31info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPapers evaluated by academic peersArtículos evaluados por pares académicosartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/epub+ziphttps://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/1277710.15359/ru.34-1.13Uniciencia; Vol. 34 No. 1 (2020): Uniciencia. January-june, 2020; 219-245Uniciencia; Vol. 34 Núm. 1 (2020): Uniciencia. Enero - Junio, 2020; 219-245Uniciencia; v. 34 n. 1 (2020): Uniciencia. 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