使用马尔科夫链改进学生留学和毕业的模型
Mason N Tedeschi1, Tiana M Hose2, Emily K Mehlman3
1New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 26, 2023
概括
马尔科夫模型准确地估计了代表性不足的学生的毕业率. 科学课程的学习助理将六年毕业率提高了9%,少数民族和第一代学生的收益更大.
科学领域:
- 教育研究教育研究
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 学术干预分析学术干预分析
背景情况:
- 毕业率对于评估学术干预措施至关重要.
- 传统方法在小样本规模和对代表性不足的群体的数据需求方面扎.
- 估计少数民族和第一代学生的毕业率带来了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 引入马尔科夫模型,以更可靠地估计毕业率.
- 评估学习助理对学生毕业的影响.
- 为了解决不平等的学术成功为代表性不足的学生.
主要方法:
- 利用马尔科夫模型分析毕业率数据.
- 用学习助理程序作为一个案例研究.
- 对比代表性不足的少数民族和第一代学生的结果.
主要成果:
- 马尔科夫模型增强了信心,并减少了毕业率估计中的偏见.
- 学习助理与六年毕业率上升9%相关.
- 代表性不足的少数民族 (21%) 和第一代学生 (18%) 的收益更为显著.
结论:
- 学习助理有效地提高了整体毕业率.
- 马尔科夫模型为干预评估提供了一个强大的工具.
- 学术干预可以成功地减少毕业率差异.
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