The impact of study programs on freshmen’s academic achievement: a multi-level analysis
(2013) EARLI2013 — Location: Munchen (27.August.2013)
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- Academic achievement in higher education has been extensively documented in the literature. In this line, many variables were identified as strong predictors of academic achievement. Yet, contextual factors have often been left out of the investigation. Moreover, the majority of studies have tested a general model assuming that the effects are the same in different programs. However, differences between institutions or programs could result in specific learning contexts leading to different achievement processes. As an attempt to overcome this limitation in the literature, the current study has investigated the impact of study programs on academic achievement through a multilevel analysis. The analyses were carried out on 1137 freshmen from 20 study programs at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Results highlighted that achievement interclass variation is about 14% and that the predictors of academic achievement are not the same from one program to another. The implications and limitations of this study are discussed in the conclusion.
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De Clercq, M., Galand, B., & Frenay, M. (2013). The impact of study programs on freshmen’s academic achievement: a multi-level analysis. EARLI2013, Munchen. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/203844