a case study of retention strategies in the curriculum
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Dr. Rachel Menzies
School of Computing
A Case Study of Retention Strategies in the Curriculum
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Student Application Routes
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BSc (Hons) Applied Computing (Games)
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Challenges
• Less confidence• No sense of “belonging”• Lack of family support / experience
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(1) Exhibition
• Enhanced confidence• Improved sense of
“belonging”• Surrogate family
support
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(2) Peer Instruction
• A flipped classroom methodology
• Speaking to each other in lectures
• Taking more responsibility
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(3) Group work
• Problem solving in a group• A large problem that would be complex to
solve individually.
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Successes
• Extending the flipped classroom to other modules in other years
• Comparable exam marks
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