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Title: | Exploring language needs of college transfer students with learning analytics : towards a more equitable experience | Authors: | Foung, D Chen, JL Cheung, K |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Source: | International journal of educational technology in higher education, 2023, v. 20, 60 | Abstract: | College transfer students are those who follow a different trajectory in their higher education journeys than traditional students, completing a sub-degree before pursuing a bachelor's degree at a university. While the possibility of transferring makes higher education accessible to these students, previous studies have found that they face various challenges, from issues with course load to language challenges. This study aims to examine (1) the critical factors contributing to the success of transfer students in a language course; and (2) how transfer students perform better or worse than those who enter university directly. This study conducted learning analytics with 700 college transfer students in Hong Kong, retrieving their demographic and learning data from the learning management system and the university academic registry. The results suggest that English exam scores, current semester GPA, graduating GPA at community college and current course load are important predictors of transfer students' success in language courses. This study also finds that transfer students have lower levels of language proficiency than direct entrants. It concludes with specific recommendations to make higher education more accessible to transfer students and suggestions on how to use learning analytics to track students with different trajectories. | Keywords: | Learning analytics College transfer students Transfer shock Classification tree Senior year admitted students |
Publisher: | SpringerOpen | Journal: | International journal of educational technology in higher education | EISSN: | 2365-9440 | DOI: | 10.1186/s41239-023-00429-y | Rights: | © The Author(s) 2023. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The following publication Foung, D., Chen, J. & Cheung, K. Exploring language needs of college transfer students with learning analytics: towards a more equitable experience. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 20, 60 (2023) is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00429-y. |
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