Undergraduate Students’ Effectiveness in an Institution With High Dropout Index

Increasing interdisciplinarity and science interest on the undergraduate students: the use of an algorithmic ignitor and low-cost sensors in cloud computing

“…The students were guided for at least one year and all of them developed final reports ranging from the defense of graduation work to the end of the CI period. 7 . It should be emphasized that the only restriction to the development 5 https://www5.usp.br/#english 6 https://www.poli.usp.br/ 7 It is common for a student to work under the supervision of a teacher.…”

“…7 . It should be emphasized that the only restriction to the development 5 https://www5.usp.br/#english 6 https://www.poli.usp.br/ 7 It is common for a student to work under the supervision of a teacher. This process is called IC (Scientific Initiation)…”

“…Nonetheless, graduation in the so-called STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields are particularly difficult in Brazil because there is a general lack of interest from high school students and, among the ones that decided for these fields, an intense dropout [6], mainly due to difficulties with Mathematic concepts [7]. Furthermore, apparently teacher as a role model is a factor as important as a better high school; nevertheless, women continue to be underrepresented, being only 20% of overall students.…”

Educational data mining to support identification and prevention of academic retention and dropout: a case study in introductory programming

“…In the context of ICP, noteworthy efforts can be found in the literature on searching for factors that may or may not influence students' decision to continue in that course or that explain their failure (Horton & Craig, 2015;Petersen et al, 2016;Pappas, Giannakos, & Jaccheri, 2016; K. J. O. Santos, Menezes, de Carvalho, & Montesco, 2019;Hawlitschek, Köppen, Dietrich, & Zug, 2019;Oliveira, Ambrósio, Silva, Brancher, & Franco, 2020).…”