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Enhancing Student Retention: The Critical Path Approach by Dr. Roy Allen

Dr. Roy Allen explores the complex reasons behind student retention challenges, highlighting financial, social, personal, and academic factors. He argues that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to these issues. Academic struggles, such as failing or not knowing essential prerequisites, may be alleviated by providing "critical path" information on assignments, courses, and timelines. Using tools like Network Diagrams and Gantt Charts, the importance of clear task management is emphasized. This approach aims to help students structure their academic journey effectively and improve retention rates.

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Enhancing Student Retention: The Critical Path Approach by Dr. Roy Allen

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  1. Student retention:Critical Path Guidance Dr Roy Allen

  2. Why do students struggle to stay the course?: • Financial; • Social; • Personal; • Academic. • So no universal panacea

  3. Academic issues: • Failing • Why? • We ASSUME they know and do • Would providing “critical path” information help? e.g., assignments, courses, prerequisites, programmes • Work not adequate: • Insufficient effort • Not starting soon enough But is it made explicit?

  4. Network diagram (PERT chart) Using this, it's possible to work out which tasks can be delayed without affecting the end date of the project, and which ones can't. The tasks which cannot be delayed are said to be Critical, and the path that can be traced through them on the Network Diagram is called the Critical Path

  5. Introduce start date (Gantt Chart)

  6. Application in Academia Plainly no parallel processes But components and timescales (effort), For example. for a Critical Review (3-4000 words) - pilot

  7. MyAberdeen Ideally these would have been put into the calendar but . . . Announcements Posted on: Monday, 4 February 2013 Task(s): Review the topics from MyAberdeen,  Read some of the suggested references Suggested task hours: 10 Course Link/Course Materials/Critical Review course Posted by: Roy AllenPosted to: PS4530 & PS4529 (2012-13): Senior Honours Psychology B

  8. Week commencing 29th April 2013 PS1509 Lecture ALT Dr Pilz Sensation & Perception PH1520 Essay - 1500 word Database search and reading articles PS1509 Workshop G38 Dr Bishop PS1510 Lecture FN1 Dr Irwin Surveys LS1520 Revision Law Library Preparing for MCQ test Lunch

  9. SCEF comments since Monday (of 9 completed forms): I didn't find them particularly helpful as I make my own task schedules and often they over or underestimated the amount of work I had planned for the critical review. In all honesty I just ignored them and stuck my own timetable. quite useful. This was quite helpful in terms of keeping us on track and the expectations of the length of time devoted to this course. Yes this would definitely be useful for other courses. I found this very useful and kept me up to date with things that i needed to do and such. could have been useful last year (third year) when we had to have things submitted/done on a very regular basis. Yes, it was helpful.

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