Improve the retention rates of higher education STEM programmes by the identification of at-risk students in an early stage. To achieve this goal, three objectives were realized: We successfully identified a number of key skills that are essential for first-year achievement in a STEM programme (Objective 1). Second, we constructed an extensive inventory with more than 100 existing diagnostic tests to measure different skills and the predictive validity of three instruments was thoroughly evaluated (Objective 2). Finally, we investigated which intervention tools can support at-risk students and evaluated their effectiveness (Objective 3).

Belgium, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, United Kingdom.

Erasmus+ - Strategic Partnerships addressing more than one field.

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, ZILINSKA UNIVERZITA V ZILINE, SOCIETE EUROPEENNE POUR LA FORMATION DES INGENIEURS, THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG-HARBURG, AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR

european project, higher education, instrument inventory, stem.