Porter, Rosalyn and Cornock, Claire and O'Sullivan, David and Corner, Alex (2025). Sophomore Slump. SHU Research Data Archive (SHURDA). http://doi.org/10.17032/shu-0000000287
Summary
There was evidence to suggest that students returning to Level 5 of the BSc Mathematics course at SHU were struggling to maintain the engagement and attainment they achieved at Level 4. The attendance of students at taught classes was generally lower at Level 5 than at Level 4 and the number of referrals could be considerably higher in L5 than in L4. This phenomenon was not restricted to SHU or to mathematics; the "sophomore slump" is a recognised issue across institutions and disciplines ((Thompson et al (2013), Wang and Kennedy-Phillips (2013), MacDonald and Gibson (2011)) This project aimed to collect more detailed evidence of the sophomore slump on BSc Maths at SHU, how this fits in to the wider context throughout the UK and gather information on successful strategies employed elsewhere.
| Keywords: | 2nd years, academic achievement | ||||||
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| Academic units: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts (STA) > Academic Departments > Department of Engineering and Mathematics | ||||||
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| Publisher of the data: | SHU Research Data Archive (SHURDA) | ||||||
| Publication date: | 4 August 2025 | ||||||
| Data last accessed: | No data downloaded yet | ||||||
| Reason(s) for restriction and conditions for access: | Data not available for ethics reasons. | ||||||
| DOI: | http://doi.org/10.17032/shu-0000000287 | ||||||
| SHURDA URI: | https://shurda.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/287 | ||||||
