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The Impact of High School Program Reform on First-Year University Students’ Academic Performance. Case Study: Biology

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  • Mimoza Milo

    (Agency of Quality Assurance in Pre-university Education, Tirana)

  • Anila Paparisto
  • Flamur Bidaj
  • Fatmira Shehu

Abstract

The student transition from high school to university is a complex process in which various factors operate. One of these factors is the degree of the students’ academic preparation in certain subjects. This article analyzes the impact of this factor on the students’ success in the first year of university studies, in the conditions when the subject program in high school has been reformed. This impact on the students’ success, which is expressed both in the degree of academic preparation and in the students’ attitude in the relevant subject, has been assessed employing statistical analysis. The analysis covers a period of 3 years (2017-2020), and is based on a sample of first year students of the Bachelor degree in Biology. The results of the questionnaire, conducted with first year university students, show the impact of their high school academic preparation on the success they have in the first year of university. This success is measured by assessing the change in average grade and their pass rates. Evidence of the impact of this factor in teaching has helped to know in detail these intermediate phases of this process. The built model makes it possible to analyze the impact of the high school curriculum reform on the students’ success, creating the opportunity for further improvements. Despite the fact that the object of the study is the Biology curriculum and the evaluation of the impact in academic success of students who graduated from high schools where a competence based curriculum was implemented, this methodology can be used for the study in other subjects, especially life sciences.

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  • Mimoza Milo & Anila Paparisto & Flamur Bidaj & Fatmira Shehu, 2021. "The Impact of High School Program Reform on First-Year University Students’ Academic Performance. Case Study: Biology," European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eur:ejserj:612
    DOI: 10.26417/634lii87m
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