Academic achievement on bachelor of engineering courses of Thai-German pre-engineering school graduates, King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were : 1) to study demographic information, educational background, and academic achievement of the students at the Faculty of Engineering, and the College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB) 2) to compare the Grade Point Average (GPA) of engineering degree courses of students (Academic Year 2010-2019) who have different educational backgrounds, and 3) to investigate the correlation between the GPA of pre-engineering courses and the GPA of engineering degree courses. Research conducted by studentsdata from KMUTNB Registration Information System, and the statistical analyses were used. Research finding revealed that the total target groups of students were 4,736. The number of 2,733 students (57.7%) studied at the Faculty of Engineering while 786 students (28.8 %) finished pre-engineering courses. The students who graduated engineering degree courses were 2,233 (81.7%), while dropout students were 500 (18.3%). From the status of dropout students as mentioned, it was revealed that 78 students (15.6%) finished from the pre-engineering courses. The target group of students who study at the College of Industrial Technology were 2,003 (42.3%) while 364 students (18.2 %) finished the pre-engineering courses. The number of 1,494 students (74.6 %) graduated from the engineering degree courses, while dropout students were 509 (25.4 %) From the status of dropout students as mentioned, it was revealed that 38 students (7.5%) finished from the pre-engineering courses. Comparing GPA of engineering degree courses by the Independent Sample t-test between 2 groups of different background students showed the difference. The GPA of students from pre-engineering courses, Faculty of Engineering, was different from other courses at .01 level. However, there was no difference in the GPA of the students at the College of Industrial Technology. When the relationship between the GPA pre-engineering courses and the GPA of engineering degree courses by Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) was analyzed, it was found out that there was a significant relevant relationship at .01 level for each faculty.