Perfil sócio-econômico dos alunos, repetência e evasão no curso de Química da UFMG

This paper describes a study about the causes for the dropout of chemistry undergraduate students at UFMG in the nineties. The students' social and economic profile was outlined. It was observed a correlation between family income and academic performance and between failure at the beginning of the course and the dropout, but it seems that family income doesn't affect markedly the dropout. The endogenous and exogenous causes contribute equally for the dropout. The authors suggest that the dropout could be significantly reduced if the endogenous causes such as large classes, inadequate curricula and programmes, poor teaching and the unapproachability on the part of the teachers were faced.

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Main Authors: Braga,Mauro Mendes, Miranda-Pinto,Clotilde O. B. de, Cardeal,Zenilda de Lourdes
Format: Digital revista
Language:Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 1997
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40421997000400017
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