Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 523-527.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2018.04.011

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Attribution study on academic failure of undergraduate education in a research-oriented university in Shanghai

Wu Minmin, Tian Linghui, Zhu Jun, Gao Haifeng, Lu Yingqing, Qian Ruizhe, Wang Ling   

  1. Office for Medical Education Management,Fudan University, Shanghai 200030, China (Wu MM, Gao HF, Lu YQ, Qian RZ); Institute of Higher Education, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China (Tian LH); Department of Educational Affairs of Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China (Zhu J); Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai 200030, China (Wang L)
  • Received:2018-01-17 Online:2018-08-01 Published:2020-12-08
  • Contact: Wang Ling, Email: lingwang@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Provincial and Ministerial Level Project of Shanghai Education Science Research in 2011 (B11003)

Abstract: In recent years, with the expanding of advanced education scale in China, academic failure has happened frequently not only in ordinary universities, but also in research- oriented universities with an increasing proportion. There have been some studies on the failure of advanced education in China, but studies on the reasons for research-oriented universities is less. A case-control study was conducted in this study. It collected students who had failed their study and who had not failed their study in recent years from a research-oriented university in 1∶1 matching way, and analyzing the cause of academic failure. This study showed that the differences in achievement motivation, classroom performance and so on can lead to academic failure in the single-factor analysis model. Factors such as achievement motivation and post-class performance are the main causes of academic failure in the multi-factors analysis model. The lack of achievement motivation and the poor learning initiative post-class are the main factors that lead to the academic failure of undergraduates in research-oriented universities.

Key words: Research-oriented university, Undergraduate, Academic failure, Attribution research