Studying abroad is an integral and expanding part of higher education in the US. As more students participate, it becomes increasingly important to examine the adequacy of student preparedness. This project involves an assessment of student preparation for the Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) experience with the Cape Town Project Center. In order to assess every stage of preparation, I surveyed students initiating the process, held a group discussion with students engaging in formal institutional preparations, and conducted two focus group discussions with students who had completed their study away experience. While WPI offers varied preparation opportunities, students remain unaware of many of these and few engage in self-driven efforts, resulting in limited preparation.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Graham, Alden T

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-040218-110623

Palabra Clave

• Curriculum planning
• Education, Higher
• Service learning

Advisor

• Bulled, Nicola
• Agloro, Alexandrina R.

Year

• 2018

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2018-04-02

Ubicación

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificación

• 2020-11-27