Get set for success: using online self-assessments to motivate first year engineering students to engage in and manage their learning [Final report]

Using online self-assessments to motivate first year engineering students to engage in and manage their learning project aimed to address the looming skills shortage in the Australian engineering profession by better identifying the key factors underpinning student success in transitioning to engineering studies. This information could then be used to develop tools and strategies to: - encourage more students to consider careers in engineering; - help engineering students transition to university studies; and - retain more engineering students through to graduation. The two-year project built on King (2008) and Godfrey and King's (2011) Australian and Learning Teaching Council (ALTC) projects which aimed at developing strategies to build student numbers in engineering programs and improve progression and graduation rates. This project was designed to help students make an informed career choice and successfully transition to university life. It focused on better understanding the traits and skill sets that typically are suited to engineering studies by identifying key factors that predict success in the first year program