Effects of Non-Cognitive Factors on Post-Secondary Persistence of Deaf Students: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach

06/22/2020
by   Marie Alaghband, et al.
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Post-secondary education persistence is the likelihood of a student remaining in post-secondary education. Although statistics show that post-secondary persistence for deaf students has increased recently, there are still many obstacles obstructing students from completing their post-secondary degree goals. Therefore, increasing the persistence rate is crucial to increase education and work goals for deaf students. In this work, we present an agent-based model using NetLogo software for the persistence phenomena of deaf students. We consider four non-cognitive factors: having clear goals, social integration, social skills, and academic experience, which influence the departure decision of deaf students. Progress and results of this work suggest that agent-based modeling approaches promise to give better understanding of what will increase persistence.

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