Success, confidence and rationality in student progress

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsGordon BurtIn this article Gordon Burt of the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University UK analyses student progress within the framework of models of choice. He seeks to find explanations as to the bases on which students choose to continue studying in the light of their success or failure in previous study, and argues that mathematical models need to be further developed to assist in this field.