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    The influence of 16 coursework cut-off point at The University of Dodoma on undergraduate students’ learning
    (The University of Dodoma, 2023) Owino, Pinto
    The study explored the influence of 16 Coursework Cut-off Point (CWCP) at the University of Dodoma on undergraduate students learning. Its specific focus was on the influence of 16 CWCP on students learning process, the contribution of 16 CWCP towards students’ academic performance and finally challenges facing the implementation of 16 CWCP. The behavioural learning theory guided the whole process of data collection and analysis of this study. The mixed method approach was employed in this study whereby convergent design was used. There were 414 respondents including 368 undergraduate students, 1 Student Minister of Education (SME), 10 Students Class Representatives (CRs), 30 University lecturers, 1 Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), 3 Head of Departments (HoD) and 1 Coordinator of Undergraduate Students (CUS). Moreover, the methods used for data collection were semi-structured interview, questionnaire and documentary review. Furthermore, thematic analysis and descriptive statistics were employed to analyse qualitative and quantitative data respectively. Results indicated that, most of students have positive attitude on the use of 16 CWCP for enhancing undergraduate students learning at the University. It was further revealed that CWCP system encourages students to concentrate on personal studies, increases attendance rate in lectures and participation in continuous assessment tasks. It was also revealed that, CWCP have increased number of students’ passes and decrease number of students supplementary. Though on the other side CWCP has resulted into increase in number of carryovers, discontinuation and appeals cases. Furthermore, the challenges found were the delay of students to register carryover courses, inconsistence of the guideline, disruption of examination timetable and increased workload to lecturers. Based on study finding, it is concluded that CWCP increase students commitment during learning process and improves students’ performance. The study recommends conscientization on CWCP should be integrated during first year orientation after the admission for the purpose of helping students to understand it and its consequences, provision of second chance to students with carryovers.