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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Majors (Students)"”.
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Rethinking the STEM Fields: The Importance of Definitions in Examining Women's Participation and Success in the Sciences
… study uses longitudinal data of undergraduate students from five public land-grant universities to better understand undergraduate students' persistence in and switching of majors, with particular attention given to women's participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics …
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A Study of Non-computing Majors' Growth Mindset, Self-Efficacy and Perceived CS Relevance in CS1
… have experienced spikes in enrollment for non-majors. Students in disciplines including art, design and biological sciences are now often required to take introductory CS courses. Previous research has shown the role of growth mindset, self-efficacy and relevance in student success within CS …
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An investigation into the relationship between speaking-in-class anxiety with instructor behaviour and classroom practices among Chinese ESL (English as a Second Language) first year undergraduates in a Hong Kong university
… anxiety of a group of first-year university students in Hong Kong. The factors contributing to second language learning speaking-in-class anxiety (SA) are identified by means of interviews,a questionnaire and discussion. The relationship between sex, majors, students' second language …
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Differential Returns to Ability and College Major 5, 10, and 15 Years after Graduation
… between ability measures and college majors, as well as gender or race, on future earnings has not been examined empirically. I examine this relationship by estimating and testing interactions between an ability measure and college major dummy variables. The results show that returns …