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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"STEM majors"”.
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The success of African American STEM majors at HBCUs
… we need a workforce that is going to be STEM ready because this is the only way that the U.S. will be able to compete on a global level with other nations. However, in order for students to be successful in a major in STEM, they need a supportive environment, smaller class sizes, faculty …
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Females in STEM: Self-Efficacy Within Women Who Pursue STEM Majors
… States, women are still underrepresented within STEM. Research within this document shows that women and men score similarly on STEM-related standardized tests. The question remains, why are there still large quantities of men outnumbering women in college majors and career fields of STEM? …
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Why do Undergraduate Women Persist as Stem Majors? A Study at TwoTechnological Universities
<p>Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields despite significant policy efforts to increase the number of qualified women. Prior research focused on access for women into advanced high school mathematics and science courses. Parity has been achieved in academic prerequisites for STEM …
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“I wasn’t the only one going through it”: Understanding the mathematical experiences of Latinx STEM majors
… study examines the experiences of four Latinx STEM major's mathematical experiences at a predominately white institution in the Midwest. Through the lenses of Rehumanizing Mathematics (Gutiérrez, 2017) and Sense of Belonging (Strayhorn, 2018), I argue for the use of Rehumanizing Mathematics x …
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Exploring the journey of seven Black women: How supplemental STEM learning impacts pursuing STEM majors at a predominantly White institution
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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THE ROLE OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNIIES FOR THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS OF UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN IN STEM MAJORS: THE CASE OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN ETHIOPIA
… Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. It also explained how the social and academic integration of the women contributed for their overall college success.</p> <p> There were three groups of participants; undergraduate women in STEM, female resident proctors, and relevant …
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Math Anxiety and Avoidance of Mathematics at The College Level: Undergraduate and Their Sense of Not Belonging in Math Classrooms
… math classes, and help-seeking behaviors among STEM and non-STEM majors. The study involved 41 participants, including 24 STEM majors and 17 non-STEM majors, all undergraduate college students aged 18 to 54. The results revealed that most students (39 out of 41) felt a sense of belonging in …
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UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCES OF GENDER DISPARITIES IN STEM
… men, but they are less likely to choose applied-STEM college majors or occupations. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 and 97 datasets, Todd and I assess the importance of adolescent skill profiles and high school coursetaking in explaining gender disparities in four-year college …
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Introductory Mathematics and STEM Persistence: Examining the Differences between Online and In-Person Performance at a HBCU
… because of a shortage of skilled workers in STEM. This decline is due in part to the US producing a lower number of graduates from STEM related fields. One reason for the shortage is that US students are selecting or graduating with STEM majors at a lower rate than those of competing …
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The Differential Effect of Anticipated Work-Family Conflict on the STEM Major Embeddedness of Men and Women
… Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors do not complete their degrees. Of additional concern is that among the STEM students who do persist to degree completion, women are severely underrepresented. The present research investigates the extent to which anticipated conflicts …
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The educational journeys of first-generation college women in STEM: A grounded theory study
… women as they chose a college and selected a STEM major and subsequently persisted to upper level (junior/senior) status. Twenty-five first-generation college women in STEM majors who attended a research-intensive university in the Midwest were interviewed. Approaching this study using …
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Essays on Education Markets
… choice within the context of the centralized system of public high school admissions in Mexico City's metropolitan area (COMIPEMS). The uneven spatial distribution of elite high schools, combined with students' sensitivity to commuting distance when making applications, results in high-achieving …
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Exploring the experiences and persistence of women in undergraduate mathematics and statistics programs
Women's enrollment in collegiate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs is low, and of the few who enter these programs, research shows they are at least 1.5 times more likely to leave the field than their male peers (Ellis et al., 2016). Various factors have been …
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The Effects of Self-Regulation and Recitation on STEM Student Academic Performance
… who are retained and persist to graduation in STEM fields and as a result, millions of STEM jobs remain unfilled each year. Four- year institutions have begun to increase the academic quality of STEM gateway courses through supplemental instruction in order to increase retention and graduation …
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Exploring Community Colleges in the Stem Education Landscape : development of stem college major choice model
… technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. These institutions are also an important education pathway for women and racial/ethnic minorities who are currently underrepresented in the STEM workforce. The purpose of this study is to understand how student demographics, high …
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Brain Activity in College Students with the Broad Autism Phenotype
… as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors. Participants were divided into BAP+ versus BAP- groups based on their scores on the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ). Findings revealed that individuals categorized as BAP+ demonstrated a higher alpha relative power score …
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Male and female experiences in science and mathematics undergraduate programs
… the undergraduates’ experiences within the STEM fields related to gender and how they negotiate gender by using a phenomenological approach. Ten STEM undergraduates (five males and five females) participated in semi-structured interviews to also examine why they chose to major in a STEM …
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Alignment in Students, Teaching Assistants, and Instructors on the Purpose and Practice of Calculus I Labs
… has been focused on increasing the number of STEM graduates, calculus remains a roadblock into the STEM pipeline. With only half of the students succeeding in a Calculus I course, research is needed to investigate how to improve the success rate and the educational experience of students. Some …
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The Impact of the Design Process on Student Self-Efficacy and Content Knowledge
The United States of America needs STEM trained workers, STEM faculty and STEM professionals to improve its technical and professional workforce in order to maintain leadership in a global economy. However, American students are not opting to remain in a STEM course of study, and this is especially …
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