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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"broadening participation"”.
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Broadening participation in computing through interventions to overcome cultural and pedagogical barriers
This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2025-04-23 at 09:09.
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Broadening Participation of Girls in Computing: An Integrated Approach to Supporting Interest in CS
Broadening participation of girls in Computer Science (CS) has been a longstanding concern of researchers and educators over the past few decades. Computing education programs aimed at broadening participation among girls may benefit from intentionally designing learning environments informed by …
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Agency to Change: A Narrative Inquiry of White Men Faculty in Engineering Engaged in Broadening Participation Work
Transformational change for Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) of racial, ethnic, and gender groups has not occurred, despite continuing efforts for over four decades. BPE can be represented through particular activities to increase underrepresented students' participation at the …
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A Bermuda triangle in STEM: An examination of broadening participation, diversity, equity, and inclusion within the US National Science Foundation’s REU program
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Conversation Analysis of Engineering Parents' Occupational Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs
Broadening participation from a diverse set of individuals is one of the central tenets of engineering education research. Interest in a potential occupation is influenced by knowledge and familiarity as a child reaches adolescence. However, studies have shown that most children have limited …
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Examining the interrelationship between competition law, the allocation of fishing rights, and transformation in South Africa’s fishing industry
… the transformation of the industry by broadening access to the industry. This means addressing past imbalances and broadening participation of HDPs in the fishing sector. The fishing industry is also a strategic sector for food security and employment. The Competition Act and the MLRA, …
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A unicorn's tale: Examining the experiences of Black women in engineering industry
… has spawned national initiatives geared towards broadening participation in engineering. This research study was designed to explore the experiences of nine Black women engineers that have remained engaged in engineering for greater than ten years in order to better understand the factors that …
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Credit Loss for Engineering Transfer Students: In-depth analyses and visualizations of patterns across students and structures
Broadening participation in engineering has been a pressing goal for decades, yet progress has been slow. The National Academy of Engineering recommends building transfer pathways from community colleges to universities to meet this goal. Much research has focused broadly on curriculum alignment, …
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The Dynamics of Belonging Among Undergraduate Women in Engineering
Broadening participation in engineering has been a pressing focus of engineering education research for decades. Despite efforts to improve engineering access for historically underrepresented groups, progress has been slow. The National Academy of Engineering and other governmental and …
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Disaggregating the Monolith: A Case Study on Varied Engineering Career Orientations and Strategies of Black Women in Tech
… imperative for several decades. The increased participation of Black students in engineering is commonly identified as a crucial area for improvement. Yet, the rates of engineering degree completion are slowing for Black women in particular. In 2015, less than one percent of all U.S. …
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Teacher Self-Efficacy and Mathematics Achievement Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Students: Evidence from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
… high schools and the pressing need to broaden participation among REM students in STEM. Yet, policies aimed at improving teacher quality as a vehicle for broadening participation of REM students in STEM use measures that at best, are only weakly associated with positive educational outcomes for …
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Race-conscious Student Support: A Comparative Analysis of Organizational Resilience in Engineering Education
One response to calls for broadening participation in engineering was the establishment of minority engineering programs (MEPs). Since their inception, MEPs have taken many forms with various functions and can be classified as engineering student support centers (ESSCs). Some ESSCs can be …
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A tale of two committees : evaluating collaborative management planning in Canada's Pacific groundfish fisheries
… these respects overshadowed positive aspects of broadening participation beyond commercial users. Consensus approaches have gained currency among commercial participants as a result of their positive experience and made some of them more willing to consider meaningful collaboration with a broader …
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Using a values-engaged educative evaluation approach to address issues of diversity and equity in a multi-site Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics program evaluation
… diversity of STEM communities via a variety of Broadening Participation (BP) initiatives. There is a need for evaluations that better understand BP program characteristics and participant experiences that will lead to success for underrepresented minorities in these STEM programs. Empirical …
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A Multiple Case Study of an Interorganizational Collaboration: Exploring the First Year of a Public-Private Partnership Focused on Secondary STEM Education
… the prospects of STEM workforce development and broadening participation in STEM place the focus of change within the education system. Despite many efforts towards integrating STEM, and specifically engineering, into pre-college settings, mechanisms for change in schools towards these goals …
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What Sustains Inter-institutional Collaborations? An Exploratory Study of Research Collaborations between Faculty at HBCUs and PWIs
… to develop similar programs as a strategy for broadening participation and enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, not merely as a means for enhancing research productivity.
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Understanding STEM Students' Perceptions of Support
… enrollment in engineering and enhance the participation and proficiency of engineers have long been priorities, as emphasized by the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. This imperative underscores the need for both a greater quantity and a higher caliber of …
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Computing Trajectories: Pathways into Computer Science and Programming Experience in the First Year
… the risk of damaging ongoing efforts to broaden participation in computer science. To manage growth, and increase the representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the field, we must first understand current patterns for participation, and factors that may impact access and …
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Cariño, Standards, and the Reinforcement Loop: How Mathematics and Science Teachers Integrate Engineering-Based Learning in the Borderlands at an All-Girls STEAM School
… and science, and they play a significant role in broadening the participation of Latinas. This instrumental, embedded case study focused on understanding the pedagogical and cultural factors that influenced how teachers at a science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) school …
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Collaborative video game design work and diversity
… collaborative work tool selection and use, and broadening the participation of underrepresented and marginalized groups) and developed three corresponding research questions. I addressed these questions by employing qualitative methods of multi-sited ethnography, digital ethnography, and …
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