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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"undergraduate STEM"”.
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STEM Identity, Sense of Belonging, and Academic Engagement: Motivational Pathways Among Undergraduate STEM Students
Background: Academic success and engagement in STEM are shaped not only by students’ preparation but also by their psychological experiences within learning environments. Grounded in social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986) and situated expectancy–value theory (Eccles & Wigfield, 2002), this …
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INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE VARIABLES ON THE CAREER EXPLORATORY BEHAVIORS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE STEM-INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES MAJORS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS
… still remains a lack of diversity within the STEM workforce, especially within agricultural sciences disciplines. More problematic is the fact that low numbers of African Americans are employed in the agricultural sciences workforce. This study extends the use of Social Cognitive Career Theory …
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Impact of Whiteness on Undergraduate Mathematics Identity Scale: Theoretical Foundation, Scale Development, and Validation
… first iteration of the Impact of Whiteness on Undergraduate Mathematics Identity (IWUM) Scale? (2) How many factors and items describe the final, fully developed IWUM Scale? (3) What are the results of the reliability procedures of the final, fully developed iteration of the IWUM Scale? …
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Improving STEM Undergraduate Education with Efficient Learning Design
… of Learning Design for efficiently improving STEM undergraduate education with technology. In order to investigate this potential, the project consists of two main studies at Aarhus University: a study of the perspectives of the main stakeholders on Learning Design based on mixed methods, and …
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Cultivating Trusting Teams: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Collaborative Learning in Undergraduate Physics
… of science and growing emphasis on teamwork in STEM education, our understanding of how undergraduate students perceive successful teams and develop psychological safety in these environments remains limited. My dissertation addresses this gap through interconnected qualitative and quantitative …
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Early-year undergraduate research experiences: How students are mentored, how valuable they find this experience, and what kinds of costs they associate with it
<p>Undergraduate research has been considered as a high impact practice. Engaging in research in early college years are crucial to attracting and retaining students in research-related STEM careers. However, undergraduate research literature mostly focuses on the research experiences of students …
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Data Science for Multisectoral Water Use Management and STEM Education: A Synergistic Approach
… evidence-based decision-making across complex systems at scale. However, the application of data science for sustainable water resources management across economic sectors in the United States (US) has been constrained by the lack of comprehensive data at granular spatiotemporal scales. …
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Exploring Aesthetic Experiences in the Undergraduate General Education Science Classroom
Citizens must have a minimal level of STEM-literacy to work alongside scientists to tackle both current and future global challenges. How can general education, the one piece of the undergraduate experience every student completes, contribute to this development? And science learning is dependent …