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Haldolaarachchige, Neel; Hettiarachchilage, Kalani – Physics Education, 2022
Physics educators keep adding many skill developments to science and engineering students during their education as individuals and groups including critical thinking, conceptual understanding, problem-solving, mathematical implementation, computational implementation, etc. Here, we are discussing how to reach and analyse students' outcomes within…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Calculus, In Person Learning
Fink, John; Myers, Taylor; Sparks, Daniel; Jaggars, Shanna – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
Nearly two decades into the "completion agenda" in higher education, many community colleges have adopted collegewide reforms designed to improve stubbornly flat rates of student success and address persistent equity gaps. The longer-term effects of such collegewide reforms may take years to observe. In the meantime, college leaders need…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Equal Education
Sadler, Philip M.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Hazari, Zahra; Tai, Robert – Science Educator, 2014
Several avenues are open to students who wish to study advanced science or mathematics in high school, which include Advanced Placement courses and teacher-designed courses unaffiliated with organized programs. We employ a retrospective cohort study of 4,691 nationally representative college students at 34 randomly selected, colleges and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High Schools, STEM Education
Ocak, Mehmet A. – Online Submission, 2006
This correlation study examined the relationship between gender and the students' attitude and prior knowledge of using one of the mathematical software programs (MATLAB). Participants were selected from one community college, one state university and one private college. Students were volunteers from three Calculus I classrooms (one class from…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Software