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Direct linkOvid, Dax; Abrams, L'vannah; Carlson, Tess; Dieter, Mark; Flores, Paulos; Frischer, David; Goolish, Jolie; Bernt, Michelle La-Fevre; Lancaster, Amber; Lipski, Christopher; Luna, Joshua Vargas; Luong, Lucy M. C.; Mullin, Marlene; Newman, Mia Janelle; Quintero, Carolina; Reis, Julie; Robinson, Freja; Ross, Allison James; Simon, Hilary; Souza, Gianne; Taylor, Jess; Ward, Katherine E.; White, Yvonne Lever; Witkop, Emily; Yang, Christine; Zenilman, Aliza; Zhang, Eddie; Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Based on theoretical frameworks of scientist stereotypes, possible selves, and science identity, written assignments were developed to teach science content through biographies and research of counter-stereotypical scientists--Scientist Spotlights (www.scientistspotlights.org). Previous studies on Scientist Spotlight assignments showed significant…
Descriptors: Scientists, Secondary School Students, Self Concept, Writing Assignments
Caitlin Seidler – Art Education, 2024
K-12 art educators choose many artworks for students to examine and discuss throughout a semester or school year. This puts teachers in the role of "choice maker" (Bolin & Hoskins, 2015, p. 40), with the power to communicate to students through the body of images shared over time. Who can be an artist? How do artists express meaning?…
Descriptors: Reflection, Art, Visual Arts, Ethnography
Angelita T. Rivera; Shaelin Chong; Jerick Kim; Melinda T. Owens – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Scientist Spotlights are homework assignments that highlight the personal and scientific stories of counterstereotypical scientists. Previous research has focused on whether these assignments promote possible selves in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). We sought to understand the value students themselves placed on the…
Descriptors: Biology, Introductory Courses, Assignments, Diversity
Abbie P. Wrights; Karen E. Singer-Freeman – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2025
Undergraduates reported the impact of pedagogical practices on their perceived stress. Overall, clustered deadlines, unclear instructions, pop quizzes, high-stakes assignments, and cold calling created the most stress. Policies that allow grade recovery, clear instructions, feeling known by the professor, and flexible deadlines alleviated the most…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Student Reaction, College Instruction
Metzger, Kelsey J.; Dingel, Molly; Brown, Ethan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
We evaluate the impact of a low-stakes easy-to-implement course-level intervention, Scientist Spotlight assignments, which feature personal and professional stories of diverse scientists. This work extends previous studies by examining whether shifts in relatability differ across student identities, particularly students who identify as…
Descriptors: Scientists, Diversity, First Generation College Students, Females
Download full textHobbs, Harriet T.; Singer-Freeman, Karen E.; Robinson, Christine – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2021
This paper examines students' patterns of success in classes with high DFW rates at a research-intensive university. We investigated whether certain assignment types were associated with inequitable grade distributions for underrepresented minority (URM) and transfer students and whether assignment grade patterns were similar to final grade…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), College Students, Assignments, Grading
Wang, Ying; Rocabado, Guizella A.; Lewis, Jennifer E.; Lewis, Scott E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Some students struggle with chemistry because they do not find the relevance between chemistry content and their lives or they perceive their intelligence as fixed. Social-psychological interventions (SPIs), brief interventions that target students' subjective experiences, were developed to address these issues. As a result, SPIs have been…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Student Attitudes, Relevance (Education), Psychological Patterns
Hollister, Brad; Leon, Juan – International Journal on E-Learning, 2022
An introductory survey course in software engineering is now required at many accredited undergraduate institutions in the United States. The usual presentation of material consists of student projects that showcase design, development, and testing methodologies. While this approach does provide a foundation, students are left without professional…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Engineering Education, Computer Software, Undergraduate Students
Howard, Tiffiany O.; Winkelmes, Mary-Ann; Shegog, Marya – Journal of Political Science Education, 2020
The existing literature on transparency teaching in higher education reveals that the adoption of transparent-oriented assignments improves the learning outcomes for underserved students at the introductory level, and decreases the rate of attrition among the student population with the highest risk of dropping out. Concurrently, the continued…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Higher Education, Assignments, Teaching Methods
Reinen, Linda A.; Kortz, Karen M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Responding to the need for recruitment and retention of a diverse geoscience population, we developed a capstone homework assignment for use in introductory-level geoscience courses. In this article we present "Geologic Issues: Community Impacts and Science Communication," a place- and problem-based assignment designed using research on…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Assignments, Problem Based Learning, Disproportionate Representation
Gormally, Cara L.; Marchut, Amber – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2017
Students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing are underrepresented in science majors, yet we know little about why. Students from other underrepresented groups in science--women and people of color--tend to highly value altruistic or communal career goals, while perceiving science as uncommunal. Research suggests that holding stereotypical conceptions…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Self Concept, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Vaughan, Terry, III – Ethnography and Education, 2017
The McNair Scholars Program continues to be pivotal towards increasing diversity within graduate schools in the USA, particularly within doctoral programmes. The programme provides underrepresented undergraduate students with opportunities to learn about research and applying to graduate schools, which otherwise might not be available for these…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Program Descriptions, Graduate Students, Disproportionate Representation
Singer-Freeman, Karen; Bastone, Linda – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2017
We describe the ePortfolio delivery of a mindset intervention to college students. In Study 1, 38 underrepresented ethnic minority (URM) students who were enrolled in a summer research program completed a mindset intervention as a worksheet (n = 17) or as an ePortfolio (n = 21). Students who completed ePortfolios were more likely than students who…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Portfolios (Background Materials), Intervention, Minority Groups
Kabacoff, Cathryn; Srivastava, Vasudha; Robinson, Douglas N. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Internships are an effective way of connecting high school students in a meaningful manner to the sciences. Disadvantaged minorities have fewer opportunities to participate in internships, and are underrepresented in both science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and careers. We have developed a Summer Academic Research Experience…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, High School Students, Minority Group Students
Bass, Michelle B.; Halverson, Erica R. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
In this article, the authors unpack a first-year college seminar where students explored digital representations of self-afforded pedagogies of possibility for traditionally marginalized student populations, specifically students of colour and first-generation college goers. An artefact analysis model is used to trace the relationship between the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Minority Group Students, First Generation College Students
