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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
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
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
Furness, Rachelle K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Clarifying the concept of digital college readiness (DCR) can direct pedagogical and policy shifts toward the integration of digital literacies instruction as an essential component of college readiness, especially for educators and researchers in the field of developmental education. Since the 1980s, the demands for digitally mediated literacies…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Case Studies, High School Graduates, Student Attitudes
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
Download full textGormally, 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
Examining First-Year Non-Dominant Students' Experiences as Academic Writers: An Identity Perspective
Panayotova, Dora Marinova – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation reports on a study investigating the identity of first-year university students as writers. The longitudinal project explored how students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds construct their identities as undergraduates and as academic writers in their first year. The research was qualitative and interpretative, and used…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Freshmen, Interviews, Student Attitudes
