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Warren, Sharyn L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
After completing the first-year seminar, this qualitative research study explored traditional first-generation students' lived experiences in their sophomore year. The second year of college is primarily viewed as challenging and difficult for sophomores. Nevertheless, colleges and universities tend to provide less support to sophomore students…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, First Year Seminars, Student Experience
Jodie Delsol – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This action research study aimed to investigate and identify ways to increase persistence among underrepresented minority (URM) students who were pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors at a community college. Retaining STEM students is a concern for student success in community colleges, especially for underrepresented…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community College Students, STEM Education, Student Development
Kimberly Sterin; Katie Mathew; Ague Mae Manongsong; Ayana Allen-Handy; Jacqueline Genovesi; Kim Godfrey; Dominique Thomas; Janai Keita; Ian Marcus; Nancy Peter; Hilary Blecker; Sharon Walker – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2023
The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields have a well-documented racialized and gendered participation gap between males, particularly white males, and women of color (WOC). Through a Critical Race Feminist lens, this qualitative research study uses life-story narrative analysis to understand the experiences of eleven WOC who…
Descriptors: Females, Minority Group Students, Extracurricular Activities, STEM Education
Salleh, Muhamad Furkan Mat; Nasir, Nurul Akmal Md; Ismail, Mohamad Hisyam – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
This study was conducted to find out the perceptions of Science and Mathematics trainee teachers on STEM Facilitator Training Program (SFTP) and to examine the impacts of SFTP on their personal growth as future teachers. The study employed a mixed-method design in which the data of the study were gathered through a short survey and group…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Tian, Mei; Lu, Genshu; Li, Lijie – ECNU Review of Education, 2022
Purpose: The number of international students in China has been increasing over the recent decades. The rapid expansion of the international student population aroused concerns over the capacity of Chinese universities to fulfill international students' expectations toward academic development. Perceiving student learning experiences as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Undergraduate Study, Student Experience
Michael E. Wickert – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Utilizing Validation Theory through a social constructivist lens, this phenomenological study explores the ways in which institutional agents, peers, and family members contribute to the academic and interpersonal self-validation of Latine aspiring bilingual teachers who begin their higher education journey in the community college. All…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Bilingual Teachers, Occupational Aspiration, Community College Students
Manuel Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Individuals coming from low-income backgrounds, particularly women and people of color, are disproportionately underrepresented in STEM fields. The low representation is often attributed to low enrollment and completion rates in STEM programs. Community colleges play a crucial role in increasing diversity in the workforce. However, there is not…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Low Income Students, Science Education, Self Concept
Student Development in Service Learning: A Literature Review of Service Learning and Self-Authorship
Myers, Matthew D. – College Student Journal, 2020
This literature review examines the service learning (SL) and self-authorship bodies of literature to frame them as mutually supportive within the context of college student development. This review is a section of the Chapter 2 of the researcher's dissertation, which guided by the following research question: "How do college students make…
Descriptors: Student Development, Service Learning, College Students, Student Experience
Elizabeth Mckay Cooke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study assesses the influence of a college-level intervention program on its student participants' self-efficacy. Self-efficacy theory provides an essential foundational lens for this study as it provides the necessary sources to broaden an intervention program's plans from students' individualized experiences. Study participants…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Efficacy, Student Development, Intervention
Michelle Jarman; Mary Burman; Mary Anne Purtzer; Katie Miller – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2022
This project investigated the learning process and outcomes of a study abroad course in England and France that focused on dramatic social shifts in the world war eras. Well-established adult learning theories provided the course framework, and this study examines the characteristics and elements contributing to transformative learning. Eleven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience
Ying Zhang; Xiaojun Chen – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2023
This study explores how digital storytelling influences the cultural identity development of secondary culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students from Bhutanese-Nepali backgrounds. Utilizing the theoretical framework of multiliteracies, cultural identity and sociocultural theory in Second Language Development, this research investigates…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Cultural Awareness, Language Proficiency, Story Telling
Lorenzetti, Diane L.; Shipton, Leah; Nowell, Lorelli; Jacobsen, Michele; Lorenzetti, Liza; Clancy, Tracey; Paolucci, Elizabeth Oddone – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2019
While researchers have suggested that mentorship positively affects academic and learning outcomes in higher education, little is known about the impact of peer mentoring on graduate students' academic experiences. We conducted a systematic review to explore the impact of peer mentorship on graduate students' learning, and formal approaches to…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Mentors, Graduate Students, Student Experience
Rice, Brooke A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
For decades, businesses and post-secondary educational institutions have complained that students are leaving high school unprepared for their next step. In addition to elevating the rigor and relevance of the school experience, high school internships have been seen by many as a key method to preparing young people for success and allowing…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, High School Students, Program Design, Student Attitudes
Mason, Henry D. – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2019
More South African research is needed that examines the application of positive psychology to assist students in navigating the stressful first-year experience by identifying, developing and applying signature strengths. This article reports on a mixed methods study that investigated the efficacy of a strengths-based development programme…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Stress Management, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
Ansari, Arya; Purtell, Kelly M. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Although scientific research has clearly shown that preschool programs prepare children for kindergarten, increasing attention has been drawn to whether these early investments in children's education have long-term impacts. Here, we argue that long-term impacts of preschool cannot be viewed in isolation from children's subsequent experiences and,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, School Readiness, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education