Determining the impact of on-line practicum facilitation for in-service teachers ﻿
Frey, Timothy (2009-04-28)
This study investigated the impact of a project-based graduate practicum experience that was facilitated on-line. The study investigated the affects of the on-line practicum experience by: (1) using quantitative data to ...
The Effect of Financial Support on Academic Achievement and Retention of Female Engineering Students ﻿
Yang, Yang; Grauer, Bette (2016-06-26)
Engineering is one of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields in which women are severely underrepresented. Among those who do enter engineering, women are more likely to drop out of the major ...
Faculty Beliefs about the Nature of Intelligence ﻿
Rubin, Lisa M.; Dringenberg, Emily A.; Lane, Jessica J.; Wefald, Andrew J. (2019-02-21)
Educators shape the learning experiences of students in the classroom. Their views on intelligence influence the beliefs students have about their own abilities to learn. Astin (2016) cautioned, "The faculty culture regards ...
Gender differences in STEM undergraduates' vocational interests: People–thing orientation and goal affordances ﻿
Yang, Yang; Barth, Joan M. (2015-12-01)
This study addressed why women have greater representation in some STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields compared to others by linking two theoretical approaches, people–thing orientation (PO, TO) ...
Gendered Microaggression Inventory: Construction and Initial Validation ﻿
Yang, Yang; Carroll, Dorris W. (2016-04-12)
Microaggressions are nuanced forms of insulting, disrespectful communications that occur during everyday exchanges. They target individuals from a different identity groups (e.g., race, gender, religion, sex orientation, ...