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Jeffrey N. Schinske; Heather Perkins; Amanda Snyder; Mary Wyer – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Research into science identity, stereotype threat, and possible selves suggests a lack of diverse representations of scientists could impede traditionally underserved students from persisting and succeeding in science. We evaluated a series of metacognitive homework assignments ("Scientist Spotlights") that featured counterstereotypical…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Scientists, Homework
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Bartolomeo-Maida, Maria – College Student Journal, 2016
Across disciplines, faculty members face a common challenge of finding methods to get their students to complete assigned course readings. It becomes an even larger task to develop strategies whereby students are also engaging in deep reading that promotes critical thinking. Reading positively impacts students on a number of variables, and when…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Psychology, Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges
Canfield, Barbara – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There are a large number of students entering college underprepared for college-level mathematics (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2011). While this problem is not new, it has become the focus of national attention because of the impact it has on college completion and workforce development. There is much written in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Phenomenology, Academic Persistence, Two Year College Students
Rowden Quince, Bianca C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student success in community-college online courses remains a topic of concern within higher-education research. Online courses offer flexibility and opportunities for students to learn anytime and anywhere. Students who are not prepared for the anytime-anywhere format struggle in online courses. As enrollment in online courses increases, the rate…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Students, Online Courses
Wood, Susan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In order to better understand how to use assessment productively in the basic writing classroom, I asked the question "How do basic writers perceive the assessment process?" The research reported on in this dissertation led to the conclusion that basic writers at Dona Ana Community College perceive and value each part of the assessment…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Community Colleges, Writing Evaluation, Student Attitudes