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Direct linkLiu, Xinjuan; Alias, Noryati – Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 2023
Purpose: This empirical survey is conducted to investigate the prevalence rate of academic dishonesty (AD) in examinations and assignments among undergraduates. The study compared the difference in admitted behaviours of academic dishonesty between male and female students comprising second-year, third-year and fourth-year students from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges
Biying Wen; Qian Wang; Floriana Grasso; Qing Chen; Juming Shen – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
The problem of gender disparity in computer science and engineering has persisted despite longstanding efforts made in higher education. This study drew data from ten female computer science and engineering faculty in China and Italy to demonstrate the gender-specific challenges they face. The researcher applied positioning theory to analyse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Barriers, Women Faculty
Ma, Yin; Bennett, Dawn; Chen, Shih-Chih – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
This study examined the extent to which perceived organisational support (POS) predicts career exploration via the mediation effect of career adaptability. Grounded in career construction theory, the study employed an online survey with 611 Chinese undergraduate students. The survey employed POS, career adaptability and career-related exploration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Adjustment, Career Exploration, Career Development
Zhang, Yanyan; Kelley, Todd R.; Gu, Jianjun – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
This article reports an investigation of challenges faced by Chinese technology teachers to infuse engineering design into technology education. A five-point Likert scale, including 25 items, was designed and 339 teachers participated in this survey voluntarily. Consequently, 333 qualified questionnaires were analyzed, and the following results…
Descriptors: Barriers, Engineering Education, Design, Technology Education
Download full textMa, Huarong – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This study was undertaken to assess the critical thinking dispositions of undergraduate college students in a comprehensive university of mainland China and examine the roles of gender and major in the subjects' critical thinking dispositions. An adapted Chinese version of the California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory (CCTDI) was used to…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries
Yanqing Ding; Wei Li; Xin Li; Yinduo Wu; Jin Yang; Xiaoyang Ye – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Despite the growing evidence of informational interventions on college and major choices, we know little about how such light-touch interventions affect the gender gap in STEM majors. Linking survey data to administrative records of Chinese college applicants, we conducted a large-scale randomized experiment to examine the STEM gender gap in the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Decision Making, Salary Wage Differentials, Student Attitudes
Luo, Tian; Wang, Jian; Liu, Xiufeng; Zhou, Jiangping – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to develop a scale to measure students' STEM continuing motivation (CM). In accordance with the conceptualisation of CM by Maehr (1976. Continuing motivation: An analysis of a seldom considered educational outcome. "Review of Educational Research," 46(3), 443-462. doi:10.3102/00346543046003443), we define STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Grade 7
Tao, Yu; Hong, Wei; Ma, Ying – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2017
Gender differences in science and engineering (S&E) have been studied in various countries. Most of these studies find that women are underrepresented in the S&E workforce and publish less than their male peers. The factors that contribute to gender differences in experience and performance in S&E careers can vary from one country to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Writing for Publication, Productivity
Yang, Xueyan; Wang, Xinhong; Zhang, Lin; Weidman, John C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
In the current study, the relationship between gender role conflict, professional role confidence, and intentional persistence was examined using data from a survey of male and female Chinese engineering students. Intentional persistence was significantly associated with gender role conflict and professional role confidence; however, the pattern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, College Students, Role Conflict
Wenqin, Shen; Yao, Gao; Bin, Zhang; Jin, Jiang – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2018
PhD graduates play an important role in the national innovation system. However, only a few studies have explored Chinese PhD graduates' employment and development prospects because of limited data. To fill in this gap, this study conducted a survey of doctoral recipients in 13 Chinese universities. The authors drew on the national survey data and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Career Choice, Preferences
Zou, Yan; Schunn, Christian Dieter; Wang, Yanqing; Zhang, Fuhui – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Peer assessment has been widely applied to actively engage students in learning to write. However, sometimes students resist peer assessment. This study explores reviewers' attitudes and other underlying factors that influence students' participation in online peer assessment. Participants were 234 Chinese undergraduates from two different…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Peer Evaluation, Predictor Variables
Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Ozturk, Omer Tayfur, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on November 11-14, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Stress Variables
Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Ozturk, Omer Tayfur, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Studies in Education and Social Sciences (ICSES) which took place on November 11-14, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Stress Variables
Guo, Congbin; Tsang, Mun C.; Ding, Xiaohao – Economics of Education Review, 2010
Gender disparities in science and engineering majors in Chinese universities have received increasing attention from researchers and educators in China in recent years. Using data from a national survey of college students who graduated in 2005, this study documents gender disparities in enrollment and academic performance in science and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Science Education, Engineering Education
Rohatynskyj, Marta; Davidson, Valerie; Stiver, Warren; Hayward, Maren – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
Low rates of women's enrolment in engineering programs has been identified as a global problem within the general concern to enable women to attain parity in education in all areas. A Western women in engineering meta-narrative is identified which contains a complex of obstacles that typify the situation of Western women. The question is asked…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Gender Differences, Equal Education, Gender Bias
