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Adam Masri; Tracey Ollis; Russell Tytler – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2025
The gender gap in physics in Australian secondary schools remains a significant issue. This study aims to address this problem by examining how physics teachers perceive girls' participation in physics, and how these perceptions influence their approach to gender issues and their potential impact on girls' physics identity. The study uses a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers
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Jo Boaler; Kira Conte; Ken Cor; Jack A. Dieckmann; Tanya LaMar; Jesse Ramirez; Megan Selbach-Allen – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2025
This article reports on a multi-method study of a high school course in data science, finding that students who take data science take more mathematics courses than those who do not, there are more under-represented students in data science than is typical for other advanced mathematics courses; that the students who take data science are more…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Opportunities, High School Students, Data Science
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Svetlana Masjutina; Elizabeth Stearns – International Journal of STEM Education, 2025
Background: Students from low-socioeconomic status backgrounds (LSES) are underrepresented in STEM education, including in the biological sciences. As one of the foundational STEM disciplines, biology represents an interesting case study in that women earn the most undergraduate degrees, a trend that holds across racial/ethnic groups. However,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Students, STEM Education
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Susannah Sandrin; Joel Nishimura; Misti Sexton; Samantha Barbosa; Pamela Marshall; Amanda Chapman; Niall McCarthy; James Tuohy – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
A study of hidden risks, anxieties and barriers to STEM student transfer from community college to a large, comprehensive university is presented. This qualitative study employed a thematic analysis of student responses to a semi-structured interview that asked students about their hesitancy to transfer to a 4-year institution. Participants…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community College Students, Barriers, STEM Education
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Sarah R. Morris; Sarah C. McKenzie; Miranda G. Vernon – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2025
This robust mixed-methods study examines ninth-grade advanced course placement in Arkansas, revealing disparities rooted in race and socioeconomic status. Utilizing a logit analysis for a five-year pooled sample (n = 163,616), we find persistent enrollment gaps for Black ninth-grade students after controlling for prior academic achievement,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Advanced Courses, Socioeconomic Status
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Marcella Cardoza McCollum – Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2025
Regardless of entry point, nearly all potential speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the United States (US) share the experience of navigating the arduous application process for graduate school. For students of color, especially first-generation students, this application process can serve to cause them to question whether they belong in the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Graduate Students, Minority Group Students
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Marc T. Sager; Saki Milton; Candace Walkington – Discover Education, 2025
This study aimed to explore the implementation of project-based learning (PBL) principles in informal STEM education, focusing on the experiences of Underrepresented Racially Minoritized (UUREM) girls during a week-long residential STEM summer camp. Utilizing a single case study design, the researchers investigated how PBL facilitates engagement…
Descriptors: Females, STEM Education, Student Role, Discussion (Teaching Technique)