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Direct linkPalos, Steve – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study was to determine how, and to what degree learning methods (student-centered or instructor-centered) and gender independently or interactively made a difference in adult student achievement. The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Third Edition (WIAT-III) was utilized to measure…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Gender Differences, Adult Students, Academic Achievement
Jessica H. Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Discipleship, a primary charge of the Church, involves teaching and learning. In order to disciple well, the Church and its clergy must consider how to teach content so that adults learn effectively. This consideration ought to begin in seminary, the primary source of educational preparation for Anglican clergy. Research is needed to identify the…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Readiness, Clergy, Adult Learning
Omar J. El-Moussa – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Albeit college success predictors such as hs-GPA, SAT I, and SAT II have been widely addressed in the literature, most of the studies have covered total scores and cognitive factors while barely investigating the potential interaction of demographic factors (e.g., STEM versus Non-STEM) and specific academic domains that might drive academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Curriculum
Tanya Mae Lamar – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The divide between those who do and those who do not excel in mathematics is patterned in problematic ways. Women and people of color are typically underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and other quantitative fields (ex. Finance) where mathematics plays gatekeeper. However, mathematics is not a subject these groups…
Descriptors: Data Science, STEM Education, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Mark Okpanachi Akubo – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The underrepresentation of women in STEM more generally and in physics specifically has been well established (e.g., Hyater-Adams, Fracchiolla, Finkelstein, & Hinko, 2018; Johnson, Ong, Ko, Smith, & Hodari, (2017); Lock & Hazari, 2016), and the field remains challenged by the negative consequences of this underrepresentation. Women's…
Descriptors: Physics, Student Centered Learning, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students
Woodley, Lisa Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experiences of Hispanic / Latinx nursing students as they acculturate into the profession of nursing. In addition, this study sought to describe differences in experiences of Hispanic / Latinx nursing students related to gender, English and Spanish language fluency, family immigration…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Acculturation, Hispanic American Students, Nursing
