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Danley-Scott, Jennifer – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
The study discusses the insertion of experimental course materials into a general education political science course in an effort to increase female student success. The experimental materials highlighted women serving in political office, with a goal of combatting stereotype threat. Stereotype threat occurs when a person is aware of a negative…
Descriptors: Observation, Females, Academic Achievement, Introductory Courses
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Wyre, Steven H. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Recent research was conducted to explore how introducing metacognitive enrichment into courses containing implicit or explicit critical thinking goals would affect the students' personal epistemological maturity. At the beginning of a fall semester at a moderate sized community college in the southeastern United States, 733 students were divided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, Maturity (Individuals), Community Colleges