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Direct linkJon M. Pawlecki – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This exploratory study attempted to determine if there were specific precollege or college experiences that female engineering students have had that impacted their perceived social self-confidence. Particularly, the study focused on female engineering students enrolled at private institutions of higher education. The study focused on private…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Engineering Education, Self Esteem
Peer reviewedEmily N. Cyr; Kathryn M. Kroeper; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Tara C. Dennehy; Christine Logel; Jennifer R. Steele; Rita A. Knasel; W. Tyler Hartwig; Priscilla Shum; Stephanie L. Reeves; Odilia Dys-Steenbergen; Amrit Litt; Christopher B. Lok; Taylor Ballinger; Haemi Nam; Crystal Tse; Amanda L. Forest; Mark Zanna; Sheryl Staub-French; Mary Wells; Toni Schmader; Stephen C. Wright; Steven J. Spencer – Child Development, 2024
Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (N = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9-15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017-2019) had an intervention or control…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Summer Programs
Download full textLauren A. Grand; Tiffany Hopkins – Journal of Extension, 2024
The Women Owning Woodlands Network was launched in 2005 as a way to provide collaborative and hands-on peer learning education to women who felt uncomfortable participating in traditional Extension programs. Since its inception the program has grown to provide education and resources for over 300 women. We surveyed these women to identify if the…
Descriptors: Forestry, Extension Education, Females, Womens Education
Christalyn Jenae Pardue – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study used a quantitative lens to view qualitative data exploring the perspective of first-generation female graduates whose lived experiences affected their determination to pursue educational achievement. The sampling group included first-generation female TRIO graduates who are educational leaders. Data was collected through an electronic…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Females, Womens Education, College Graduates
Shannon McNatty; Karen Nairn; Margie Campbell-Price; Mike Boyes – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2025
The long-term impacts of adolescent girls' outdoor learning are rarely represented in the outdoor literature. This research explored the stories of 11 young women reflecting on an immersive month of school outdoor learning, in a remote part of New Zealand. These young women were recruited following a larger survey of school alumni. During…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adolescents, Females, Womens Education
Davis, Rebecca – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Few women major in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at the undergraduate level. Given the drive to attract and retain students in general, and women in STEM in particular, educational institutions need to know what resources and services might help support these students in their work. This study seeks to provide…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students
Waldman, Maya – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Student input is usually limited to expression, while collaboration and leadership increase student engagement and investment. This study sought to collect and elevate the voices of students from a small school for girls in rural East India. Participants included staff and former students. During multiple cycles of data collection, participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Single Sex Schools, Females
JudyAnn Armijo – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research explores the experiences of Latina mothers residing in San Antonio, Texas, using testimonios as a form of data collection; asynchronous interviews were completed to obtain the participants' experiences as they journeyed through their respective doctoral programs. Through this qualitative study, the research provided an in-depth…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Females, Womens Education, Mothers
Melanie C. Zollner – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
This study was conducted at a small public university located in New Mexico, in the southwest area of the United States. The purpose of the study was to understand persistence to degree attainment of undergraduate nontraditional Hispanic women (NTHW) students at an institution which is Hispanic-serving (HSI). Challenges for NTHW students on the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Nontraditional Students, Hispanic American Students, Females
Ewan Bottomley; Vivienne Wild; Paula J. Miles; Kenneth I. Mavor; Antje Kohnle – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The social cure is the concept that strong connections and social bonds are good for wellbeing and physical health. Having strong social support makes hardship easier to cope with. We hypothesize that we could apply the relationship to educational contexts, with a sense of belonging as part of the cohort or community helping students to cope with…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Coping, Well Being, Females
Leslie Anne Pritchard Simmons – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is a matriarchal tribe located in Escambia County, Alabama. Poarch Creek women are an integral part of the Tribe and serve in various leadership positions within the organization. Poarch women are members of Alabama's only federally recognized Native American Tribe and their educational experiences are largely…
Descriptors: American Indians, Females, Womens Education, Tribes
Jasmine Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Due to the barriers and trauma that many Black women experience during their educational journey, they are among the most underrepresented groups in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) pipeline (Alfred et al., 2019; Collins et al., 2020; Fouad et al., 2017). Some have argued that starting early with advancing STEM learning…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, Womens Education, Disproportionate Representation
Luz Santa María – Literacy, 2024
This article discusses young women's reading practices and the social uses of literature for enabling gender equality that are present in those practices. Through a digital ethnography study where six young women collaborated as participants, I asked the data: How is literature, precisely its capacity to be used, conceived by young women readers…
Descriptors: Females, Feminism, Gender Issues, Womens Education
Emily Dobrich – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2024
This article explores the potential for martial arts to support transformation and community building for women. Findings indicate women can derive many individual benefits from learning martial arts. Yet, the benefits must extend beyond the individual level to create social change. Based on an evaluation of literature on women's experiences…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Education, Womens Athletics, Females
Chasidy Karpiuk Vertone – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study was done with 13 adult women with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who had graduated from university or college. These women encountered many challenges throughout their lifetime. In response to those challenges, they developed strengths and virtues and used effective strategies to successfully…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, College Graduates
