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Ovid, Dax; Abrams, L'vannah; Carlson, Tess; Dieter, Mark; Flores, Paulos; Frischer, David; Goolish, Jolie; Bernt, Michelle La-Fevre; Lancaster, Amber; Lipski, Christopher; Luna, Joshua Vargas; Luong, Lucy M. C.; Mullin, Marlene; Newman, Mia Janelle; Quintero, Carolina; Reis, Julie; Robinson, Freja; Ross, Allison James; Simon, Hilary; Souza, Gianne; Taylor, Jess; Ward, Katherine E.; White, Yvonne Lever; Witkop, Emily; Yang, Christine; Zenilman, Aliza; Zhang, Eddie; Schinske, Jeffrey N.; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Based on theoretical frameworks of scientist stereotypes, possible selves, and science identity, written assignments were developed to teach science content through biographies and research of counter-stereotypical scientists--Scientist Spotlights (www.scientistspotlights.org). Previous studies on Scientist Spotlight assignments showed significant…
Descriptors: Scientists, Secondary School Students, Self Concept, Writing Assignments
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Caitlin Seidler – Art Education, 2024
K-12 art educators choose many artworks for students to examine and discuss throughout a semester or school year. This puts teachers in the role of "choice maker" (Bolin & Hoskins, 2015, p. 40), with the power to communicate to students through the body of images shared over time. Who can be an artist? How do artists express meaning?…
Descriptors: Reflection, Art, Visual Arts, Ethnography
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Moore, Jessie L.; Pyne, Kimberly B.; Patch, Paula – Composition Forum, 2013
The College Writing/Elon Academy summer partnership at Elon University offers a program model for supporting underrepresented students' transition to college. While the modified section of a required first-year writing course has some limitations, the summer course supports students' development of more complex writing processes and provides…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Freshman Composition, Writing Processes, Writing Instruction
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Kabacoff, Cathryn; Srivastava, Vasudha; Robinson, Douglas N. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Internships are an effective way of connecting high school students in a meaningful manner to the sciences. Disadvantaged minorities have fewer opportunities to participate in internships, and are underrepresented in both science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and careers. We have developed a Summer Academic Research Experience…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, High School Students, Minority Group Students
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Daraviras, Tracy – NADE Digest, 2012
When evaluating the effectiveness of their program, members of the Brooklyn College SEEK Department, a higher education opportunity program, decided to make their pedagogy more student-centered. They created a method of reading instruction, which they named critical inquiry. Its goals are to build community through teaching students to annotate,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Preparation, Inquiry, Program Effectiveness
Panayotova, Dora Marinova – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation reports on a study investigating the identity of first-year university students as writers. The longitudinal project explored how students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds construct their identities as undergraduates and as academic writers in their first year. The research was qualitative and interpretative, and used…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Freshmen, Interviews, Student Attitudes