What happens when college students cannot enroll in the courses they want? Using conditional random assignment to oversubscribed courses at a large public university, we find that a course shutout reduces the probability that a student ever takes any course in the corresponding subject by 30%. Course shutouts are particularly disruptive for female…

With the accelerating pace of the Silent Generation and Baby Boomer retirements from the workforce, agricultural companies need to understand how to recruit and retain the next generation of workers. The generation currently entering the workforce has been labeled Generation Z. The purpose of this study was to explore the career expectations among…

Teacher evaluation systems and their associated incentives have produced fairly mixed results. Our analyses are motivated by theory and descriptive evidence that accountability systems are highly racialized, and that individuals are less likely to respond to incentives when they have low expectations of success (and vice versa). Using a regression…

This study examines students' format-specific expectations and their preferences toward (1) written multiple-choice examinations, (2) written constructed-response examinations, (3) oral examinations, and (4) standardized practical examinations. N = 509 medical students completed a web-based survey, rating all four examination formats. Preferences…

In recent years, a narrative has taken hold in the popular media that college may not be worth the investment, given the increasing costs of college. However, national studies have consistently shown that higher levels of education are related to higher pay, upward mobility, improved health outcomes, and greater civic involvement. The purpose of…

Because examinees have no personal consequences for their performance in low-stakes testing, some examinees expend minimal effort. Given research in the domain of normative conduct, factors that may be contributing to expended effort include whether the examinee believes effort should be put forth (i.e., personal normative beliefs), how much…

Background: Engineering education research frequently examines students' persistence (or intentions to persist) into engineering careers from engineering school. However, the variety of engineering-related occupations has increased substantially in recent years, challenging researchers' abilities to discern what constitutes persistence in…

While studies have explored the affordances and limitations of teachers' international experiences in developing their critical global perspectives, few have attempted to understand what teachers observe about gender roles and expectations during their time abroad. In this study, I interpret the narratives of three U.S. women teachers who…

In 1995, Theeuwes and Godthelp published a paper called "self-explaining roads," in which they argued for the development of a new concept for approaching safe road design. Since this publication, self-explaining roads (SER) became one of the leading principles in road design worldwide. The underlying notion is that roads should be…

Practically every academic institution and official body that is involved in the preparation of teachers of every educational grade and orientation regarding didactic practice in class, has included "Microteaching" in its academic curriculum as a basic subject. However, what is the attitude of students themselves towards this subject?…

Background: Mental health for engineering undergraduates is an urgent topic for engineering educators. Narratives of engineering education requiring suffering may create or exacerbate problematic perceptions around stress and mental health in engineering. This study explored the roles of stress and mental health in engineering culture. We sought…

Despite significant societal changes, the high school experience hasn't changed much in recent decades. Joshua P. Starr reflects on his own high school experiences and that of his son and considers how schools might change their focus away from requiring students to learn specific facts and toward having them develop skills as they engage in rich…

Performance expectancy is the expected impact of a technology's functional advantage even in uncertain conditions. This study suggests that the learning collaboration quality, information quality, and course content support impact the actual use of e-learning and satisfaction perceived by the user, resulting in performance expectancy that meets…

From early in childhood, humans exhibit sophisticated intuitions about how to share knowledge efficiently in simple controlled studies. Yet, untrained adults often fail to teach effectively in real-world situations. Here, we explored what causes adults to struggle in informal pedagogical exchanges. In Experiment 1, we first showed evidence of this…

Previous studies have separately explored the impact of parents' academic support and expectation on students' academic achievement. However, few studies have explored the common impact of these two factors simultaneously and from the perspective of development. The purpose of this study was to explore the dynamic long-term impact of parental…