This dissertation uses a cross sectional quantitative design to investigate the relationship between first-year college students' social class and their pre-college interest in engaging in co-curricular experiences during college, their motivations for engaging in co-curricular experiences, and their perceptions of whether co-curricular activities…

Adult numeracy is one of the essential skill sets to navigate through numeric information-rich labor markets in general, and STEM industries in particular. Yet, relatively little is known about how numeracy skills are used in different settings in the USA. This study examined numeracy skill use patterns of STEM and non-STEM workers at work and…

There is a dearth of evaluation and research on academic and social integration for college students who are blind and visually impaired (BVI), not only in Saudi Arabia, but around the globe. Failure to integrate students academically and socially at the university could affect the student's self-esteem, self-determination, and sense of belonging,…

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields have been traditionally entered by men, often establishing women as underrepresented in many of these fields. This research study focuses on participants at a STEM camp for middle- and high-school girls designed to introduce them to technology. The camp was held 4 times over 3 years, with…

Purpose: The goal of this study was to test whether fronting and lengthening of lax vowels influence the perception of femininity in listeners whose dialect is characterized as already having relatively fronted and long lax vowels in male and female speech. Method: Sixteen English words containing the /? ? ? ?/ vowels were produced by a male…

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 60m sprint results and reaction times in athletes who took part in the World Indoor Athletics Championships. The reaction times and 60m sprint results were compiled for 483 sprinters (253 male, 230 female) who performed 60m sprint event. Corresponding data were obtained from…

This research has been planned to identify the factors related to the assessment of "The Leadership Orientations" of the students receiving sports education (physical education and sports teacher, sports management, recreation, trainer education departments) in the universities in Turkey. This descriptive study has a population…

What can we learn by considering differences in women across STEM fields? Following a discussion of theoretical perspectives on disciplinary classification and a review of literature on women across STEM, this chapter uses nationwide survey data to highlight the unique nature of women intending to major in biological science, computer science,…

Given the prevalence of inconsistent and/or unreported STEM definitions, the authors posit that literature on gender and STEM currently requires excessive assumption and interpretation. Particularly given that gender representation is known to differ across fields often considered part of STEM, contributing to conflicting findings on gender…

This study aimed to analyzing the relationship between student teachers teaching and learning conceptions and epistemological beliefs. The study sample is composed of 250 undergraduate student teachers attending the faculty of Educational Science. The Conceptions of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (CTLQ) and Epistemological Beliefs Scale (EBS)…

The purpose of the study is to compare the ratio of lower extremity isokinetic hamstring/quadriceps ratio (H/Q), bilateral strength difference (BLD) and relative peak torques (RPT) in volleyball players according to the leagues. 101 volleyball players participated in the study (female=34, male=25 from 1st league; female=21, male=21 from 2nd…

The study was conducted in the University of Peloponnese, in Greece and the sample consisted of 203 students, with the greater percentage of them being females 82.3% (n=167). The mean age was 24.9 years (±7.6). The majority of the respondents (79.8%) mentioned that during a single, typical day, the alcohol consumption could reach to 1-2 drinks per…

The current study researched the self-reported full-range leadership behaviors of 184 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1, 2, 3, and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) athletic performance coaches through the utilization of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X; Bass & Avolio, 1995). NCAA…

The purpose of this quantitative comparative research study was to investigate issues that might contribute to stress levels of intercollegiate head swimming coaches working at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions. The Coaching Issues Survey (CIS), a tool to measure specific, potential stressors experienced by…

In this study, it was aimed to reveal the gender-oriented attitudes of the trainers and the variables affecting these attitudes. The research was conducted in the descriptive scanning model. The data of the study was collected by the personal information form and by The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory developed by Glick and Fiske (1996) and adapted…