Despite ongoing disparities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) retention, particularly for underrepresented minority (URM) students, minimal work has considered the intersection of social class, STEM education, and student success. STEM programs serve as a popular major choice for students from low-income backgrounds. Yet,…

Concept mapping is an active learning strategy promoting self-directed learning. The intellectual involvement in the preparation of concept mapping is a learning process. We tested the utility of concept mapping in improving self-directed learning among medical graduate students in Biochemistry. The study was conducted among first-year…

The Fordham Institute recently published a report analyzing several perceived threats to educational opportunities for students who score well on standardized tests and class grades. The report contends that these threats come from those who are overly concerned about "equity" and who seek to undermine programs designed for these…

The relationships of 10 gifted high-achieving Millennial males and their fathers were the focus of this qualitative research study. Through in-depth interviews, six significant themes were identified: father's strong work ethic and self-sacrifice, father as teacher of skills and life lessons, father's design and maintenance of father--son rituals,…

Combining research with firsthand experience, Community College Is College demystifies--and destigmatizes--the community college sector. This practical and accessible resource presents community colleges as an option where students who have been identified as high achieving can receive an excellent postsecondary education, often in preparation for…

Earning Open Badges instead of regular grades and credits can be a motivating factor for high-performing students in terms of attending classes and completing assignments in extracurricular courses, but to what extent? And for what student profiles? To tackle these questions, we conducted a quantitative study with high-performing students. Each…

Guided notes are an instructional strategy used to help students retain facts, concepts, and skills. Evidence for the effectiveness of guided notes with school-aged children diagnosed with high incidence disabilities is well documented, but research with postsecondary participants has had mixed results, and there has been little to no research on…

This quantitative study was conducted to determine (a) if there was a difference in collective teacher efficacy beliefs of teachers who taught in high-performing schools and low-performing schools and (b) which enabling condition fostering those beliefs had the most significant impact. Data was acquired from teachers regarding their perceptions of…

We examine the impact of encouragement emails sent to high-performing students in a principles of microeconomics course at a large state university, aimed at motivating them to take additional economics courses and consider an economics major or minor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find some evidence of an increase in the likelihood…

In this paper the author considers the educational experiences and ideas of Émilie Du Châtelet and Maria Gaetana Agnesi, two women mathematicians, scientists and philosophers in eighteenth-century Europe. By tracing their historical emergence as subjects of scientific knowledge, as well as creators of philosophy and culture, the author argues that…

Background: Dashboards play a prominent role in learning analytics (LA) research. In collaboration activities, dashboards can show traces of team participation. They are often evaluated based on students' perceived satisfaction and engagement with the dashboard. However, there is a notable methodological gap in understanding how these dashboards…

Most research on internet reading has identified skilled readers based on well-established theories of print reading. Nevertheless, an emerging body of work suggests that higher competency in print reading does not fully account for competency in internet reading comprehension. The authors conducted a descriptive video analysis of high school…

How will high-achieving learners' identity be shaped by exam-oriented assessment? Through critical narrative inquiry, we explore how high-achieving students regulate their learning practices and negotiate their identity in China's climate of exam-oriented assessment. Based on their narratives from autoethnographic writing and life history…

In education, understanding the determinants of learners' achievement is crucial. This study aimed to explore the correlation between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement in primary schools. Using Goleman's Emotional Intelligence Assessment Scale adapted for local use, 444 primary school students were assessed via random sampling.…

Self-regulation of learning (SRL) is an essential ability for academic success in multiple educational contexts, including programming education. However, understanding how students regulate themselves during programming learning is still limited. This exploratory research aimed to investigate the regulatory strategies externalized by 51 students…