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Jones, Brett D.; Ellis, Margaret; Gu, Fei; Fenerci, Hande – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: The motivational climate within a course has been shown to be an important predictor of students' engagement and course ratings. Because little is known about how students' perceptions of the motivational climate in a computer science (CS) course vary by sex, race/ethnicity, and academic major, we investigated these questions: (1) To…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Computer Science Education, Gender Differences, Racial Differences
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Jones, Brett D.; Carter, Devin – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which college students' perceptions of a course predicted their engagement and, subsequently, their learning in the course. This study is needed because relatively few studies have examined the relationships between several different class perceptions, engagement, and learning (as opposed to…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, College Students
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Schnittka, Christine G.; Brandt, Carol B.; Jones, Brett D.; Evans, Michael A. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
Studio STEM adopts a design studio model to provide middle school youth with the opportunity to work with peers and college student facilitators after school in a relaxed, non-threatening, collaborative environment. Two informal learning educators guided overall instruction and pacing, but youth directed their own step-by-step activities by…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Engineering Education, STEM Education, Design