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Direct linkJoey Shapiro Key; Linda Simonsen; Cara Margherio – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
The STEM Public Outreach Team (SPOT) at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) provides training and community building opportunities for diverse STEM students that impact their persistence in STEM majors and careers. The University of Washington Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) evaluated the experiences of SPOT…
Descriptors: STEM Education, STEM Careers, Outreach Programs, College Students
Jenny, Seth E.; Almond, Emily C.; Chung, Jinwook J.; Rademaker, Scot M. – Physical Educator, 2019
This study determined the perceived motivators and barriers of sport management majors to participate in a college-sponsored study abroad experience. An online survey was administered to 180 undergraduate and graduate sport management students from across the United States. The top motivators were (1) overall life experience, (2) the opportunity…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Motivation, Barriers, Study Abroad
Download full textWashington Student Achievement Council, 2022
The Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) engaged with BERK Consulting to conduct twelve focus groups with adult learners across the state in 2022. Funded by the Lumina Foundation, the study focuses on populations furthest from educational opportunities, including those from racial and ethnic groups with the lowest attainment levels;…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Attainment, Low Income Students, Employment Level
Rafferty, Richard J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The problem was online students tend to perceive feedback as less effective when it does not align with their feedback preferences. The purpose of this quantitative correlation study was to investigate whether relationships exist among cognitive styles, feedback preferences, and motivation for online students in one Washington community college.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Feedback (Response), Cognitive Style, Student Motivation
Shankster, Lexi; Larson, Kara; Kwakye, Isaac – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2017
The College Bound Scholarship (CBS) is designed to inspire and encourage Washington middle school students from low-income families to prepare for and pursue postsecondary education. Postsecondary enrollment rates of College Bound students match or exceed those of non-College Bound Washington high school graduates; however, the postsecondary…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Middle School Students, Low Income Students, Postsecondary Education
Stearns, Susan A. – College Teaching, 2013
Sometimes we question whether students are incapable or capable and/or willing or unwilling in regards to their academics. This study determined where students lie in regards to these concepts and showed one example of motivating students to do their best via course design, in this particular case by the use of a writing process model.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Instructional Design, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Kirstein, Kurt D., Ed.; Schieber, Craig E., Ed.; Flores, Kelly A., Ed.; Olswang, Steven G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
In the rapidly changing world of higher education, innovative approaches to teaching adults are needed to drive instructional practices for helping to prepare the professionals of the future. The papers collected in "Innovations in Teaching Adults" were originally presented at a conference at City University of Seattle. The authors of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Adult Students, Adult Learning
Atman, Cynthia J.; Sheppard, Sheri D.; Turns, Jennifer; Adams, Robin S.; Fleming, Lorraine N.; Stevens, Reed; Streveler, Ruth A.; Smith, Karl A.; Miller, Ronald L.; Leifer, Larry J.; Yasuhara, Ken; Lund, Dennis – Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (NJ1), 2010
Today's engineering graduates will solve tomorrow's problems in a world that is advancing faster and facing more critical challenges than ever before. This situation creates significant demand for engineering education to evolve in order to effectively prepare a diverse community of engineers for these challenges. Such concerns have led to the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Research, Student Experience, Undergraduate Students
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2005
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
