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Crowell, Bethany Anne Butson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative study examined how university students learn to engage in the practices of scientific inquiry via research apprenticeships and how such experiences prepare them to be STEM literate. Surveys and interviews addressed two primary research questions: 1. What is the nature of interaction between student participant and faculty mentor?…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Experience, Mentors
Sarmiento, Charlyne B. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) undergraduate research programs have been shown to impact students' access, learning, and retention in STEM fields (Reave, 2004; Seymour, Hunter, Laursen, & DeAntoni, 2004). Research has also shown that student-adviser relationships in STEM undergraduate research programs prepare students for…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Study, Student Research, Writing Skills
Schulz, Phyllis – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at all levels of higher education, which has become a concern in the competitive global marketplace. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, this dissertation sought to learn more about how the campus climate and self-concept influence the degree…
Descriptors: Females, STEM Education, Higher Education, Regression (Statistics)