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Hilts, Alexis; Part, Rachel; Bernacki, Matthew L. – Science Education, 2018
Students' perceptions of competence and relatedness are known to influence learning processes and achievement, and may have particular import for underrepresented science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learners. Sources of social support that contribute to undergraduate life science learners' perceived competence and relatedness…
Descriptors: Social Influences, STEM Education, Science Achievement, Academic Persistence
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Herman, Benjamin C. – Science Education, 2015
The science education field readily recognizes that perceptions about science's claims and nature influence socioscientific decision making. However, sociocultural factors may overshadow these perceptions when people are forced to make personally impacting choices contextualized within actual socioscientific issues. This investigation…
Descriptors: Science Education, Ecology, Environment, Social Influences