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Direct linkBernacki, Matthew L.; Vosicka, Lucie; Utz, Jenifer C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Students who drop out of their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors commonly report that they lack skills critical to STEM learning and career pursuits. Many training programs exist to develop students' learning skills and they typically achieve small to medium effects on behaviors and performance. However, these programs…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Achievement, STEM Education, Skill Development
Wischusen, Sheri M.; Wischusen, E. William; Pomarico, Steven M. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2011
The Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program at Louisiana State University was designed to increase the success of incoming freshman biology majors in the first course in their major. The program combined content lectures and examinations for BIOL 1201-Introductory Biology for Science Majors, the first course in their major, as…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Biology, Freshman Composition, First Year Seminars
Rath, Kenneth A.; Peterfreund, Alan R.; Xenos, Samuel P.; Bayliss, Frank; Carnal, Nancy – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Supplemental instruction classes have been shown in many studies to enhance performance in the supported courses and even to improve graduation rates. Generally, there has been little evidence of a differential impact on students from different ethnic/racial backgrounds. At San Francisco State University, however, supplemental instruction in the…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Graduation Rate, Scientific Methodology, Cooperative Learning
