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ArticleSaetermoe, Carrie L.Background and purpose Unconscious bias and explicit forms of discrimination continue to pervade academic institutions. Multicultural and diversity training activities have not been sufficient in making structural and social changes leading to equity, . . .
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ThesisColato, DennisThe United States is falling behind in educating students in STEM-related careers. One of the biggest underrepresented groups in this area is women. Studies have found that girls disengage from the sciences at an early age despite being just as capabl . . .
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DissertationEinhorn, Joshua N.The National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Scholarship Program (Noyce) is designed to encourage science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) university students and professionals to teach science, engineering, or mathematics in ele . . .
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ThesisPutnam, HollyABSTRACT How Sustainable School Gardening Enhances STEM Education By: Holly Putnam Master of Arts in Education, Elementary Education National and local civic leaders recognize the importance of supporting conditions that create a world-class STEM work . . .
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DissertationTippens, Martin C.Why do students drop out of STEM courses and majors? Issues of motivation are recognized in the literature as primary reasons students struggle in STEM courses. This dissertation establishes a connection between formative assessment and student succes . . .
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ThesisSadler, GarrettHow do practitioners of alternative spiritualties perceive science and its relationship to their spirituality? This paper examines the bearing of aesthetics, epistemology, and the process of enculturation on the acquisition and interpretation of scien . . .
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ThesisMedina, DeborahThe United States is falling behind in educating students in STEM-related careers. One of the biggest underrepresented groups in this area is women. Studies have found that girls disengage from the sciences at an early age despite being just as capabl . . .
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ThesisGonzalez, Reina TeresaBrief Literature Review Female students and students from underrepresented ethnic groups (UEGs), including Latinos, African Americans, and Native Americans, are underrepresented in the academic and occupational setting of engineering. Females tend to . . .
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ProjectMurillo Lujano, JavierEducation has been referred to as ‘the great [social] equalizer’ according to Horace Mann (1837). Unfortunately, even after formal education was made available to all students, the education achievement of students from minority groups have failed to . . .