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Factors influencing STEM career aspirations of underrepresented high school students
(Wiley, 2018-09-05)A shortage of female and minority students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers has prompted researchers and policy makers to examine the current STEM supply pipeline. This study examined ... -
Factors that influence persistence in science and engineering career aspirations
(American Counseling Association, 2003-03)The author investigated students' persistence regarding career aspirations in science and engineering (SE) professional careers as a function of race and sex. In a nationally representative sample of 8th graders, persistent ... -
Falsification, annual targets, and errant leadership: media portrayal of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal
(SAGE Publications, 2015-11)This analysis of the Atlanta test-cheating scandal differs markedly from the version reported in the press. Using discourse analysis, I examined over 50 articles published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), the ... -
From the student's perspective: A narrative report of what urban homeless students need from schools
(Wichita State University, 2014-07)This narrative inquiry sought to understand from the homeless students' perspective the meaning of home, how homelessness affects schooling, what homeless students need from school, and whether or not policy and law are ... -
Gender and racial differences in career decision-making dispositions of college students enrolled in STEM majors
(Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, 2016)Anticipated shortfall in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the United States has prompted researchers and policy-makers to examine the supply pipeline and factors influencing the ... -
Gender differences in homework and test scores in mathematics, reading and science at tenth and twelfth grade
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2000)Gender differences in maths, reading, science and the amount of homework done out of school were obtained for tenth and twelfth graders from the American National Educational Longitudinal Study. Males obtained significantly ... -
Gender differences on the scholastic aptitude test, the American College test and college grades
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2001-06)Gender differences for a nationally representative sample of American college graduates obtained from the Baccalaureate and Beyond 1993-94 study were examined on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and the American College Test, ... -
Healing to learn and learning to heal: Education recovery following a natural disaster
(Wichita State University, 2014-05)Physical destruction of a school and loss of material resources in a natural disaster are potentially traumatic experiences for students and school personnel (Ainsworth & Parkes, 1991). As a result of such destruction, ... -
Help-seeking perceptions and behaviors: A comparison of Chinese and American graduate students
(Wiley Blackwell, 1990-04)The article compares the help-seeking perceptions and behaviors of Chinese and American graduate students. Understanding students' needs and knowing the problem areas in which they need the most help is important for ... -
Helping them changes us: Experiences of supplemental instruction leaders with transformative learning
(Wichita State University, 2020-05)Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an academic success program with a proven track record that was developed in the early 1970s to improve student academic performance in traditionally difficult courses (Arendale, 2000; ... -
High school students' career plans: The influence of others' expectations.
(SAGE Publications, 1998)A study examined that influence of others' expectations on high school students' career plans. Participants were a nationally representative sample of multiracial 10th- and 12th-grade students. Results indicated that the ... -
The impact of teachers’ attitudes and perceptions on the under representation of African American students in gifted education programs
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)This research studied the potential impact of teachers’ attitudes and perceptions on the under representation of African American students in gifted education programs. The study was conducted in an urban, Midwest school ... -
Implementing change: the devolution of teacher evaluation policy under the every student succeeds act
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)The devolution of federal education policy and initiatives from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Race to the Top to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), have far-reaching effects. ESSA reduces the federal footprint by ... -
Inclusive practices: a study of high school general education teacher and paraeducator collaborative partnerships
(Wichita State University, 2018-12)Inclusive high school general education classroom settings are comprised of students with varying needs. In order to support those needs, this study explored the collaborative partnerships among general education teachers ... -
Influence of Collaborative Reasoning discussions on metadiscourse in children's essays
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 3/9/2016)Metadiscourse has been conceptualized as a means to organize discourse, convey interpersonal and evaluative meanings, as well as engage the reader or listener. Importantly, metadiscourse has been theorized to uncover thought ... -
Instructional designers as street level bureaucrats in higher education: A qualitative study
(Wichita State University, 2022-05)Instructional designers in higher education experience on the job conflict due to a misalignment between official university outlined functions and actual daily job functions. They deal with this conflict by possibly acting ... -
Instructional influences on English language learners' storytelling
(Elsevier, 2017-06)The goal of this study was to evaluate instructional influences on the storytelling of English Language Learners (ELLs). Participants were 210 fifth-grade Spanish-speaking ELLs (mean age = 10.8) from schools serving ... -
Interactions between ease of bridging inference generation and working memory
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)Although research demonstrates that bridging inferences are generated at coherence breaks, increased reading times also occur two words after a coherence break. This processing delay could be related to the ease of generating ... -
Internet addiction and acculturative stress among international college students in the United States
(University Printing Services, 2021-03-15)While Internet use plays an increasingly important role in individuals’ lives, many college students have found themselves totally unconsciously plunged into Internet addiction (IA). Guided by the acculturative stress ... -
Interpersonal needs in middle adolescents: companionship, leadership and intimacy
(Elsevier, 1992-09)Recent research suggests that, along with identity, intimacy is an important developmental construct during adolescence. Are there gender differences in current society regarding intimacy development? Two hundred and seven ...