, participants seem to have strikingly different ideas of what it means to persist in ML/AI, and future work should continue to capture this. In quantitative studies, ML/AI should be clearly defined, with examples of roles.2. Questions about social belonging should assess the ability for students to develop meaningful close social connection, such as mentorship, rather than general social connection.3. Persistence research in tech-heavy engineering fields should assess programming self-efficacy, which women report lower levels of [52]. The increasing demand for these skills in engineering may exacerbate the technical confidence gap, further perpetuating the gender gap in these fields.We report on some initial ways persistence in ML/AI
an after-school program, engage parents, and provide gender and ethnic-matchedmentors and role models in hopes to positively impact participant self-efficacy (Mitcham et al., 2012).With buy-in from the principal, solicitation emails were provided to principals about the Algebra by 7thGrade. The university-based team developed recruitment activities that ranged from attending introductionof teacher nights, attending school-wide math nights already planned, and pizza dinners for targetedfamilies. The top three schools were invited to participate in the inaugural Ab7G. They were given firstpriority for enrollment and each school was given 10 seats until the priority deadline. After the priority
, modeling,number line, functions, rover, statistics, tug of war, and algebraic expressions. For further detailsof the PD program, see [15,21].At the end of the PD, the research team verified that the teachers had become self-sufficient toteach robotics-based science and math lessons in their classes. To assess the confidence and self-efficacy of teachers, the research team conducted a post-program survey. In the survey, teacherswere inquired about their confidence, motivation, teaching effectiveness, and interest in classroomteaching of robotics-activity based lessons. A total of 20 teachers responded to the survey of whom17 teachers strongly or somewhat agreed that the PD participation increased their confidence as ateacher. Moreover, 18 teachers
health also encompass well-being, perceived self-efficacy, autonomy,competence, and the student’s recognition of their ability to realize both their intellectual andemotional potential [11]. Many mental health concerns do not manifest until emergingadulthood, and the significant life changes of adjusting to living on campus frequently amplifypsychological stress [12]. This stress often transfers to RAs, who share responsibility for thewellbeing of their residents, as described by a Residence-Life Coordinator: A lot of my RAs, like…, I needed to get them some [support] because they definitely had a lot of stress with the job and their duty situations that they responded [to].Our interviews echoed prior research that engineering
inform the development of a model or framework that organizes factors thatinfluence success in educational aspirations (shown in Figure 1 below).This model highlights sociocultural Figure 1. Framework for Educational Aspirationsexperiences and validating experiences ascritical to a positive higher experience forAmerican Indian women.The themes presented in the findings of theirstudy were based on n=18 returned surveyswith multiple choice and open-ended questionsrelated to 1) Honoring Family, 2) SocialModels, 3) Encouragement and Support, 4)Values and Attributes, 5) Service, 6) Learning,7) Hard Work and 8) Self-efficacy. Theyhighlight the interconnectedness of individualwomen’s lives and conclude that theinterviewed women’s voices
explore each of these themes in the following sections: Ability to learn the material. The theme of “My ability to learn the material” was a concernfor the 90.9% of participants. This finding illustrates students’ learning styles and preferencesregarding the most effective way to engage and learn course material. It also highlights thechallenges associated of adjusting rapidly to a new learning modality. Confidence in Class. The theme of “Confidence in Class” was a concern for 75.8% ofparticipants. This finding helps to highlight students’ concern regarding their own self-efficacy tolearn course material in this new learning setting. It can be argued that a large part of student’soverall confidence in class originates from
for mentoring and to providefaculty training in optimizing mentoring relationships for mentors with their mentees at all levelsof their research careers. The Academy is based on the research mentoring curriculum, ”EnteringMentoring”, an evidence-based curriculum from the Center for the Improvement of MentoredExperiences in Research (CIMER) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Course topicsinclude aligning expectations, assessing understanding, promoting professional development,cultivating ethical behaviors, promoting mentee research self-efficacy, enhancing work-lifeintegration, and articulating a mentoring philosophy and action plan. 37Plans for Evaluation and ExpansionWe are currently designing a peer-to-peer mentoring certification
with new and innovative solutions[37]; iv) self-management and self-development, understood as the capacity to work autonomouslyin a self-motivated and self-controlled manner [36]; and v) systemic thinking, i.e. the ability torecognize how a system functions [36] to make decisions about their elements and interactions[38].However, is possible to synthesize 21st century skills and positive attitudes toward STEM asengagement, interest, and self-efficacy [39], into STEM skills such as i) critical thinking, ii)problem-solving, iii) research, iv) creativity, v) communication, and vi) collaboration [28]. TheseSTEM skills can be complemented by the competency of computational thinking, which is veryimportant for STEM learning [40] and involves some
Research Workshop has been provided by the Kern Family Foundation.Dr. Doug Melton and Dr. Meg West provided thoughtful feedback about the workshop development overmany years. Special thanks to all the participants who took time to take our survey and learn with us!References[1] L. O. Flowers, “Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences at HBCUs,” J. Educ. Soc. Policy, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 33, 2021, doi: 10.30845/jesp.v8n1p4.[2] A. Carpi, D. M. Ronan, H. M. Falconer, and N. H. Lents, “Cultivating minority scientists: Undergraduate research increases self-efficacy and career ambitions for underrepresented students in STEM,” J. Res. Sci. Teach., vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 169–194, Feb. 2017, doi: 10.1002/tea.21341.[3] M. Villarejo, A. E. L
strategies include using real-world contexts, and in the learningdesign of the study, students would be working on a real-world research project with real data.Zimmerman and Moylan [18] provide a cyclical phase model of self-regulation that maps theseconstructivist strategies to different phases in self-regulation, as shown in Figure 1. It presents acyclic feedback loop between the forethought phase, performance, and self-reflection phase. Figure 1. Cyclic Phase Model of Self-RegulationThe first phase, forethought is a preparation step for self-regulated learning. It involves taskanalysis through goal setting and strategic planning and Self-motivation through self-efficacy,outcome expectations, task interest, and goal
. The goal is to provide insights that will help framefuture studies of students who do not value engaging with or belonging in their engineeringprograms to the detriment of their professional formation as engineers.Literature ReviewSense of Belonging and Persistence At a fundamental level, humans have the desire to belong. The desire for interpersonalrelationships has an additive effect on that desire. Previous research on students’ academicsuccess has primarily focused on the interaction between students’ sense of belonging,motivation, self-efficacy, and perception of curriculum [1], [2]. On the college campus andwithin STEM classrooms, several characteristics are known to commonly exhibit a positiveeffect on students’ sense of belonging
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learning, including improvedlearning, retention, and self-efficacy [14]. Several forms of active learning include studentstalking with each other about the course content through working together, including cooperativeand collaborative learning and specific activities like "think-pair-share." For example, asoperationalized by Michelene Chi (2014), interactive learning includes students working togetheron activities that require collaboration [15].There is abundant evidence that these collaborative activities are effective for student learning. Ameta-analysis by Freeman et al. (2014) compared student performance in undergraduate STEMcourses under traditional lecturing versus active learning and showed the improvement of thestudent engagement when
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PBL in aFulbright Scholar program in Bulgaria during the pandemic, which came with another set ofchallenges beyond what was mentioned earlier. Originally, COIL (Collaborative OnlineInternational Learning) was planned for the students from both WCU and TU-Sofia to do acommon project with remote collaboration, because COIL, as the global level PBL, was shownto help the students learn self-efficacy [9], but the mismatched academic calendars made theCOIL plan impossible to materialize. However, some interactions between the Bulgarianstudents and the visitors from the U.S. in Bulgaria were made possible. Midway through thesemester, due to the pandemic mitigation measures, all the college courses in Bulgaria wentonline. Although we were prepared to
, (5)networks from college friends, (6) networks from colleagues, (7) networks fromneighborhood friends, (8) perspective taking, (9) reading people, and (10) mediatingcapability (Verdin et al., 2021). An additional construct is included in the instrument to assessstudents’ engineering performance and competence beliefs (Verdin et al., 2021). Createdusing ethnographic and interview data, the 10 constructs place a clear focus on socialexchanges, cultural and familial impacts on individuals (Verdin et al., 2021), and anindividual’s personal beliefs about their self-efficacy in engineering (Verdin et al., 2021).Social exchanges are salient as they can impact how an individual learns and subsequentlyapplies the material taught. For instance
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