Inclusivity and Diversity in College STEM Programs throughMetacognitive Classroom PracticesElizabeth HaneAssociate Professor, Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of TechnologyScott FranklinProfessor, School of Physics & Astronomy, Rochester Institute of TechnologyKeywords: undergraduate, gender, disability, 1st generationAbstract:We report on results from RIT’s Project IMPRESS: Integrating Metacognitive Practices to EnsureStudent Success, a 5-year NSF funded program to improve retention of first-generation anddeaf/hard-of-hearing students in STEM disciplines. As part of IMPRESS, we have developed andtaught a first-year course “Metacognitive Approaches to Scientific Inquiry.” The course, whichsatisfies the Institute’s Ethical
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engineering design and how that learning supports transfer of learning from school into professional practice as well as exploring students’ conceptions of diversity and its importance within engineering fields.Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University Michelle Bothwell is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Oregon State University. Her teaching and research bridge ethics, social justice and engineering with the aim of cultivating an inclusive and socially just engineering profession.Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University I received my BS from the University of Connecticut and my Ph.D. at Oregon State University, both in Chemical Engineering. I then did postdoctoral research in solar thermochemistry at the