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Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Significance Achievement gaps increase income inequality and decrease workplace diversity by contributing to the attrition of underrepresented students from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. We collected data on exam scores
Elli J. Theobald   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Achievement Goals in the Classroom: Students' Learning Strategies and Motivation Processes

open access: yes, 1988
We studied how specific motivational processes are related to the salience of mastery and performance goals in actual classroom settings. One hundred seventy-six students attending a junior high/high school for academically advanced students were ...
Carole A. Ames, Jennifer Archer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychological correlates of university students' academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

open access: yesPsychological bulletin, 2012
A review of 13 years of research into antecedents of university students' grade point average (GPA) scores generated the following: a comprehensive, conceptual map of known correlates of tertiary GPA; assessment of the magnitude of average, weighted ...
M. Richardson, C. Abraham, R. Bond
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2016
Importance Medical students are at high risk for depression and suicidal ideation. However, the prevalence estimates of these disorders vary between studies. Objective To estimate the prevalence of depression, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation
Lisa S. Rotenstein   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

31st Annual African American Commencement, 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
31st Annual African American Commencement Black Grad: Living the Legacy. The 2013 African American Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 26, 2013 in the Morris Dailey Auditorium at San Jose State University.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu ...
San Jose State University, Associated Students
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Influence of COVID-19 confinement on students’ performance in higher education

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
This study analyzes the effects of COVID-19 confinement on the autonomous learning performance of students in higher education. Using a field experiment with 458 students from three different subjects at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), we study ...
T. González   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Population and species neighbor identity impact trait–trait relationships and plant performance

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
We evaluated how populations and species identity influence plant performance and trait outcomes in mixtures, and assessed trait variation among populations of two forb species native to the western United States (Dieteria canescens and Heterotheca villosa) following three interaction treatments (single‐population monoculture, two‐population mixture ...
Alicia J. Foxx   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Statement on Charlottesville from the Students of Color Interest Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article was originally published in The Prophet -- a journal created by and for the students at the Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) to amplify the voices of STH students by promoting and sharing a range of perspectives on matters of ...
Students of Color Interest Group
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Effects of chronic browsing on life‐history traits of an irruptive large herbivore population

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study aimed to determine the relationship between diet quality, body mass, and size (hind foot length), and female reproduction and sought to identify the mechanism by which high density under severe food limitations is maintained. Our results demonstrated that sika deer introduced to Nakanoshima Island have maintained high densities through high ...
Koichi Kaji   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Student Affairs Division Day [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Division Day is a student affairs gathering at Boston University to advance best practices in engaging students.
Boston University Dean of Students
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