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Inda-Caro, Mercedes; Viñuela-Hernández, María-Paulina; Martínez-García, María-Lindsay; García-Pérez, Omar – School Science and Mathematics, 2022
The goal of the study was to analyze the influence of perceived teacher/peer supports and barriers on career development in female engineering undergraduates based on Social Cognitive Career Theory. Thirteen students studying various engineering degrees participated. The results of a qualitative methodology, life stories, and focus groups, showed…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Barriers
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Serpagli, Lauren Paola; Mensah, Felicia Moore – School Science and Mathematics, 2021
This qualitative, ethnographic study focuses on how combining aspects of visual learning with a social media application (app)--Instagram--can be a useful learning tool for digital natives (DNs). Current students are classified as digital natives because they are inundated with technology, which has become an essential tool in their everyday…
Descriptors: Social Media, Science Education, Biology, Teaching Methods
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Wieselmann, Jeanna R.; Roehrig, Gillian H.; Kim, Justine N. – School Science and Mathematics, 2020
With ongoing underrepresentation of women in STEM fields, it is necessary to explore ways to maintain girls' STEM interest throughout elementary and middle school. This study is situated within the context of Designs in STEM (pseudonym), an out-of-school program that engages urban youth in authentic STEM experiences. Participants were 30 girls…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Females, Student Attitudes