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This 194-page 2016 report, edited by Shirley Malcom and Michael Feder, investigates barriers and opportunities faced by students pursuing STEM degrees at 2-year and 4-year institutions. This consensus report was compiled by a number of contributors including the Committee on Barriers and...

This slide deck, published by National Academies (U.S.), discusses a report on barriers that students face when completing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees. Also discussed are opportunities in development that are intended to aid degree completion in these fields. The...

This webinar recording, made available by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), features Drs. Eva Toth and Michael Lesiecki discussing how institutions can utilize blended learning approaches to support student success. The presenters lay out the following objectives: Develop...

This article, published by the National Association of Independent Schools, discusses Carol S. Dweck's research on the effects of student mindsets on motivation, learning, and student achievement. The article describes the different intelligence mindsets and how mindsets are learned. Research on...

Nationally, relatively few of the more than 2.5 million adults who enroll annually in basic skills programs advance successfully to college-level coursework. This limits the ability of such individuals to secure jobs that pay family-supporting wages and that offer opportunities for career...

This paper, from Suzanne Silverman and Alice M. Pritchard of the Vocational Equity Research, Training, and Evaluation Center, a project of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund in Hartford, Connecticut, covers the disparity of girls in technology programs in Connecticut. A study was...

This 15-page paper, from the Wisconsin Center for Education, presents the results of a study investigating whether adapting instruction to gender preferences can improve the attitudes of students and their performance in mathematics. The study found that there was no effect on performance based on...

This presentation, by Nathan Kuncel of the University of Minnesota, was given during the second Workshop of Assessment of 21st Century Skills was held in May, 2011. In it, Kuncel discusses traditional cognitive skills, definitions of critical thinking, traditional examples of critical thinking...

The Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011, aimed to describe research on assessment of 21st century skills to inform policies and practices. The workshop was lea by an expert in assessment and convened an expert committee of educational measurement specialists,...

The Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011, aimed to describe research on assessment of 21st century skills to inform policies and practices. The workshop was lea by an expert in assessment and convened an expert committee of educational measurement specialists,...