RD Faulk - 2018 - search.proquest.com

Academic Engagement in Introductory Psychology and Persistence in STEM Majors.

Stem career programs

Faulk

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Abstract The United States will need to boost its graduation rate of STEM majors in the coming years to maintain its leadership in STEM development (Kuenzi, 2008; PCAST, 2012). However, high rates of attrition, among other factors, stand in the way of this goal (Chen, 2013). A possible, causal factor in attrition from STEM fields is inadequate academic engagement (Brown et al., 2014; Faulk, 2016). Brown et al.(2014) produced a courseware engagement package designed to track students' engagement with course material and …

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