Teaching STEM to first generation college students : a guidebook for faculty & future faculty

"Some students come to college knowing the ropes, knowing what it takes to be successful as STEM students. But many do not. Research shows that students who are the first-generation in their family to attend or complete college are likely to arrive at your classroom not knowing what it takes to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Horowitz, Gail (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2019.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806606986
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-598-6
Physical Description1 online resource (140 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Different students, different stories
  • Chapter 2. First generation college students
  • Chapter 3. Success in stem: It's not just about effort, intelligence, or high school background
  • Chapter 4. Why incorporate self-regulated learning into your classroom: It's AI? no brainer
  • Chapter 5. Advice for lecturers: How to incorporate self-regulated learning into your stem course (or just how to be AI? more effective instructor of first-generation students)
  • Chapter 6. Advice for graduate student instructors: This
  • Chapter is for you
  • Chapter 7. Understanding the psychological factors that foster/hinder student adoption of self-regulated learning behaviors
  • Chapter 8. Mentoring and forming relationships with students
  • Chapter 9. Advice for undergraduates
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion
  • About the author.