High-impact Educational Practices that Promote Student Achievement in STEM
Broadening Participation in STEM
ISBN: 978-1-78756-908-9, eISBN: 978-1-78756-907-2
Publication date: 28 February 2019
Abstract
Findings within the last decade reveal a core set of activities that have been correlated to student success metrics such as persistence, retention, and graduation (Kuh, 2008). These research-based activities are called high-impact practices (HIPs). Students who have participated in HIPs have shown gains in retention, in persistence, intellectually and in an overall positive college experience. This chapter provides an overview of 10 HIPs and their importance and benefits to underserved students, that is, first-generation college students, low-income college students, and underrepresented students of color such as African American, Latino/a, and Native American. Findings within the chapter also recognize how HIPs can be extremely beneficial for historically Black colleges and universities to build capacity and to ensure student success, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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Citation
Peters, A.W., Tisdale, V.A. and Swinton, D.J. (2019), "High-impact Educational Practices that Promote Student Achievement in STEM", Broadening Participation in STEM (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 22), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-364420190000022008
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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