Previous Summer Fellows research determined that Ursinus College is following a trend that is affecting all of America: more and more students are entering college under-prepared in Mathematics. As of 2015, the National...
Interest in science and math plays an important role in encouraging STEM motivation and career aspirations. This interest decreases for girls between late childhood and adolescence. Relatedly, positive mentoring experiences with...
Sadie Livingston Boyer '58 and her husband, Dale, have established the Sadie Livingston Boyer - Dale Boyer Endowed Scholarship Fund to encourage young women pursuing careers in math and science. Boyer, herself a former...
Evaluating the subjective playing experience and engagement in learning is important in the design of advanced learning technologies (ALTs) that respond to the learners' cognitive and emotional states. This article addresses...
This paper presents design and experiments for a production line monitoring system. The system is designed based on an existing production line which mapping to the smart grid standards. The Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and...
The conference will be March 14-16 at Winthrop University. Activities geared toward students include a treasure hunt, movie screening and math jeopardy.
Evaluating the subjective playing experience and engagement in learning is important in the design of advanced learning technologies (ALTs) that respond to the learners' cognitive and emotional states. This article addresses...
Using unique data on preference rankings for all high school students who apply for college in Ireland, we investigate whether, conditional on absolute achievement at the end of high school, within school-cohort rank in English...
Using unique data on preference rankings for all high school students who apply for college in Ireland, we investigate whether, conditional on absolute achievement at the end of high school, within school-cohort rank in English...
The award is given annually by the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America to a faculty member who meets the following three criteria: recognized as extraordinarily successful in their teaching, has...
We review how stress induction, time pressure manipulations and math anxiety can interfere with or modulate selection of problem-solving strategies (henceforth "strategy selection") in arithmetical tasks. Nineteen relevant...
Winthrop will undergo a new initiative with a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to train teachers for high needs areas. The Winthrop Initiative for STEM Educators (WISE) will award 34 potential math and science...
Called the U.S. State Department's Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program (TEA), the initiative will bring in 19 fellows from Asia, South America and Central America. During their six-week stay, the teachers will take...
Teacher professional development is often proposed as a means for improving students' achievement; however, few studies have been successful in empirically connecting teacher inservice interventions to their students'...
AbstractThe relationship between anxiety and mathematics has often been investigated in the literature. Different forms of anxiety have been evaluated, with math anxiety (MA) and test anxiety...
A lesson sequence for place value was developed as an early intervention for kindergarteners. The sequence begins with a children’s picture book involving language familiar to children and continues with hands-on activities for...
In spite of technological advancements, the farm productivity of Indian agriculture is still on the lower side. The underlying reason for poor farm productivity in India is due to the inefficient usage of agricultural inputs...
A lesson sequence for place value was developed as an early intervention for kindergarteners. The sequence begins with a children’s picture book involving language familiar to children and continues with hands-on activities for...
A lesson sequence for place value was developed as an early intervention for kindergarteners. The sequence begins with a children’s picture book involving language familiar to children and continues with hands-on activities for...
Abstract: Adolescence represents a developmental period of waning academic motivation, particularly in STEM domains. To combat this, better understanding the factors that might foster STEM motivation and interest is of...
Abstract: Adolescence represents a developmental period of waning academic motivation, particularly in STEM domains. To combat this, better understanding the factors that might foster STEM motivation and interest is of...
AbstractWe show how an inaccurate determination of experimental uncertainty correlations in high-precision LHC measurements may undermine the reliability of the associated...
$\textbf{Background.}$ Increasing human resources in engineering is a key concern for the United States. While some research has considered pathways to doctoral study, there is not yet clear empirical evidence on the role of...