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Development of Case Stories by Interviewing Students about their Critical Moments in Science, Math, and Engineering Classes

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dc.creator Rachel Esselstein
dc.creator Cynthia Char
dc.creator Thomas H. Luxon
dc.creator Vicki V. May
dc.creator Kathy Weaver
dc.date 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:17:56Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:17:56Z
dc.identifier 1936-4660
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/c1b2a45dee0049eeb88b304b0ba9e89e
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19227
dc.description Dartmouth’s Critical Moments project is designed to promote discussions among faculty and graduate students about the retention of students, particularly women and minorities, in science, math, and engineering (SME) disciplines. The first phase of the ongoing project has been the development of four case stories, which are fictionalized composites drawn from surveys and interviews of real Dartmouth students. The surveyed population was 125 students in general chemistry. Of the 77 who agreed to be interviewed, 61 reported having experienced a critical moment – i.e., a positive or negative event or time that had a significant impact on the student’s academic life. Leading critical moments were a poor grade on an exam; challenge from group work; excitement from an internship; and falling in love with a non-SME discipline from other coursework. Interviews of 13 students who had negative critical moments led to the development of case stories for: Antoinetta ’09, who had a disappointing group experience; Dalila ’08, who was poorly prepared; Greg ’09, who got in over his head in his first year; and Michelle ’08, who was shocked by her result in the first exam. The case stories are being discussed by graduate students, TA and faculty in various workshops at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning.
dc.language English
dc.publisher University of South Florida Libraries
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.1.1.5
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1936-4660
dc.rights CC BY-NC
dc.source Numeracy, Vol 1, Iss 1, p 5 (2008)
dc.subject retention
dc.subject stem
dc.subject critical moments
dc.subject case stories
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject QA1-939
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Q
dc.title Development of Case Stories by Interviewing Students about their Critical Moments in Science, Math, and Engineering Classes
dc.type article


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