Faculty Members Perception
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors are important areas of study in todays higher education system. These areas of study are considered critical to various areas of the nations economy including healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Over the past few decades, students enrolment in STEM majors has become an important area of focus in higher education settings. As higher education institutions seek to enhance the number of students enrolling for these majors, a significant portion of these students are those with learning disability. Kreider et al. (2015) defines learning disability as a group of disorders that have negative effects on learning, listening, reading, thinking, speaking, computing, and writing skills. Therefore, students with learning disabilities face significant challenges in understanding concepts and learning materials in STEM majors. Love et al. (2014) states that students with learning disabilities face typical problems in their pursuit of STEM degrees as well as additional systemic barriers that affect their learning outcomes. Given these struggles, these students deal with misunderstanding and negative perceptions from different individuals including faculty. This paper proposes a study to examine how faculty members perceive having students with learning disability in STEM majors.
Background of the Problem
STEM fields and degrees have emerged as crucial factors in the economic growth of the nation since they make significant contributions to a wide range of issues including healthcare and the environment (Love et al., 2014). These fields/courses have received considerable attention in recent years since they are rooted in problem-solving skills that are akin to real-life situations that students are likely to experience in the future careers. As a result, there has been national focus and increased demand for STEM majors in todays society. However, the number of American college students pursuing STEM degrees continues to be few in comparison to those pursuing other fields or courses. The increased focus on these fields has entailed encouraging students to enroll...
…extensively documented in existing literature. Current literature is yet to comprehensively examine how faculty members perceive having students with learning disability in STEM majors.This issue is an important topic of study in order to help enhance the learning outcomes of students with learning disability in STEM majors. Faculty member perceptions affect teaching strategies and practices as well as students self-perception, which in turn influences their learning outcomes. Therefore, examining this issue provides a suitable opportunity for higher learning institutions to identify ways for enhancing the experiences and perceptions of students with learning disability in STEM majors.
The study will also promote the establishment of suitable learning environments for all students in these courses. By improving understanding on faculty members perception, the study will help ensure that students with learning disability pursuing STEM degrees receive proper accommodations and help from faculty. This will also ensure that these students are accorded equal educational opportunities like other students and treated fairly in the…
References
Hedrick et al. (2010). Perceptions of College Students With and Without Disabilities and Effects of STEM and non-STEM Enrollment on Student Engagement and Institutional Involvement. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 23(2), 129-136.
Kreider et al. (2015, August 29). A Multifaceted Approach to Supporting STEM/SBE Students with Learning Disabilities: Highlights of Engineering Student Participants. Qsci Proc. 4(70). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5242339/
Love et al. (2014, December 8). STEM Faculty Experiences with Students with Disabilities at a Land Grant Institution. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 3(1), 27-38.
Students' Adjustments and Skills Every book has a preface that gives an overview to the reader regarding the content. Since, it prepares the reader's mind according to theme and thus enables him/her quickly understand the concept of the writer. Similarly, preparing yourself before moving towards any new task helps in better outcome even if it is the matter of taking admission in University. An institute has the responsibility to teach students
Student attrition is the reduction in the student population in a school because of dropouts or transfers. Student attrition has become an important concern for many colleges and universities that has resulted in much research because students who drop out normally suffer from personal disappointments, minimization of career and life goals, and financial setbacks. The research on student attrition or retention has mainly been on the basis of statistical analyses
Student Smoking Behavior Given that the health risks of smoking are very well-known, one would think that smoking would be rare behavior among college students. After all, the average college student is not only young enough to have been exposed to anti-smoking education throughout their lifetimes, but might also values education more than their same-age peers who are not students. However, according to the research, young people, including college students, do
Student Engagement Post-Secondary Education Kuh, Cruze, Shoup, Kinzie, Gonyea (2008) provided that a college or post-secondary education degree is crucial in attaining individual, communal and societal achievement or progress. A high school diploma has lesser weight compared to a college degree and a person with it is believed to have acquired relevant knowledge and growth that would be cognitively and economically beneficial to him. To the community and society in general,
Student Performance in Business Class Given that all students in a given business class are exposed to the same professor and the same course materials, one might expect them to perform similarly. However, there is a broad range in how students perform in business classes. The purpose of this research study is to determine which variables impact student performance in business class. I have formulated several hypotheses about student performance in business
Student Affairs Budget Cuts "Hello, Glad to see you folks. That is a nice outfit it looks good on you etc.. etc.….Student affairs is an integral part of the higher education process and it means a lot to me and the university. Receiving the information that 8% of the annual budget for Student Affairs office is being cut, has presented a new challenge that will use all of my leadership and
Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.
Get Started Now