Educational commitment and social networking: The power of informal networks

The lack of an engaging pedagogy and the highly competitive atmosphere in introductory science courses tend to discourage students from pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. Once in a STEM field, academic and social integration has been long thought to be importan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Justyna P. Zwolak, Michael Zwolak, Eric Brewe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018-05-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.14.010131