Social networks, social capital, social support and academic success in higher education: A systematic review with a special focus on 'underrepresented'students

S Mishra - Educational Research Review, 2020 - Elsevier
Widening higher education participation has resulted in efforts directed towards increasing
higher education access. However, inequality in higher education completion continues to …

[HTML][HTML] The definition and measurement of sense of belonging in higher education: A systematic literature review with a special focus on students' ethnicity and …

AS Dias-Broens, M Meeuwisse… - Educational Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sense of belonging in higher education contributes to students' wellbeing and academic
attainment. However, there is ambiguity about the definition and measurement of sense of …

High-impact teaching practices foster a greater sense of belonging in the college classroom

LAJ Kirby, CL Thomas - Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
To improve sub-standard retention and 4-year graduation rates, colleges and universities
have tried to foster in students more social connections and a greater sense of belonging to …

Effect of a place-based learning community on belonging, persistence, and equity gaps for first-year STEM students

MD Johnson, AE Sprowles, KR Goldenberg… - Innovative Higher …, 2020 - Springer
We combined tenets of learning communities and place-based learning to develop an
innovative first-year program for STEM students. Using a quasi-experimental design, we …

Improving academic performance, belonging, and retention through increasing structure of an introductory biology course

M Wilton, E Gonzalez-Niño, P McPartlan… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Integration of active-learning approaches into increased-structure postsecondary
classrooms significantly improves student academic outcomes. We describe here two …

The promise of using study-together groups to promote engagement and performance in online courses: Experimental evidence on academic and non-cognitive …

X Zhou, Q Li, D Xu, A Holton, BK Sato - The Internet and Higher Education, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers and practitioners of online education have consistently emphasized the
importance of facilitating peer interaction and mutual support to create a sense of …

Breaking the mold: Study strategies of students who improve their achievement on introductory biology exams

AJ Sebesta, E Bray Speth - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Students' use of learning strategies (ie, what students do when studying) is linked to their
achievement in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses …

Examining how social networks influence women and under-represented minority students' pursuit of engineering in university: when, who, and how?

H Wao, G Kersaint, CAS Smith… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Women and under-represented minority (URM) students continue to be under-
represented in STEM and earn the lowest proportion of undergraduate engineering …

Expanding student success: The impact of a comprehensive college transition program on psychosocial outcomes

T Melguizo, P Martorell, E Swanson… - Journal of Research …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the impact of a comprehensive college transition program, the
Thompson Scholars Learning Communities (TSLC), on psychosocial outcomes using an …

An AI-based intervention for improving undergraduate STEM learning

MR Hasan, B Khan - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We present results from a small-scale randomized controlled trial that evaluates the impact
of just-in-time interventions on the academic outcomes of N= 65 undergraduate students in a …