The role of the teaching assistant: Female role models in the classroom

Griffith, A. L.; Main, Joyce B.

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102179

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“…Previous studies have identified a wide range of factors that are associated with student major choice. In general, these factors can be organized into three main categories: individual characteristics and factors, social influences, and structural factors (e.g., Adelman, 1998;Blickenstaff, 2005;Cruz & Kellam, 2018;Darolia et al, 2020;Griffith & Main, 2021;Johnson & Sheppard, 2004;Lent et al, 2008;Main et al, 2015;Main, Darolia, et al, 2017;Main & Ost, 2011, 2014Main, Tan, et al, 2020;Main, Xu, et al, 2017;Marra et al, 2012;Matusovich et al, 2010;Ong et al, 2011;Seymour & Hewitt, 1997;Tan et al, 2021;Tonso, 1999Tonso, , 2006Tsui, 2010). Individual characteristics can include student demographic characteristics, academic achievement, motivation, and identity, whereas structural factors can include high school characteristics, high school geographical location, and the availability of math and science courses.…”

Section: Factors Influencing College Major Choicementioning

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“…Subsequent work has examined the role of social influences such as peers, teachers, and family members as determinants of major choice (e.g., Carnasciali et al, 2013;Cruz & Kellam, 2018;Godwin et al, 2014;Griffith & Main, 2021;Main et al, 2018;Main, Tan, et al, 2020). Indeed, Godwin et al (2014) showed that students with family members, particularly siblings, who are engineers are more likely to choose engineering than those without.…”

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Choosing an engineering major: A conceptual model of student pathways into engineering

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Griffith

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J of Engineering Edu

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Background: Increasing interest and participation in engineering is vital if the United States is to create the larger technological and scientific labor force it needs to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Students' pathways into the different engineering majors provide important information for this effort.Purpose: This study addresses which factors across life stages (pre-high school, high school, and early college) are associated with engineering major choice. The quantitative analysis identifies which demographic characteristics and academic achievement variables are correlated with engineering major choice, whereas the qualitative analysis examines when and why students choose a specific engineering major.Methods: Informed by the life course perspective, this convergent mixed methods research study applies Logit regression and thematic analysis. Data sets include more than 20,000 observations of student-level academic records (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) as well as interviews conducted with 20 students at a large, research-intensive university in the Midwest. Results: Quantitative results indicate that student demographic factors and measures of academic achievement-including passing scores on advanced placement tests, scholastic aptitude test scores, and high school and college first-year grade point averages-are associated with engineering major choice. Qualitative findings show that across the life stages, the source of social influence in engineering major choice varies; while family and teachers play larger roles before and during high school, peers and university personnel play larger roles in early college. Conclusion:The conceptual model comprehensively synthesizes the key factors associated with engineering major choice, highlighting the importance of demographic factors, academic achievement, social networks, and access to role models from pre-high school, high school, and early college. K E Y W O R D S engineering major choice, life course perspective, mixed methods 1 | INTRODUCTION Expanding the engineering workforce is critical to US economic development, technological innovations, and national security, such that national organizations have called for further research into the recruitment and retention of students

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Section: Factors Influencing College Major Choicementioning

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Section: Factors Influencing College Major Choicementioning

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Choosing an engineering major: A conceptual model of student pathways into engineering

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J of Engineering Edu

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“…A larger literature strand studies matching effects with respect to demographic characteristics, mostly gender and race (e.g., Dee 2004;Bettinger and Long 2005;Hoffmann and Oreopoulos 2009;van Ewijk 2011;Cho 2012;Fairlie et al 2014;Antecol et al 2015;Griffith and Main 2021). Dee (2004) examines test scores from the Project STAR class-size experiment, which randomly matches students and teachers within participating schools.…”

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Language lesson learned—foreign-origin teachers and their effect on students’ language skills

Höckel

2024

J Popul Econ

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International migration increases classroom diversity around the world, but little is known about the effect of foreign-origin teachers on students’ academic achievement. This study investigates whether foreign-origin teachers causally affect their students’ academic performance. Exploiting within-student variation in assignment to teachers in Germany, I find that teachers who are immigrants or descendants of immigrants significantly increase the reading comprehension of their students in secondary school, but do not affect their math skills. This study is the first to investigate bilingualism as a potential mechanism and shows that the effect on reading comprehension is driven by bilingual foreign-origin teachers. Given their own experience in language learning, they seem exceptionally well-equipped to teach languages. This study contributes to the scant evidence on the causal relationship between teachers’ foreign origin and students’ academic achievement in light of a large and persistent achievement gap between native and foreign-origin students.

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“…Another contribution that this work brings is the novel implementation of a TA team. Although there has been some literature written on the roles of teaching assistants [6][7][8], little, if any, can be found about the implementation of a TA team with individual members having distinct roles. In this work, we lay out the structure and responsibilities of a two-person TA team that proved to work harmoniously towards the betterment of this course.…”

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Teaching Assistant Team in a Graduate-Level Engineering Course

Holmes,

McCollough,

Leng

2022 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Philip Holmes got his BSE-Mechanical Concentration from Calvin College in 2018. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the biomedical engineering and physiology (BMEP) track at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. During his time in graduate school, he was elected student representative for the BMEP track and worked as a teaching assistant for two years in a medical imaging course. His thesis work is focused on orthopedic applications of medical ultrasound.

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The role of the teaching assistant: Female role models in the classroom

Cited by 8 publications

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Choosing an engineering major: A conceptual model of student pathways into engineering

Choosing an engineering major: A conceptual model of student pathways into engineering

Language lesson learned—foreign-origin teachers and their effect on students’ language skills

Teaching Assistant Team in a Graduate-Level Engineering Course

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