Women Students Research Articles

A STUDY ON THE SAFETY CHALLENGES OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The fundamental objective behind the article is empowering women in the higher education sector. University Grants Commission of India, Ministry of higher education in India believes that a safe, secure and cohesive learning climate is an ineluctable precondition to quality education and research in Higher Education Institutes. This study focused on safety challenges of women in higher education institutions. The objectives frame the basis on common security facilities, technical security system of higher education and security cell system of higher education. Descriptive survey method to use the opinion of the women students of security challenges in higher education. This study conducted in sample of 120 women students from different UG, PG and technical colleges in the Nalgonda district of Telangana state. Stratified random sampling was used for this study. Percentages were using the statistical analysis of the data for this study. Finally the study find out the results revealed that there is a lack of safety and security facilities in the women in higher education institutions. Meagerly the engineering colleges were maintaining safety and security rules.

The Impact of the ASTRO Aspiring Scientists and Physicians Program (ASPP) on Diverse STEM Students’ Perception of Radiation Oncology

The Impact of the ASTRO Aspiring Scientists and Physicians Program (ASPP) on Diverse STEM Students’ Perception of Radiation Oncology

Diversifying the Pipeline of Social Work Students Prepared to Implement Performance Measurement

ABSTRACT Equitable opportunities for performance measurement learning among social work graduate students can create a diverse professional pipeline toward higher performing organizations. A Foundation-University partnership was developed to “expand the bench” of students, primarily of color, trained in performance measurement with the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework. Through an RBA designed course, 140 (50% of color, and 80% women) students engaged in team-based application of learning in “real-time” projects with partner organizations. Mixed-methods data collection showed that 90% of students performed successfully in graded content learning and project application of performance measurement. Students were empowered to apply RBA in current and future work. These skills can enable students as professionals to make data-driven decisions and achieve a results-oriented, learning-focused culture within agencies to benefit consumers and communities.

Inequitable Hunger: Scope, Effects, and Perceptions of College Student Food Insecurity

Food insecurity (FI) is a leading public health concern yet is understudied amongst postsecondary students. A substantial proportion (34.4%) of our student sample reported FI; Black, low-SES, and low-SES women students were most likely to experience FI; and FI was related to poorer academic, health, and stress outcomes. Employee awareness was low, and some expressed negative sentiments. We demonstrate the need for research and intervention not only on FI but also on faculty/staff awareness and attitudes.

APPLYING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING TYPE MAKE A MATCH TO ENHANCE THE STUDENT’S COOPERATION AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT SPORTS STUDY (Research On Big Ball Game For Students Of X Class Nurse SMKN 4 Lebong)

The aim of this research is to enhance student’s cooperation and learning achievement in for Students of X Nurse SMKN 4 Lebong. The research subjects were 22 people students, 11 men and 11 women students. By applying the Implementation of Cooperative Type Make A Match Model. The kind of this research is classroom action research which was conducted in three cycles. Procedure used involves planning, Implementation, observation and reflection. The research instrument that had been used is the test namely the objective test which had been trial the validity and reliability of test and also the observation sheet for observation the learning activity of the students and teacher.To try the significance of student’s cooperation and learning achievement in first to third cycle, it is used t-test, and in first cycle the calculation gained tcount = 2,02. In second cycle the calculation gained ttable = 2,10. And in third cycle, the calculation gained tcount = 2,30 By comparing the tcount and ttable it is gained tcount > ttable namely 2,30 > 2,02. Thus, the learning achievement of Sport subject in the first post test at first cycle to third post test in second cycle is significance. So that the learning activity in first post test at first cycle and second post test second cycle is significance also.Based on the result it’s recommended to the teachers in applying the model of Make A Match type according to their owns situation.

Adapting and Validating the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire to Study Sexual Harassment Among University Women in Jordan.

Despite the adverse effects of sexual harassment, measurement gaps persist. Using a sequential, mixed-methods approach, we adapted and validated the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ) to measure sexual harassment victimization among college-going women in Jordan. From a 213-item pool and qualitative data from students at the study site, we removed 50 items and collapsed or rephrased 163 items into selected 27 items for examination. After expert reviewers and study-site staff assessed content validity, we replaced three items. Items were tested using cognitive interviews (n = 7) and then administered in a survey to 567 women students. We sequentially performed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with a random split-half sample (N1 = 283), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with the second sample (N2 = 284), and confirmatory bifactor analysis. Five items with cross-factor loadings were dropped. Model fit for the final four-factor EFA and CFA was adequate (EFA: RMSEA: 0.013, CFI: 0.996, TLI: 0.994; CFA: RMSEA 0.020, CFI: 0.988, TLI: 0.986). Three factors were similar to those identified in the SEQ-gender harassment, sexual coercion, and unwanted sexual attention-but we also identified a fourth factor-physical-contact sexual harassment. The bifactor analysis suggested that the scale was unidimensional (general factor ECV=.701 and PUC =.727). The unidimensional scale was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Using an adapted SEQ, sexual harassment is a measurable construct in the Jordanian university context. Further validation of this tool and efforts to capture each dimension of sexual harassment in the Arab region is needed.

Bottlenecks in Expanding Science and Technology Education in Nepal: An Exploratory Study

Higher education and research for socioeconomic development are well recognized in developed and developing countries. Studies have shown that a high participation rate in higher education with a high share of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is critical for competitiveness in the global market. Nepal would not fulfill people’s aspirations for prosperity by perpetuating the status quo scenario of the education system. This study aimed at exploring and assessing the factors influencing science and technology education in Nepal and tried to assess the current status of science education and critically examine the factors affecting the development of science education in Nepal. The study used both primary and secondary data. The primary source of data is from interviews, observations, focused group discussions, and semistructured questionnaires. Secondary data were collected from National Examination Board, universities, colleges, and campuses. The study found a decreasing trend of student enrollment in science and technology (S&T) education in Nepal. In addition, the results revealed a decreasing trend of women students, so it should be taken as a matter of concern. Some key bottlenecks identified were insufficient and broken physical infrastructures (classrooms, laboratories, and libraries); inadequate and incapable human resources; and improper management practices. However, the study results show positive perceptions of society towards S&T education in Nepal. The study recommends developing modern infrastructures, building human resources, and improving management practices for better S&T education.

Freshmen anxiety and COVID-19: Practical implications from an online intervention for supporting students affected by health inequities

Objective This study explored how college freshmen, particularly those affected by health inequities, are affected by COVID-19 and whether they would use a university-created online wellness intervention for help. Participants Nine-hundred and eighty-nine freshmen at a large southeastern university. Method Students responded to an online survey regarding their anxiety, worry, number of life disruptions, perceived resilience and their use of the online intervention during the pandemic (June to mid-September 2020). Results During COVID-19, Latinx, Black, women and non-heterosexual students reported significantly greater worry, daily life disruptions than their non-Latinx, white, male and heterosexual counterparts. Women and non-heterosexual students also reported greater anxiety and less resilience. Additionally, Latinx students reported using the university’s online intervention for help during COVID-19 more than others. Overall, freshmen, especially Black and women students, reported the online intervention would help them with struggles. Conclusions Universities should identify unique worries faced by students during a health crisis and provide institutional support. Practical implications are discussed.

UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF SPUR DIMENSIONS REVIEWED BY THE TERMS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES AND ABILITY CATEGORIZED BY STUDENTS AT MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH

These gender differences and abilities categorized by students at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah can understand the concept of SPUR dimension fractions (Skills, Property, Uses, and Representation) that is the focus of this study. Presently, it is to answer the study's neediness about gender differences in math performance recommended by the previous studies. To offer the novelty about the measurement of conceptual understanding in four dimensions because one dimension is not relevant to describe students' understanding comprehensively and deeply of mathematical concepts. This study was a qualitative descriptive that relies on the analysis of test participants' answers; it consists of three male students and three female students representing the high, medium, and low ability categories at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah of Indramayu Regency. The students' participant is determined by purposive sampling. The analysis of the test participants' answers demonstrated the ability to understand the concept of fractions in the SPUR dimension of equality between male and female students in the same ability category. However, the students at every level of ability to achieve a different dimension. Male and female students in the high category achieved the dimensions of skills and property. Male and female students in the medium and low categories achieved skills. High-ability students and the medium category experienced an integer bias error using the integer property infractions. They perform arithmetic operations in the numerator and denominator separately as if they were independent integers. For this reason, students need to develop an understanding of concepts, especially on the dimensions of fraction properties, applications, and their representations, without being influenced by gender stereotypes. This development of understanding can be done through SPUR dimensional exercises that avoid gender bias, and teachers establish communication mathematics teaching in the classroom to engage students in both men and women

MUJERES RACIALIZADAS UNIVERSITARIAS DE GRANADA: PROCESOS DE EMPODERAMIENTO DESDE LA INTERSECCIONALIDAD

This research paper shows the results about the study of the empowerment processes in the public space of a group of young black and Afro-descendant women students of the University of Granada. The conducted study starts from anthropological and sociological theories that suppose alternative perspectives to the classical and hegemonic ways of seeing the world. From this basis, racialized female bodies are addressed through a qualitative methodology as agents in the social process, analysing and discussing their capacity for transformation from their position. Specifically, the self-definition of their sexuality and their structural awareness are suggested as two remarkable elements to understand how these processes occur. Finally, the hypothesis raised is compared with the conclusions drawn from a series of interviews and the relevance that these have within the study of the body is shown.

Personalized vs non-personalized recommendations: how recommender systems, recommendation sources and recommendation platforms affect trial of YouTube videos among digital natives in Saudi Arabia

Purpose This study aims to examine the difference between personalized and non-personalized recommendations in influencing YouTube users’ video choices. In addition, whether men and women have a significant difference in using recommendations was compared and the predictors of recommendation video use frequency were explored. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 524 Saudi Arabia college students was conducted using computer-assisted self-administered interviews to collect their video recommendation sources and how likely they follow the recommendation from different sources. Findings Video links posted on social media used by the digital natives were found as the most effective form of recommendation shows that social approval is important in influencing trials. Recommendations can succeed in both personalized and non-personalized ways. Personalized recommendations as in YouTube recommended videos are almost the same as friends and family’s non-personalized posting of video links on social media in convincing people to watch the videos. Contrary to expectations, Saudi men college students are more likely to use recommendations than women students. Research limitations/implications The use of a non-probability sample is a major limitation and self-reported frequency may result in over- or under-estimation of video use. Practical implications Marketers will realize that they may not need the personalized recommendation from the large site. They can use social media recommendations by the consumers’ friends and family. E-mail is the worst platform for a recommendation. Social implications Recommendation is a credible source and can overcome the avoidance of advertising. Its influence on consumers will be increasing in years to come with the algorithmic recommendation and social media use. Originality/value This is the first study to compare the influence of different online recommendation sources and compare personalized and non-personalized recommendations. As recommendation is growing more and more important with algorithm development online, the study results have high reference values to marketers in Islamic countries and beyond.

Women's participation in MOOCs in the IT area

In the paper, we investigated if women's student profile, persistence and grades differ from those of men, using log data from 4.452 students (women = 30%) enrolled in four MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) with technological themes from a Brazilian platform. The student profile, which included survey data on intention to finish the MOOC, liking the subject matter, time spent on the course, educational level and age group, indicated no significant difference. Additionally, a cluster analysis identified similar groups for men and women: each gender had a group with “high performance students”, with high grades and persistence, plus groups with low grades and persistence, but with varied compositions regarding age and educational level. Persistence and grade were significantly different in favour of men in the Sentiment Analysis MOOC, and persistence in the Arduino MOOC was also significant, in favour of men. However, considering the four courses, the distribution of persistence and grade is the same for men and women. We consider these positive results, as it points to an equal profile of participation and performance of both genders in courses where women are underrepresented, what might indicate a change in the trend of participation of women in IT courses. However, it is important to highlight that women's enrollment were much lower, and that enrollees of both genders represents a privileged Brazilian sub population - students who have at least a bachelor's degree - what defies the view that MOOCs are a democratizing educational technology.

SOSYAL ÇALIŞMACI ADAYLARININ YAŞLI AYRIMCILIĞINA İLİŞKİN TUTUMLARININ DEĞERLENDİRMESİ

Çalışma, sosyal çalışmacı adaylarının yaşlı ayrımcılığına ilişkin tutumlarının belirlenmesi amacıyla tanımlayıcı araştırma türünde yapılmıştır. Çalışma, Anadolu Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Sosyal Hizmet bölümünde eğitim gören toplam 165 öğrenci ile Şubat- Mart 2020 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Verilerin toplanması için “Sosyo-demografik Bilgi Formu” ve “Yaşlı Ayrımcılığı Tutum Ölçeği (YATÖ)” kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, Kruskall-Wallis ve Mann-Whitney U Testleri kullanıldı. Katılımcıların YATÖ toplam puan ortalaması 64,92±6,66’dır. Ölçek alt başlık incelemesine bakıldığında, yaşlının yaşamını sınırlama 18,55±3,66, yaşlıya yönelik olumlu ayrımcılık 33,73±4,26 ve yaşlıya yönelik olumsuz ayrımcılık alt boyut puan ortalaması ise 31,19±6,50 olarak saptanmıştır. Cinsiyet değişkenine göre yaşlının yaşamını sınırlamada anlamlı bir ilişki gözlenmiş, erkek bireylerin yaşlının yaşamını sınırlama puan ortalamasının daha yüksek olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Yaşlı bireyle daha önce aynı evde yaşama durumu, yaşlının yaşamını sınırlamada etkili bir faktördür. Araştırmaya katılan sosyal hizmet bölümü öğrencilerinin yaşlılara yönelik tutumlarının olumsuz yönde olduğu, kadın öğrencilerin ve yaşlı bireyle daha önce yaşamış olan öğrencilerin tutumlarının daha olumlu olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Выбор студентами цифрового образовательного ресурса: психологический аспект

The issue of psychological feasibility of distance learning is understudied and remains relevant both in theoretical and practical terms. The purpose of the study viewed in the article is to identify the connection between students’ preferences to study using the Internet and electronic textbooks with their personal psychological traits. Presumably, confident, self-organized students have a positive attitude towards their use, while anxious, emotionally unstable students have a negative attitude. The study involves 1st – 4th year students (N = 270, aged from 17 to 21 years; 61.3% women) students, who specialize in Economics and Agricultural Industry in Izhevsk State Agricultural Academy. We used the following techniques: questionnaire developed by O. N. Malakhova, O. A. Zhuchenko, aimed at studying students’ preferences and Cattell’s Personality Factor Questionnaire (16-PF), form C, which has the goal to study personality traits that are significant for the research. It was found that there was a direct interconnection between students’ preference to use digital educational resources with their personal psychological traits. The study revealed that students with self-discipline and analytical mindset have a negative attitude to the use of electronic textbooks and distance learning. It was found that among the main personal psychological characteristics of students, which influence their preferences, are sensitivity and radicalism, anxiety and lack of self-discipline. We did not confirm the hypothesis put forward in the study. The applied aspect of the problem under study can be implemented in educational practice to increase the efficiency of educational process and in the development of digital training courses. The research perspectives are related to the study of teacher preferences.

CORRELATES OF HAPPINESS AMONG MUSLIM WOMEN STUDENTS IN WOMEN CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION SOKOTO STATE, NORTHERN NIGERIA.

Despite burgeoning researches on happiness in different fields of psychology, anthropology, and economics, in the west on Judeo-Christians and on men, fewer researches were conducted on correlates of happiness among Muslims especially Women in the African context. World happiness report (WHR) reported that Nigeria was ranked as the 5th happiest nation and 6th in Africa, however fewer researches of happiness in Nigeria were reported especially in Northern Nigeria. It investigated the relationship between happiness, culture, socio-economic status and religious coping, among Muslim women students. Quantitative design of the correlational type was used, the population of 900 students from women centers for continuing education (WCCE) and 269 samples using a purposive sampling method. Orientation to happiness scale (OHS) with the reliability of 0.953, cultural questionnaire for women (CQW) with a coefficient of 0.918, a demographic questionnaire socio-economic status scale (SESS) with 0.717 reliability co-efficient and Islamic religious coping scale (IRCOPE) with alpha 0.888 were the instruments used for data collection, generally named happiness, culture, socio-economic status and religious coping scale with a total coefficient of 0.937. Partial least square based on structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data. It revealed that a statistically significant positive relationship between happiness, culture and religious coping, while SES was not significantly related to happiness among Muslim women students.

“No, Teach Yourself!”: College Women’s Expectations for White Men’s Awareness of Privilege and Oppression

Addressing gender inequities in higher education must begin with the acknowledgement that men play a key role in creating change. The purpose of this qualitative study is to center and raise the experiences of women students, and to communicate to men who are students, faculty, and administrators what women students expect from them in terms of privilege and oppression awareness. Findings indicate that women students felt criticized, judged, and underestimated by men, and expected men to self-educate to become aware of and interrogate their own privileges. The authors provide recommendations for higher education teaching and learning, focusing on attitudes and behaviors of White men in the academy.

Pedagogical Consciousness-Raising: Teaching Race, Gender, and Science in the Pandemic

In this personal essay I explore how the pandemic crisis has helped transform my general education undergraduate course, Race, Gender, and Science, into an experience of pedagogical consciousness-raising, especially for members of vulnerable student groups that have often felt understandably negative toward, and alienated from, science. I base my observations on student comments and anecdotes shared during my fully online Fall 2020 semester. I conclude that STEM-adjacent classes such as mine might productively leverage the pandemic crisis —including the legitimate outrage and frustration of students of color and women —to facilitate a stronger sense of emotional investment by students in the value and practice of science even as legitimate critiques of science are strengthened and deepened.

Review: Proximities: Art, Education, Activism, by Linda Brooks

Review: <i>Proximities: Art, Education, Activism</i>, by Linda Brooks

Does exposure to socially endorsed food images on social media influence food intake?

Social norms can influence the consumption of high and low energy-dense (HED/LED) snack foods. Such norms could be communicated via social media, however, there is little experimental research investigating this possibility. This laboratory study aimed to investigate the acute effect of socially endorsed social media posts on participants' eating behaviour. Healthy women students (n = 169; mean age = 20.9; mean BMI = 23.3) were assigned to either a HED, LED or control condition, where they viewed three types of images (HED foods, LED foods and interior design as control), but only one type was socially endorsed (e.g. in the control condition, only interior design images were socially endorsed). Participants completed questionnaires and were also provided a snack buffet of grapes and cookies. One-way ANOVA revealed a significant main effect of condition on participants’ relative consumption of grapes (percentage of grapes consumed out of total food intake), for both grams and calories consumed (both ps < .05). Follow-up t-tests revealed that participants consumed a larger proportion of grapes (grams and calories) in the LED condition vs HED condition (all ps < .05), and a larger proportion of calories from grapes in the LED compared to control condition (p < .05). These findings suggest that exposure to socially endorsed images of LED food on social media could nudge people to consume more of, and derive more calories from these foods in place of HED foods. Further research is required to examine the potential application of these findings.

Measuring attitudes towards biology major and non-major: Effect of students' gender, group composition, and learning environment.

This study examined the effect of collaborative learning (CL) versus traditional lecture-based learning (TL) pedagogies and gender group composition in effecting positive or negative attitudes of biology major and nonmajor men and women students. The experimental research method was administered in experimental and control groups to test the hypotheses. Students’ attitudes refer to their positive or negative feelings and inclinations to learn biology. A nine-factor attitude scale was administered in (1) single-gender nonmajor biology, (2) mixed-gender nonmajor biology, (3) single-gender major biology, and (4) mixed-gender biology major groups. Men (221) and women (219) were randomly assigned into single and mixed-gender classes without groups and single-gender groups (4M) or (4W) and mix-gender (2M+2W) groups. In CL nonmajor and major single-gender groups, women demonstrated significantly higher positive attitudes than men. In contrast, men’s attitudes were significantly improved in mixed-gender CL groups for major and nonmajor sections, and the effect size was larger in mix-gender classes. Women feel less anxious in single-gender groups but more anxious in mixed-gender groups. In mixed-gender groups, men’s self-efficacy, general interest, and motivation enhanced significantly; overall, men experienced greater satisfaction and triggered their desire to collaborate better, affecting all nine attitudinal factors. There was an interaction effect demonstrating the teaching pedagogy’s impact on improving students’ attitudes toward biology; students’ gender and gender-specific group composition have been the most influential factor for nonmajor students. These findings suggest that there is a need for developing gender-specific and context-specific learning pedagogies, and instructors carefully select gender grouping in teaching undergraduate science subjects.