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Social Network Analysis And The Representation Of Female Students In Introductory Undergraduate Physics, Sarah Teresa Hierath
Social Network Analysis And The Representation Of Female Students In Introductory Undergraduate Physics, Sarah Teresa Hierath
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Physics Education Research has begun to focus on the learning habits, success, and connections of students in physics classrooms using Social Network Analysis (SNA). SNA is an important tool in studying classroom dynamics because it can be used to map the social structure of a classroom's interactions and to aid in understanding how students work and study together. This study presents network diagrams, statistics, centrality measures, and conceptual understanding correlations for 7 different sections of introductory physics. Centrality measures were determined from a first and last week survey in which students were asked to indicate their study partners within the …
Influences Of Masculinity On Health Behaviors, Tessa Louise Miracle
Influences Of Masculinity On Health Behaviors, Tessa Louise Miracle
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Gender schema explains the processes by which gender stereotypes become so psychologically ingrained in individuals in our society, but how does gender schema impact health care practices? The purpose of this study was to investigate how ingrained gender stereotypes not only influence day to day activities but also impact health, by limiting health protective and help seeking behaviors. The Masculine Behavior Scale (MBS) was used to determine if men with strong gender schemata engage in health risking behavior more than men with a weaker gender schemata or women of any gender schemata. To investigate the mediating effect gender has on …