Aug 2026· Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)· 0 citations
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This exploratory study addresses the gap in engineering education research regarding the complex interplay of psychological, contextual, and demographic factors influencing students' perceptions of failure. Analyzing survey data (n=232) from a Canadian university using mixed methods, we examined students' fears, framings, and associations to failure, and strategies for stigma reduction. Results identify societal pressure as a primary source of fear. While students generally framed failure as ""wrong-doing,"" men were more likely than women to recognize it as a learning opportunity. Women reported stronger negative emotional reactions and impacts on self-identity, whereas men focused on external consequences. To reduce stigma, students suggested reforming instructional practices and institutional policies alongside cultural change through discussion and normalized representations of failure. These insights can inform interventions to foster a healthier culture around failure.
Student Perceptions of Instruction (SPoI) surveys play a central role in evaluating teaching effectiveness in higher education, informing instructional improvement, faculty development, and institutional decision-making. Despite their widespread use, limited research has explored how graduate students interpret and eng...
Jennifer Kerzetski, Jason Zhang, Elizabeth Templeton· Florida Journal of Education...· 0 citations
This study explores how French and Raven’s relational power model shapes student communication in higher education. Through a survey of 530 undergraduates, the research investigates how TA age and gender, and student gender, impact student perceptions of power. Results indicate that TA gender and age impact student per...
Aubree A. Herman, Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter· Journal of Communication Ped...· 0 citations
This qualitative phenomenological study examines the lived experiences of international mental health counseling master’s students with marginalized identities in the United States, using an intersectionality framework to illuminate the challenges they face and advocate for systemic change. Despite their growing presen...
Nouna Jalilzadeh· Journal of International Stu...· 0 citations
This study examines how final-year undergraduate economics students evaluate contemporary assessment practices in a period of rapid digital change. Using survey data from a cohort of final-year undergraduate economics students at a UK university, it analyses perceptions of in-course assessment, online assessment, and g...
Scientists agree that learning to cope with failures is an important skill for science students to develop, and students who participate in science research often have positive outcomes after coping with science failures. However, the experience of failure in undergraduate science education more broadly seems to ha...
Sandhya Krishnan, Isobel D. Cobb, Joseph A. Harsh et al.· Science Education· 0 citations
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