Interests are an essential part of the learning process, yet no previous work has examined
the relationship between learning and individual differences in domain-general interests …

Undergraduate research can support students' more central participation in physics. We
analyze markers of two coupled shifts in participation: changes in students' views about the …

Individuals differ in how they deploy attention to their physical and social environments.
These differences have been recognized in various forms as orientations, interests, and …

Research reflects the importance of understanding the motivational variables of ethical
consumer behavior. However, existing research has been limited to more narrowly …

Individuals selectively orient toward their social environment (people) and toward their
physical environment (things/objects). These orientations are key predictors of important life …

Social cues are used to facilitate online science communication, yet little is known about
how they may play a role in online public engagement with science sites. This mixed …

Identifying the determinants of people's connection with nature is crucial for the future of
nature conservation. The sense of connection with nature may be defined as how one …

Methods A total of 89 doctoral students belonging to different engineering disciplines
participated in the survey. An exploratory factor analysis was performed to reveal an initial …

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to investigate, identify, and
describe the lived experiences that influence female STEM majors to become secondary …

A Faculty Encouragement Scale (FES) was created to measure students' perception of
faculty encouragement (challenge-focused and potential-focused encouragement) in …