Transfer-bound community college students' biology identity and perception of teaching.

ABSTRACT: Community colleges are frequently an affordable, accessible entrance to a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and career, but the transition from a 2-year program to a 4-year institution can be tumultuous. In this mixed-methods study, we explore the experiences of transfer and prospective transfer students. Through surveys and interviews, we identify the challenges faced by and the supports desired by biology transfer students. We describe how community college students perceive their introductory biology courses, and we compare the biology identity and self-efficacy of these students to peers at a 4-year institution. Students expressed uncertainty about what to expect from the transfer experience, and they benefitted from interventions that made the universi

SUBMITTER: Teshera-Levye J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720575 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature