Significant Reduction in Gender Grade Disparities in a Reformed Introductory Physics Course

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Significant Reduction in Gender Grade Disparities in a Reformed Introductory Physics Course DOC

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https://people.rit.edu/svfsps/perc2001/Potter.doc

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Rochester Institute of Technology. Center for Imaging Science

Description: This paper, presented at the 2001 Physics Education Research Conference, is a preliminary report of data from a study regarding grade distribution between among males and females in a traditionally structured introductory physics course for biological science majors at the University of California. In the traditional course there was a persistent and stable pattern of course letter-grade distributions in which males received a disproportionate share of high grades and females received a disproportionate share of low grades. This gender disparity has been significantly reduced for the same population of students in a reformed course and this paper is a preliminary report of this data.

LC Classification:

Education -- Special aspects of education -- Education of special classes of persons -- Women. Girls
Education -- Theory and practice of education -- Higher education -- Grading and promotion
Science -- Physics -- Study and teaching. Research
Science -- Physics -- Women in physics. Women physicists

GEM Subject:

Science -- Physics
Philosophy -- Educational Philosophy

Key Concept:

Physics

Date Issued:

2001

Resource Type:

Reference Material

Format:

Document -- DOC

Audience:

Administrator
Educator
Professional/Practitioner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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