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Author: Nick Young

I am a postdoc in education data science at the University of Michigan and the founder of PERbites. I'm interested in applying data science techniques to analyze educational datasets and improve higher education for all students
April 22, 2020 Nick Young

Should you worry about cheating on online exams?

Yes. However, students may also do worse due to taking the test outside of the classroom.

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April 8, 2020 Nick Young

Perhaps it’s time to rethink the percentage grading scale

The percentage grading scale can lead to more students failing and over-count low grades.

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March 25, 2020 Nick Young

Solution Videos and Student Overconfidence

Solution videos can help students learn but they may become overconfident in their abilities.

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March 4, 2020 Nick Young

Online vs live physics demonstrations: does it make a difference?

Students enjoy online demos just as much as live demos, but may learn more from online demos.

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February 19, 2020 Nick Young

If you are reading this during class, you are inhibiting a peer’s learning

Those sitting near someone on their laptop scored 17% lower on a test than those sitting near someone taking notes

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February 5, 2020 Nick Young

STEM gender stereotypes: from early childhood through adolescence

Older children are more likely to report that both boys & girls usually, should be, and can be good at STEM.

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January 22, 2020 Nick Young

What type of instruction do student expect in their intro STEM courses?

If you guessed lecture, you would be correct. However, students also expect some non-lecturing.

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January 8, 2020 Nick Young

Negative Experiences in Undergraduate Mentoring and How to Fix Them.

Today’s piece explores common examples of “bad mentoring” according to undergrad researchers and how to fix them.

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December 18, 2019 Nick Young

Math Anxiety and Math Avoidance

While math anxiety and math avoidance are assumed to be linked, today’s study is one of the first to find evidence of such link.

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December 5, 2019 Nick Young

Yes Virginia, there is a way to reduce gender bias on your student evaluations of teaching

Adding a statement addressing implicit bias seems to reduce the gender gap.

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