Diversity and Inclusion

March 29, 2023 Ya-Wen Chuang

Want to address inequities in your class? There’s an app for that!

To promote equity, teachers need to know what kinds of inequities exist in their classrooms and to what extent.

November 22, 2022 Diana Castañeda

A Guide to Traditional Ecological Knowledge

For Native American Heritage Month, here is a (hopefully) helpful guide to including Indigenous knowledge in your classroom.

September 14, 2022 Ya-Wen Chuang

How to promote intergroup student interaction in an introductory lab

By directly prompting students to interact and incorporating open-ended tasks, lab instructors can increase intergroup student interaction to improve students’ learning.

August 17, 2022 Nick Young

Extra time on physics exams doesn’t appear to improve performance (or close equity gaps)

While it does offer a small boost in performance, it may not be enough to justify the extra costs to students and instructors.

June 29, 2022 Nick Young

Making your departmental more LGBT+ friendly is more just eliminating exclusionary behaviors and policies

Just as important is being explicitly inclusive.

March 23, 2022 Nick Young

Changing your grading strategy could reduce inequities

When it comes to grade inequities between racially minoritized and majoritized groups, the standard grading scale might be part of the problem.

January 26, 2022 Nick Young

Suggestions for picking pseudonyms for research participants

Researchers need to consider a variety of factors when thinking about how to refer to study participants.

March 24, 2021 Elias Euler

The inaccurate feedback of intro physics courses, especially for women

The grades students receive in intro physics don’t predict their grades in advanced physics, pointing to problems of coherency and inclusivity within physics departments.