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Tag: Diversity and Inclusion

February 27, 2019 Nick Young

Hey instructors, your beliefs can affect students’ grades (and not in a positive way)

Minority students in classes with fixed-mindset instructors do worse than in classes with growth-mindset instructors.

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January 16, 2019 Nick Young

Who feels more capable of doing physics: women with “A”s or men with “C”s? The answer probably won’t surprise you.

Yep, women who perform the same as men perform don’t feel they are as capable of doing physics.

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December 5, 2018 Nick Young

The GRE: what is it good for?

The GRE: great at acting as a barrier to underrepresented groups, not so good as a predictor of completing graduate school.

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October 10, 2018 Nick Young

Not enough variation to explain the gender gap

The men and women earn equal STEM grades but men have higher variability in those grades. This isn’t enough to explain why there are more men in STEM.

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September 26, 2018 Nick Young

What matters when applying to graduate school and how it impacts diversity

Physics is less diverse than other physical sciences. Do graduate school admission processes contribute to this?

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April 25, 2018 Nick Young

What can explain the gender gap on conceptual inventories?

Men score better than women do on physics conceptual inventories and the reasons aren’t straightforward.

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February 28, 2018 Nick Young

Why choose physics over another science?

Physics and Chemistry are similar in terms of prerequisites, difficulty, and admission standards. So why do more women chose chemistry instead of physics?

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