While it does offer a small boost in performance, it may not be enough to justify the extra costs to students and instructors.
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While it does offer a small boost in performance, it may not be enough to justify the extra costs to students and instructors.
Continue readingJust as important is being explicitly inclusive.
Continue readingWhen it comes to grade inequities between racially minoritized and majoritized groups, the standard grading scale might be part of the problem.
Continue readingLooking at individual semesters doesn’t tell the full story.
Continue readingAchievement gaps do decrease for active learning classes, but the amount of active learning matters.
Continue readingFirst-gen and low-income Asian/white students fare better than racially underrepresented students.
Continue readingThe percentage grading scale can lead to more students failing and over-count low grades.
Continue readingEven when the CVs are otherwise identical, physics faculty preferred applicants from majority groups as opposed to candidates from minority groups.
Continue readingFaculty at more prestigious universities tend to publish more. However, faculty at prestigious universities tend to be trained at prestigious universities. So it is the training or their current position that causes their productivity bump?
Continue readingMany instructors fear that switching from lecture to active learning will result in worse student evaluations. That doesn’t appear to be the case.
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