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Meta-Analysis of Gender Performance Gaps in Undergraduate Natural Science Courses
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Odom, Sara; Boso, Halle; Bowling, Scott; Brownell, Sara; Cotner, Sehoya; Creech, Catherine; Drake, Abby Grace; Eddy, Sarah; Fagbodun, Sheritta; Hebert, Sadie; James, Avis C.; Just, Jan; St. Juliana, Justin R.; Shuster, Michele; Thompson, Seth K.; Whittington, Richard; Wills, Bill D.; Wilson, Alan E.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Zhong, Min; Ballen, Cissy J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
To investigate patterns of gender-based performance gaps, we conducted a meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data collected across 169 undergraduate biology and chemistry courses. While we did not detect an overall gender gap in performance, heterogeneity analyses suggested further analysis was warranted, so we investigated whether…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Science Achievement, College Science
Introductory Physics Students' Recognition of Strong Peers: Gender and Racial or Ethnic Bias Differ by Course Level and Context
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Sundstrom, Meagan; Heim, Ashley B.; Park, Barum; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Researchers have pinpointed recognition from others as one of the most important dimensions of students' science and engineering identity. Studies, however, have found gender biases in students' recognition of their peers, with inconsistent patterns across introductory science and engineering courses. Toward finding the source of this variation,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Science Instruction, Peer Relationship
Who Profits Most from Blended Learning?
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Tempelaar, Dirk T.; Rienties, Bart; Giesbers, Bas – Industry and Higher Education, 2009
The authors investigate the relationship between student learning choices and learning styles in the use of an innovative learning environment for statistics. For teaching introductory statistics to first-year students in economics and business, Maastricht University uses a blended learning environment. It allows students to individualize learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Independent Study, Problem Based Learning
Effect of Instructional Environment on Physics Students' Representational Skills
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Kohl, Patrick B.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2006
In a recent study we showed that physics students' problem-solving performance can depend strongly on problem representation, and that giving students a choice of problem representation can have a significant impact on their performance [ P. B. Kohl and N. D. Finklestein, Phys. Rev. ST. Phys. Educ. Res. 1, 010104 (2005) ] In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Physics, Program Effectiveness, Problem Solving, Science Process Skills
Virtual Lecture Hall for In-Class and Online Sections: A Comparison of Utilization, Perceptions, and Benefits
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Cramer, Kenneth M.; Collins, Kandice R.; Snider, Don; Fawcett, Graham – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2006
We further evaluated the Virtual Lecture Hall (VLH) (Cramer, Collins, Snider, & Fawcett, in press), an instructional computer-based platform to deliver PowerPoint slides threaded with audio clips for later review. Students from either an in-class or online section (ns = 810 and 74 respectively) of introductory psychology had access to live…
Descriptors: Psychology, Lecture Method, Online Courses, Introductory Courses
Using Web-Based Instruction to Improve Large Undergraduate Biology Courses: An Evaluation of a Hybrid Course Format
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Riffell, Samuel; Sibley, Duncan – Computers and Education, 2005
We developed a hybrid course format (part online, part face-to-face) to deliver a high-enrollment, introductory environmental biology course to resident (living on or near campus), non-science majors at a large, public university. The hybrid course was structured to include bi-weekly online assignments and weekly meetings in the lecture hall…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Educational Improvement, Biology, Science Instruction