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Gender Differences in Grades versus Grade Penalties: Are Grade Anomalies More Detrimental for Female Physics Majors?
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Malespina, Alysa; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Creating equitable learning environments has been an area of significant focus for physics education researchers in recent years. Here we introduce a framework that posits that grade penalty is a measure of academic self-concept and investigate if there are gender differences in grade penalties in physics courses for students majoring in physics.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Gender Differences, Grades (Scholastic), Physics
Progression in Self-Efficacy, Interest, Identity, Sense of Belonging, Perceived Recognition and Effectiveness of Peer Interaction of Physics Majors and Comparison with Non-Majors and Ph.D. Students
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Whitcomb, Kyle M.; Maries, Alexandru; Singh, Chandralekha – Research in Science Education, 2023
The importance of science beliefs such as self-efficacy, interest, identity, sense of belonging, perceived recognition and effectiveness of peer interaction in science education has been increasingly recognized in recent years. Self-efficacy, interest, and identity can be considered students' internal beliefs, and sense of belonging, perceived…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Physics, Majors (Students), Control Groups
Gender Inequities throughout STEM
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Maries, Alexandru; Whitcomb, Kyle; Singh, Chandralekha – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
Efforts to promote equity and inclusion using evidence-based approaches are vital to correcting long-standing societal inequities that have disadvantaged women and discouraged them from pursuing studies, including in many STEM disciplines. We used 10 years of institutional data from a large public university to investigate the grade point average…
Descriptors: Gender Discrimination, Gender Bias, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
Students' Sense of Belonging in Introductory Physics Course for Bioscience Majors Predicts Their Grade
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Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Student sense of belonging in physics classes may not only play a key role in shaping course outcomes but also influence student persistence and future career aspirations. Prior research has shown that women have a lower sense of belonging than men in calculus-based introductory physics courses. However, prior research has generally not…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Instruction, Grades (Scholastic)
Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
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Asfaw, Abraham; Blais, Alexandre; Brown, Kenneth R.; Candelaria, Jonathan; Cantwell, Christopher; Carr, Lincoln D.; Combes, Joshua; Debroy, Dripto M.; Donohue, John M.; Economou, Sophia E.; Edwards, Emily; Fox, Michael F. J.; Girvin, Steven M.; Ho, Alan; Hurst, Hilary M.; Jacob, Zubin; Johnson, Blake R.; Johnston-Halperin, Ezekiel; Joynt, Robert; Kapit, Eliot; Klein-Seetharaman, Judith; Laforest, Martin; Lewandowski, H. J.; Lynn, Theresa W.; McRae, Corey Rae H.; Merzbacher, Celia; Michalakis, Spyridon; Narang, Prineha; Oliver, William D.; Palsberg, Jens; Pappas, David P.; Raymer, Michael G.; Reilly, David J.; Saffman, Mark; Searles, Thomas A.; Shapiro, Jeffrey H.; Singh, Chandralekha – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2022
Contribution: A roadmap is provided for building a quantum engineering education program to satisfy U.S. national and international workforce needs. Background: The rapidly growing quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry will require both quantum-aware and quantum-proficient engineers at the bachelor's level. Research Question:…
Descriptors: Program Development, Engineering Education, Labor Needs, Quantum Mechanics
Longitudinal Analysis of Women and Men's Motivational Beliefs in a Two-Semester Introductory Physics Course Sequence for Students on the Bioscience Track
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Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Societal stereotypes and biases about who belongs in physics and who can excel in it can impact the physics beliefs, including their self-efficacy, interest, and identity, e.g., of women in physics courses. Exploring these beliefs longitudinally and analyzing how different beliefs predict students' physics identity are important for developing a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Physics, Science Education
Underrepresented Minority Students Receive Lower Grades and Have Higher Rates of Attrition across STEM Disciplines: A Sign of Inequity?
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Whitcomb, Kyle M.; Singh, Chandralekha – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Underrepresented minority (URM) students are subjected to historically rooted inequities when pursuing an education, especially in STEM disciplines with little diversity. In order to make STEM education equitable and inclusive, evidence for how students from different racial/ethnic demographics are faring is necessary. We use 10 years of…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Asian American Students
Effect of Gender, Self-Efficacy, and Interest on Perception of the Learning Environment and Outcomes in Calculus-Based Introductory Physics Courses
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Li, Yangqiuting; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
Students' motivational beliefs about physics can influence their learning outcomes as well as retention in their majors and career choices. Moreover, due to societal stereotypes and biases about who belongs in physics and can succeed in physics, women often have lower motivational beliefs about physics than men. The expectancy-value theory…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Females, Self Efficacy, Student Interests
Not All Disadvantages Are Equal: Racial/Ethnic Minority Students Have Largest Disadvantage among Demographic Groups in Both STEM and Non-STEM GPA
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Whitcomb, Kyle M.; Cwik, Sonja; Singh, Chandralekha – AERA Open, 2021
An analysis of institutional data to understand the outcome of obstacles faced by students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds is important in order to work toward promoting equity and inclusion. We use 10 years of institutional data at a large public research university to investigate the grades earned by students categorized on four…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Minority Group Students, Grade Point Average
Why Female Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Majors Do Not Identify with Physics: They Do Not Think Others See Them That Way
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Kalender, Z. Yasemin; Marshman, Emily; Schunn, Christian D.; Nokes-Malach, Timothy J.; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Gender differences in students' physics identity in introductory physics courses can influence students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and their career decisions. Exploring the components that influence these identities is critical to developing a better understanding of the underrepresentation of women in physics…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Students, Females, Majors (Students)