SynthesisCBE life sciences education2021
Meta-analysis of Gender Performance Gaps in Undergraduate Natural Science Courses.
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- Optional Exam Retakes Reduce Anxiety but may Exacerbate Score Disparities Between Students with Different Social Identities.CBE life sciences education · 2024Article
- Mind the Gap: Investigating Disaggregated Student Performance in an Upper-Division Biochemistry Course Following Team-Based Learning.CBE life sciences education · 2024Article
- Gendered Performance Gaps in an Upper-Division Biology Course: Academic, Demographic, Environmental, and Affective Factors.CBE life sciences education · 2023Article
- Exploring Academic Performance of Medical Students in an Integrated Hybrid Curriculum by Gender.Medical science educator · 2023Article
- The Metamorphosing Professor: Adapting Teaching to Fulfill the Promise of Biology Education.Integrative and comparative biology · 2022Article
- Participation and Performance by Gender in Synchronous Online Lectures: Three Unique Case Studies during Emergency Remote Teaching.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2022Article
- Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- The effects of course format, sex, semester, and institution on student performance in an undergraduate animal science course.Translational animal science · 2022Article
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Abstract
To investigate patterns of gender-based performance gaps, we conducted a meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data collected across 169 undergraduate biology and chemistry courses.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 attributes of the learning environment impacted performance disparities on the basis of gender. Several factors moderated performance differences, including class size, assessment type, and pedagogy. Specifically, we found evidence that larger classes, reliance on exams, and undisrupted, traditional lecture were associated with lower grades for women. We discuss our results in the context of natural science courses and conclude by making recommendations for instructional practices and future research to promote gender equity.
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