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Trial reportJournal of personality and social psychology2023

A prosocial value intervention in gateway STEM courses.

Judith M Harackiewicz, Cameron A Hecht, Michael W Asher, Patrick N Beymer, Liana B Lamont, Natalie S Wheeler, Nicole M Else-Quest, Stacy J Priniski, Jessi L Smith, Janet S Hyde and 1 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of personality and social psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Utility-value intervention promotes persistence and diversity in STEM.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Judith M HarackiewiczDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.ORCID 0000-0003-4748-1174
Cameron A HechtDepartment of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin.
Michael W AsherDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Patrick N BeymerDepartment of Psychology, University of Cinncinnati.
Liana B LamontDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Natalie S WheelerDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nicole M Else-QuestDepartment of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Stacy J PriniskiHope Center for College, Community, and Justice, Temple University.
Jessi L SmithDepartment of Psychology, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
Janet S HydeDepartment of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dustin B ThomanDepartment of Psychology, San Diego State University.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USCentro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXSan Diego State University · USTemple College · USThe University of Texas at Austin · USUniversity of Colorado Colorado Springs · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Promoting Motivation for Underrepresented Groups in Undergraduate Biology CoursesR01GM102703 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HARACKIEWICZ, JUDITH M. · 2012 to 2020
$3.0M
Broadening Participation in the Biomedical Sciences with Utility Value InterventionsR35GM141556 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI HARACKIEWICZ, JUDITH M. · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102703NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141556NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many college students, especially first-generation and underrepresented racial/ethnic minority students, desire courses and careers that emphasize helping people and society. Can instructors of introductory science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses promote motivation, performance, and equity in STEM fields by emphasizing the prosocial relevance of course material? We developed, implemented, and evaluated a prosocial utility-value intervention (UVI): A course assignment in which students were asked to reflect on the prosocial value of biology or chemistry course content; our focus was on reducing performance gaps between first-generation and continuing generation college students. In Studies 1a and 1b, we piloted two versions of a prosocial UVI in introductory biology (

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Identifiers

PMID37796593
PMCPMC10841317
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