Deficit framings of marginalized students, though maintaining widespread social influence,
are thoroughly condemned in recent educational scholarship. The goal of this “counter …

Test anxiety is a common experience shared by college students and is typically
investigated in the context of traditional, face-to-face courses. However, the onset of the …

Overwhelming evidence demonstrating the benefits of active-learning pedagogy has led to a
shift in teaching that requires students to interact more in the classroom. To date, few studies …

This book uniquely offers the distilled wisdom of scores of instructors across ranks,
disciplines and institution types, whose contributions are organized into a thematic …

Studies suggest that active learning positively impacts the student learning experience.
However, the supporting data are mostly aggregated across different demographic groups …

Disparities remain in the representation of marginalized students in STEM. Classroom‐
based experiential learning opportunities can increase student confidence and academic …

In Australia, the number of female graduates in some science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) disciplines is as low as 15%. Previous reviews exploring the issues …

Background Women and students of color are widely underrepresented in the majority of
STEM fields. In order to investigate this underrepresentation, we interviewed over 200 male …

Gender gaps in exam scores or final grades are common in introductory college science and
engineering classrooms, with women underperforming relative to men with the same …

A persistent “gender penalty” in exam performance disproportionately impacts women in
large introductory science courses, where exam grades generally account for the majority of …