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Direct linkEllison, Lynn; Jones, Dawn – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
This article describes an action research project that was undertaken to address a poor progression rate at the end of the first year of a single honours law degree. An attainment gap due to gender, age and ethnicity was also noted. The students were predominantly assessed by examinations; therefore a change of assessment to coursework and…
Descriptors: Law Students, Student Evaluation, Change, Gender Differences
Hossein Nouri; Maria S. Domingo – Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, 2019
Female students comprise a significant number of the accounting student population at four-year institutions. Likewise, a significant number of students have chosen to enroll and earn associate degrees at a community college, and subsequently transfer to a four-year college or university. According to the National Center for Education Statistics,…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Females, Gender Differences, Accounting
Laura Cruz-Atrian – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This quantitative study examined the proportions of students enrolling in and completing transfer-level math pre- and post-Assembly Bill 705 (AB 705), as well as different predictors affecting the completion of transfer-level math within the first year. The study drew attention to the relationship between students' race/ethnicity and the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Equal Education, Racism
Baker, Dominique J.; Skinner, Benjamin T.; Redding, Christopher H. – Journal of Higher Education, 2020
At all levels of education, the racial achievement gap in performance between Black and Latino students and their White peers stubbornly persists. While the causes of this gap are numerous and interrelated, one theory posits that students from underrepresented racial groups may face stereotype threat, meaning that fear of failing and thereby…
Descriptors: Intervention, Stereotypes, Racial Bias, Achievement Gap
Download full textJames-Gallaway, Chaddrick D.; Georges, Colvin T., Jr.; Wilson, Asif – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2020
Harold Washington College (HWC), one of seven institutions in the City Colleges of Chicago system, is a minority-serving community college. During the 2018-2019 academic year, HWC was a recipient of the Pathways to Results (PTR) Implementation Communities grant funded by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), with support from the Office of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Equal Education, Racial Discrimination, Faculty Development
Chauncey Malachi – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In the American Education system, high school plays an important role. High school education in the country is impacted by several factors such as peer pressure, parental influence and personal characteristics. There are discrepancies in achievements between Black and White students across the United States. Therefore, this paper will aim at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Males, High School Students
Gemmell, Isla; Harrison, Roger – Open Learning, 2023
The gender and ethnicity attainment gap among undergraduate students in UK higher education is well documented. However, there is very little research examining the international attainment gap despite many universities acknowledging that international students achieve lower grades than home students. Furthermore, evidence for international…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Achievement Gap, Online Courses, Graduate Students
Victoria S. Farrar; Bianca-Yesenia Cruz Aguayo; Natalia Caporale – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Despite the existent gender parity in undergraduate biology degree attainment, gendered differences in outcomes are prevalent in introductory biology courses. Less is known about whether these disparities persist at the upper-division level, after most attrition is assumed to have occurred. Here, we report the consistent presence of gender equity…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Biology, College Science
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; Dustin B. Thoman – Grantee Submission, 2023
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…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students, Science Instruction, Biology
Ilene R. Berson; Michael J. Berson – New Educator, 2024
This study addresses the need for improved pedagogical strategies in early childhood and elementary social studies education, focusing on reducing instructional disparities and opportunity gaps for lower socio-economic status (SES) students. Utilizing the wonder framework by Conijn et al. (2022), we propose a design-based approach to enhance…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational Strategies, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Vahide Yigit-Gencten; Mehmet Gultekin; Rabia Ozen Uyar; Filiz Aydemir – European Journal of Education, 2024
The underrepresentation of women and the perpetuation of gender stereotypes in children's literature has long been a concern. This study examined the portrayal of women in children's picture books and the potential of interactive read-alouds to promote gender equity in early childhood education, with the aim of shedding light on gender inequality.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Reading Aloud to Others, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs
Tari Elizabeth Hunter – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the steady growth in transfer enrollment in the California State University (CSU) system, Black transfer students face significant equity gaps in access and completion. This study aims to enhance the limited research on the transfer experiences of Black students at four-year institutions, particularly within the CSU system, where over 40%…
Descriptors: Blacks, African American Students, Self Concept, Community College Students
Miller, Angie L. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2018
Over the past decade of my academic career, I have increasingly noticed the gap between K-12 gifted education and honors college education as my research has forced me to straddle the two areas. My doctoral education at Ball State University included a specialization in gifted studies, which was a natural fit with my own interests in creative…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Gifted Education, Honors Curriculum, Academically Gifted
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
Lee, Sun Young – Curriculum Inquiry, 2021
This article explores the cultural practice of observation in teacher education, focusing on how teachers "learn to see" the differences between students. Conceptualizing "the visual" as a curricular problem that produces certain knowledge as in/valuable, I historicize the practice of scientific observation as embodying…
Descriptors: Observation, Student Diversity, Educational Change, Preservice Teacher Education
