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Exposure to Underrepresentation Discussion: The Impacts on Women’s Attitudes and Identities
written by Geoff Potvin, Zahra Hazari, and Robynne M. Lock
In earlier work, we found that women who reported experiencing the "discussion of underrepresentation" in their high school physics classes were more likely to report a career interest in the physical sciences in college. To explore this effect in more detail, we conducted two double-blind, random-assignment experiments on students enrolled in introductory, algebra-based college physics. In the first, students were randomly assigned to read one of two short essays (one focused on the underrepresentation of women in physics, the other reporting on AMO physics research led by a woman) followed by a uniform set of reflection questions. In the second, another cohort of students was primed on their beliefs about gender differences in physics before undergoing the same treatment (one of two essays and reflection questions). In this paper, we compare the impacts on students' general science identity, physics identity, and performance gains on selected FMCE problems.
Physics Education Research Conference 2014
Part of the PER Conference series
Minneapolis, MN: July 30-31, 2014
Pages 211-214
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education - Basic Research
- Sample Population
= Gender
- Societal Issues
= Gender Issues
- Student Characteristics
= Affect
- Lower Undergraduate
- Reference Material
= Research study
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DOI:
10.1119/perc.2014.pr.049
PACSs:
01.30.Cc
01.40.Fk
Keywords:
Gender issues, PERC 2014, physics identity
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Metadata instance created April 24, 2015 by Lyle Barbato
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G. Potvin, Z. Hazari, and R. Lock, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, 2014, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13485&DocID=4084).
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G. Potvin, Z. Hazari, and R. Lock, Exposure to Underrepresentation Discussion: The Impacts on Women’s Attitudes and Identities, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, 2014, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13485&DocID=4084>.
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Potvin, G., Hazari, Z., & Lock, R. (2014, July 30-31). Exposure to Underrepresentation Discussion: The Impacts on Women’s Attitudes and Identities. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN. Retrieved December 10, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13485&DocID=4084
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Potvin, G, Z. Hazari, and R. Lock. "Exposure to Underrepresentation Discussion: The Impacts on Women’s Attitudes and Identities." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2014, Minneapolis, MN, July 30-31, 2014. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13485&DocID=4084 (accessed 10 December 2024).
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Potvin, Geoff, Zahra Hazari, and Robynne Lock. "Exposure to Underrepresentation Discussion: The Impacts on Women’s Attitudes and Identities." Physics Education Research Conference 2014. Minneapolis, MN: 2014. 211-214 of PER Conference. 10 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13485&DocID=4084>.
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