most citedDo evidence-based active-engagement courses reduce the gender gap in introductory physics?

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physics.ed-ph2025★ 66 cited

Do evidence-based active-engagement courses reduce the gender gap in introductory physics?

N. I. Karim, A. Maries, C. Singh

Prior research suggests that using evidence-based pedagogies can not only improve learning for all students, it can also reduce the gender gap. We describe the impact of physics ed…

physics.ed-ph2020★ 12 cited

Impact of evidence-based flipped or active-engagement non-flipped courses on student performance in introductory physics

Nafis I Karim, Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh

We describe the impact of physics education research-based pedagogical techniques in flipped and active-engagement non-flipped courses on student performance on validated conceptua…

physics.ed-ph2020

The impact of stereotype threat on gender gap in introductory physics

Alexandru Maries, Nafis I Karim, Chandralekha Singh

Many prior studies have found a gender gap between male and female students' performance on conceptual assessments such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and the Conceptual Surv…

physics.ed-ph2020★ 1 cited

Teaching assistants' performance at identifying common introductory student difficulties revealed by the conceptual survey of electricity and magnetism

Nafis I Karim, Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh

We discuss research involving the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) to evaluate one aspect of the pedagogical content knowledge of teaching assistants (TAs): th…

physics.ed-ph2020

Is agreeing with a gender stereotype correlated with the performance of female students in introductory physics?

Alexandru Maries, Nafis I. Karim, Chandralekha Singh

Several prior studies in introductory physics have found a gender gap on conceptual assessments such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and the Conceptual Survey of Electricity a…

physics.ed-ph2020★ 15 cited

Exploring one aspect of pedagogical content knowledge of teaching assistants using the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism

Nafis I Karim, Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh

Instruction is unlikely to be effective if instructors do not know the common alternate conceptions of introductory physics students and explicitly take into account common student…