6 papers
Development of the RIOT 2 for use in LA-supported classrooms
Gina M. Quan, Cassandra Paul, Nithin Keshavamurthy +3
This paper describes the development of the RIOT 2, an observational tool that can be used to study classrooms in which there are multiple members of an instructional team. The RIO…
Grades, equity and graduation rates: a quantitative analysis of the association of learning assistants with improved student outcomes
Cassandra Paul, David Webb
In this paper we use multilevel modeling of 10 introductory courses from four STEM disciplines to quantify associations of Learning Assistants (LAs) with the student-level outcomes…
Missing Data on Physics Exams: Demographic Patterns, Course-Level Predictions, and Implications for Equity
Cassandra Paul, David J. Webb, Mary Kate Chessey
In a previous quantitative retrospective study we showed that different demographic groups of students leave different numbers of problems blank on physics exams, leading to inequi…
Examining teaching assistant pedagogies in traditional laboratories and recitations
Eric M. Hickok, Cassandra A. Paul
Physics education research has consistently shown that students have higher learning outcomes when enrolled in active learning courses. However, while there is a lot of literature…
High stakes exams inflate a gender gap and contribute to systematic grading errors in one introductory physics series
David J. Webb, Cassandra A. Paul
Previous research has suggested that changing the percentage of the course grade associated with exam grades in STEM courses can change the gender gap in the course. It has also be…
Course Deficit Model and the CLASP curriculum: Examining equity and graduation rates at two institutions
Cassandra A. Paul, David J. Webb
We have previously described the reformed introductory physics course, Collaborative Learning through Active Sense-Making in Physics (CLASP), for bioscience students at a large pub…