3 papers
physics.ed-ph2025
Reducing the weight of low exam scores may raise average grades but does not appear to impact equity gaps
Nicholas T. Young, Rebecca L. Matz, Eric F. Bell +1
Students interpret grades as signals of their strengths, and grades inform students' decisions about majors and courses of study. Differences in grades that are not related to lear…
astro-ph.GA2023
Black Hole Growth, Baryon Lifting, Star Formation, and IllustrisTNG
G. M. Voit, B. D. Oppenheimer, E. F. Bell +2
Quenching of star formation in the central galaxies of cosmological halos is thought to result from energy released as gas accretes onto a supermassive black hole. The same energy…
physics.ed-ph2023
Complex multiple-choice questions are inequitable for low-income and domestic students (and difficult for everyone)
Nicholas T. Young, Mark Mills, Rebecca L. Matz +2
High-stakes exams play a large role in determining an introductory physics student's final grade. These exams have been shown to be inequitable, often to the detriment of students…