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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…
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…