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Mechanics Cognitive Diagnostic: Testing Fine-Grained Learning Objectives in Introductory Physics
Vy Le, Jayson M. Nissen, Jason W. Morphew +2
Physics courses use research-based assessments (RBAs) such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI), Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE), and Energy and Momentum Conceptual S…
Challenging Data Aggregation Practices: A MAIHDA Study of Asian Student Outcomes in Introductory Physics
Vy Le, Grace Angell, Jayson Nissen +1
Aggregation of Asian student data can reinforce the model minority myth by obscuring educational disparities among Asian student subgroups. This study investigated variation in con…
Applying Cognitive Diagnostic Models to Mechanics Concept Inventories
Vy Le, Jayson M. Nissen, Xiuxiu Tang +5
In physics education research, instructors and researchers often use research-based assessments (RBAs) to assess students' skills and knowledge. In this paper, we support the devel…
Society's educational debts in biology, chemistry, and physics across race, gender, and class
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen, Odis Johnson
The success of collaborative instruction in helping students achieve higher grades in introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has led many edu…
Comparing the efficacy of fixed effect and MAIHDA models in predicting outcomes for intersectional social strata
Ben Van Dusen, Heidi Cian, Jayson Nissen +2
This investigation examines the efficacy of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) over fixed effect models when performing intersecti…
How statistical model development can obscure inequities in STEM student outcomes
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen
Researchers often frame quantitative research as objective, but every step in data collection and analysis can bias findings in often unexamined ways. In this investigation, we exa…
Tenets of QuantCrit
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen
Quantitative Critical (QuantCrit) research is a relatively new field of study grounded in critical theory (Crenshaw, 1990; Ladson-Billings, 2006; 2013). The nascency of QuantCrit h…
Investigating society's educational debts due to racism and sexism in student attitudes about physics using quantitative critical race theory
Jayson Nissen, Ian Her Many Horses, Ben Van Dusen
The American Physical Society calls on its members to improve the diversity of physics by supporting an inclusive culture that encourages women and Black, Indigenous, and people of…
Online Administration of Research-Based Assessments
Ben Van Dusen, Mollee Shultz, Jayson M. Nissen +5
The number and use of research-based assessments (RBAs) has grown significantly over the last several decades. Data from RBAs can be compared against national datasets to provide i…
Associations between learning assistants, passing introductory physics, and equity: A quantitative critical race theory investigation
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen
Many STEM degrees require passing an introductory physics course. Physics courses often have high failure rates that may disproportionately harm students who are marginalized by ra…
Missing data and bias in physics education research: A case for using multiple imputation
Jayson Nissen, Robin Donatello, Ben Van Dusen
Physics education researchers (PER) commonly use complete-case analysis to address missing data. For complete-case analysis, researchers discard all data from any student who is mi…
Student Outcomes Across Collaborative Learning Environments
Xochhith Herrera, Jayson Nissen, Ben Van Dusen
The Learning Assistant (LA) model supports instructors in implementing research-based teaching practices in their own courses. In the LA model, undergraduate students are hired to…
Modernizing use of regression models in physics education research: a review of hierarchical linear modeling
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen
Physics education researchers (PER) often analyze student data with single-level regression models (e.g., linear and logistic regression). However, education datasets can have hier…
Equity in College Physics Student Learning: a Critical Quantitative Intersectionality Investigation
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson Nissen
We investigated the intersectional nature of race/racism and gender/sexism in broad scale inequities in physics student learning using a critical quantitative intersectionality. To…
Participation and Performance on Paper- and Computer-Based Low-Stakes Assessments
Jayson M. Nissen, Manher Jariwala, Eleanor W. Close +1
High-stakes assessments, such the Graduate Records Examination, have transitioned from paper to computer administration. Low-stakes Research-Based Assessments (RBAs), such as the F…
Performance differences for in-class and online administration of low-stakes research-based assessments
Jayson M. Nissen, Manher Jariwala, Xochith Herrera +2
Research-based assessments (RBAs), such as the Force Concept Inventory, have played central roles in many course transformations from traditional lecture-based instruction to resea…
Participation rates of in-class vs. online administration of low-stakes research-based assessments
Manher Jariwala, Jayson Nissen, Xochith Herrera +2
This study investigates differences in student participation rates between in-class and online administrations of research-based assessments. A sample of 1,310 students from 25 sec…
Systemic inequities in introductory physics courses: the impacts of learning assistants
Ben Van Dusen, Jayson M. Nissen
Creating equitable performance outcomes among students is a focus of many instructors and researchers. One focus of this effort is examining disparities in physics student performa…
Longitudinal associations between learning assistants and instructor effectiveness
Daniel Caravez, Angelica De La Torre, Jayson Nissen +1
A central goal of the Learning Assistant (LA) model is to improve students' learning of science through the transformation of instructor practices. There is minimal existing resear…
Are inequities in self-efficacy a systemic feature of physics education?
Jayson M. Nissen
There is consistent and growing evidence that physics instruction disproportionately harms female students' self-efficacy, their beliefs about their ability to learn and do physics…
A comparison of Hake's g and Cohen's d for analyzing gains on concept inventories
Jayson M. Nissen, Robert M. Talbot, Amreen Nasim Thompson +1
Measuring student learning is a complicated but necessary task for understanding the effectiveness of instruction and issues of equity in college STEM courses. Our investigation fo…