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Equity and Inclusion in inquiry-based labs

Invited

Abstract

While group work is common in most introductory physics labs, research in physics education has found that students' experiences in those groups are not necessarily in common. I'll discuss our recent work evaluating how students participate in the hands-on aspects of physics labs, particularly illuminating imbalances between men's and women's participation. I'll also describe how nuances in students' perceptions of these experiences and differences in single-gender versus mixed-gender groups motivate different types of instructional interventions (or even no intervention at all!).

Presenters

  • Natasha Holmes

    Cornell University

Authors

  • Natasha Holmes

    Cornell University

  • Sophia Jeon

    Cornell University

  • Z. Yasemin Kalender

    Cornell University

  • Katherine N Quinn

    The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Center for the Physics of Biological Function, Princeton University

  • Emily Stump

    Cornell University