The academic performance index: Creating a more robust and less biased measure of student academic performance

Godwin, Allison; Scott, Tyler D.; Potvin, Geoff; Sonnert, Gerhard; Sadler, Philip M.

doi:10.1109/fie.2015.7344282

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“…A group comparison, using Welch's t-test, was conducted to find differences in academic performance of first-generation and non-first-generation students prior to college using an academic performance index, which is a scaled measure from 0 to 1 of students' prior high school course taking, level of course, and standardized tests scores [39], [43]. Non-first-generation students had a significantly higher academic performance average (55%) than firstgeneration students with an effect size of d = 1.87 (p < 0.001).…”

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First in the family: A comparison of first-generation and non-first-generation engineering college students

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Godwin

2015

2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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Abstract-This study investigates first-generation and nonfirst-generation engineering undergraduates' math/science identities, subject-related interests, and career plans. Firstgeneration students are an understudied, but growing population. Understanding how these self-beliefs and background factors affect students' engineering choice can help widen pathways into engineering which continues to be defined as "pale and male." Additionally, identity has predictive value for practical outcomes like engineering choice in college. The data for this study comes from the nationally representative Sustainability and Gender in Engineering (SaGE) survey completed by 6,772 college students who enrolled in first-year English courses at 2-and 4-year colleges across the U.S. Data were analyzed using t-test and chi-square tests for linear and dichotomous outcomes respectively. Our results show differences in first-generation students' identities, interests, performance/ competence beliefs, and family support for science. These differences can serve as a stepping stone towards understanding the trajectories of first-generation college students in engineering. By understanding underrepresented students' identities, performance, and backgrounds, specific strategies can be developed to support these students in our engineering programs.

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First in the family: A comparison of first-generation and non-first-generation engineering college students

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Godwin

2015

2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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“…For each analysis, post hoc Tukey tests revealed which interest quorum groups differed significantly, and effect sizes for these differences are reported. (34)(35)(36)(37)…”

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Interest in STEM is contagious for students in biology, chemistry, and physics classes

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The academic performance index: Creating a more robust and less biased measure of student academic performance

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First in the family: A comparison of first-generation and non-first-generation engineering college students

First in the family: A comparison of first-generation and non-first-generation engineering college students

Interest in STEM is contagious for students in biology, chemistry, and physics classes

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