Acknowledging and Addressing the Achievement Gaps in Undergraduate Education
About This Book
Concerns and Considerations for How to Inclusively Discuss the Achievement Gap Broadly speaking, the purpose of measuring achievement is to measure student learning and their progress towards their degree. Student grades are also used when students apply for jobs, scholarships, and advanced degrees. Grades and standardized test scores are therefore one of the most crucial gatekeepers for student success. Unfortunately, metrics of achievement and standardized testing in particular may exhibit unf
| Category | general |
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| Subject | N/A |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 13 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- Concerns and Considerations for How to Inclusively Discuss the Achievement Gap
- The First-Generation and Transfer Student Achievement Gaps
- Causes of the Achievement Gaps
- Structural Racism
- Colorblindness
- Social-Psychological Factors: Interest, Identity, Motivation and Belonging
- Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health
- Stereotype Threat
- The Imposter Phenomenon (AKA Imposter Syndrome)
- Implicit Bias
- Intersectionality
- Counter Bias and Racism
- Summary and Discussion