STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model
Abstract Background Grades in college and university STEM courses are an important determinant of student persistence in STEM fields. Recent studies have used the grade offset/grade penalty method to explore why students have lower grades in STEM courses than their GPAs would predict. The results of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of STEM Education |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00343-1 |