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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Main Authors: Jonathan H. Tomkin, Matthew West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-03-01
Series:International Journal of STEM Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00343-1