High-stakes exams inflate a gender gap and contribute to systematic grading errors in one introductory physics series

Previous research has suggested that changing the percentage of the course grade associated with exam grades in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses can change the gender gap in the course. It has also been shown that high-stakes assessments yield the lowest (relative) scores fo...

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Published in:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Main Authors: David J. Webb, Cassandra A. Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2025-10-01
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/ngrs-dxtf