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Developing a relational meaning of the equal sign: effects of using a balance analogy in a game-based virtual environment
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Metacognitive calibration in introductory physics courses: Predictors and interventions
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An examination of gendered discourse in the discussion forums of online STEM courses
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Abstract:
Women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, a problem that has roots in their disproportional enrollment and retention in STEM courses at the collegiate level. Increasingly, introductory courses across the STEM disciplines are offered online. In this project, I focus on one potential gatekeeper to women’s online success: discussion forums. Although many scholars agree that discussion forums are important components of online courses because of the collaboration and community they foster, there are gaps in our understanding of the mechanisms behind how discussion forums actually do that. One potential mechanism is language; studying the language of discussion forums can help us gain insight into students’ state of mind and propensity to form a community. By honing in on specific features of the discussion forums that have the potential to influence students’ interactions with one other (i.e., language), I can begin to develop concrete interventions to help students collaborate more effectively, develop community, and ultimately succeed in the course. The first study of this dissertation describes the state of gendered language use in two online STEM courses. The second paper explores how that language interacts with one way of structuring a discussion forum to predict students’ final grades. That structure consisted of giving students the option to post a solution to a homework problem, ask a question, or answer someone’s question. The results reveal that women and men did not differ in their language use along traditionally gendered lines, which is very promising for women in online courses; this means that it is possible that they can feel more comfortable because the language they use does not overtly mark them as a female, and therefore may subvert the typical result of the negative outcomes associated with that marker. Additionally, although not confined to one’s gender, elements of gendered discourse permeated the discussion forums. Gendered language was uniquely used among posting types and also was relevant to students’ final grades. Being a male, posting solutions, answering others’ questions, having larger word counts, as well as using more numbers and analytic language were all related to earning higher final grades.
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discussion forums; gendered discourse; LIWC; online learning; STEM; text analysis
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/102801
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Effect of collaborative learning and direct instruction on myside bias
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The intended and enacted curriculum in a new developmental mathematics course: a study of community college students' participation and attitudes
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Conjunction is more than just a grammatical resource: a comparative study of conjunctions in U.S. and Chinese mathematics lessons
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Enriching science trade books with explicit-reflective nature of science instruction: impacting elementary teachers' practice and improving students' learning
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Students' conceptions of trigonometric functions and positioning practices during pair work with Etoys
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A longitudinal analysis of teacher vs. student reports of teacher-student relatedness and their relation to engagement across the transition to middle school
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Communicating according to the standards: examining math talk in Chinese and U.S. mathematics classrooms
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Teachers' perceptions of the use of ASL phonological instruction to develop ASL and English literacy in an ASL/English bilingual preschool
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Implementing Reform: The Changing Cultures and Discourse Practices of Four First -Grade Classrooms
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Development of Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge in Preschoolers' Addition and Subtraction
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Is gesture-speech mismatch a general index of transitional knowledge?
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