Positive Feedback as a Lever to Boost Students' STEM Outcomes.

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI:10.1177/01461672241265954

Lora E Park, Deborah E Ward, Deborah Moore-Russo, Brian Rickard, Valerie Vessels, Joseph Hundley

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Abstract

Although many college students intend to major in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), dropout from these fields is high, especially among members of historically underrepresented groups, such as women and racial-ethnic minorities. We propose a minimal, yet potentially powerful intervention to broaden participation in STEM: giving positive feedback to students in STEM. Studies 1 and 2 found that giving positive feedback is less normative in math (vs. English) courses, and instructors' feedback-giving practices and students' experiences mirror these norms. However, students who received positive (vs. only objective) feedback on introductory-level college calculus exams showed greater belonging and self-efficacy in math, which predicted better STEM outcomes (i.e., increased interest in STEM and higher final math course grades, respectively, Study 3). These findings were especially strong for racial-ethnic minority students. Giving positive (vs. only objective) feedback is thus a potentially transformative tool that boosts student outcomes, especially for underrepresented groups.

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积极反馈是提高学生科学、技术和工程学成果的杠杆。

尽管许多大学生打算主修科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业，但这些领域的辍学率很高，尤其是在女性和少数种族等历史上代表性不足的群体中。我们提出了一个最小但可能很有效的干预措施，以扩大 STEM 的参与度：给 STEM 学生积极的反馈。研究 1 和研究 2 发现，在数学（相对于英语）课程中，给予积极反馈不太规范，而教师的反馈做法和学生的体验也反映了这些规范。然而，在大学微积分入门级考试中获得积极反馈（与仅获得客观反馈相比）的学生在数学方面表现出更大的归属感和自我效能感，这预示着他们在 STEM 方面会取得更好的成绩（即分别提高了对 STEM 的兴趣和数学课程的最终成绩，研究 3）。这些研究结果对少数民族学生的影响尤为显著。因此，给予积极的（而不仅仅是客观的）反馈是一种潜在的变革工具，可以提高学生的学习成绩，尤其是对代表人数不足的群体而言。

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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

9.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

116

期刊介绍： The Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin is the official journal for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. The journal is an international outlet for original empirical papers in all areas of personality and social psychology.