JN Schinske, H Perkins, A Snyder… - … Life Sciences Education, 2016 - Am Soc Cell Biol

Scientist spotlight homework assignments shift students' stereotypes of scientists and enhance science identity in a diverse introductory science class.

Broadening participation informal stem education

Perkins, Schinske

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Research into science identity, stereotype threat, and possible selves suggests a lack of diverse representations of scientists could impede traditionally underserved students from persisting and succeeding in science. We evaluated a series of metacognitive homework assignments (“Scientist Spotlights”) that featured counterstereotypical examples of scientists in an introductory biology class at a diverse community college. Scientist Spotlights additionally served as tools for content coverage, as scientists were selected to match topics …

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