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Tomkin, J. H., & West, M. (2022). STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model. International Journal of STEM Education, 9(1), 1-17.
Tomkin, Jonathan H., and Matthew West. "STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model." International Journal of STEM Education 9.1 (2022): 1-17.
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STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model.

STEM education program evaluation

Tomkin, West

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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 these studies are in doubt; however, as they use GPA as a reliable measure of academic performance, which is a disputed assumption. Using a predictive model of student performance, it is possible to produce a more accurate measure of academic performance …

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