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Chemistry Topics Posing Incommensurate Difficulty to Students with Low Math Aptitude Scores by Ralph, Vanessa R, Lewis, Scott E

“…The identification of students at risk for academic failure in undergraduate chemistry courses has been heavily addressed in the literature. Arguably one of…”
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You Are What You Assess: The Case for Emphasizing Chemistry on Chemistry Assessments by Stowe, Ryan L, Scharlott, Leah J, Ralph, Vanessa R, Becker, Nicole M, Cooper, Melanie M

“…What we emphasize and reward on assessments signals to students what matters to us. Accordingly, a great deal of scholarship in chemistry education has focused…”
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Impact of Representations in Assessments on Student Performance and Equity by Ralph, Vanessa R, Lewis, Scott E

“…Calls for assessments incorporating representations beyond the symbolic level (e.g., chemical reactions and formulas) have encouraged assessment designers to…”
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Beyond instructional practices: Characterizing learning environments that support students in explaining chemical phenomena by Ralph, Vanessa R., Scharlott, Leah J., Schwarz, Cara E., Becker, Nicole M., Stowe, Ryan L.

“…Many conversations surrounding improvement of large‐enrollment college science, technology, engineering & mathematics (STEM) courses focus primarily (or…”
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An Explanative Basis for the Differential Performance of Students with Low Math Aptitude in General Chemistry by Ralph, Vanessa R, Lewis, Scott E

“…Students who score within the bottom quartile on cognitive measures of math aptitude have been identified as at-risk for low performance in chemistry courses,…”
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Advancing Equity in STEM: The Impact Assessment Design Has on Who Succeeds in Undergraduate Introductory Chemistry by Ralph, Vanessa R., Scharlott, Leah J., Schafer, Adam G. L., Deshaye, Megan Y., Becker, Nicole M., Stowe, Ryan L.

“…What we as scientists and educators assess has a tremendous impact on whom we authorize to participate in science careers. Unfortunately, in critical gateway…”
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Introducing Randomization Tests "via" an Evaluation of Peer-Led Team Learning in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses by Ralph, Vanessa R, Lewis, Scott E

“…The methodological limitations education researchers face in the evaluation of reformed instruction have led to debates as to the evidence advancing…”
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Impact of Maintaining Assessment Emphasis on Three-Dimensional Learning as Organic Chemistry Moved Online by Stowe, Ryan L, Esselman, Brian J, Ralph, Vanessa R, Ellison, Aubrey J, Martell, Jeffrey D, DeGlopper, Kimberly S, Schwarz, Cara E

“…The affordances given to a structured, timed, and proctored paper exam are not as readily applicable in a digital medium. Accordingly, the rapid shift from…”
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Advancing Equity Amongst General Chemistry Students with Variable Preparations in Mathematics by Ralph, Vanessa R

“…Reducing the inequities propagating the lack of representation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers has become a national…”
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