Designing equitable STEM education: Guidelines for parents, educators and policy-makers to reduce gender/racial achievement gaps

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Reilly, D
Hurem, A
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Tierney, Robert J

Rizvi, Fazal

Ercikan, Kadriye

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2022
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This article provides an overview of the topic of inclusive STEM education, and in particular evidence-based interventions to close gender and racial achievement gaps. There are relatively simple and cost-effective interventions developed by educational psychologists that boost student resilience and motivation, and a strong evidence base for their use. Visual-spatial training and values affirmation are two techniques that make for more equitable STEM outcomes and have been shown to close racial/gender gaps in science and mathematics achievement. They may also be of benefit for other demographic subgroups, including SES, students with a disability, and neurodiverse learners.

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International Encyclopedia of Education

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4th

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Reilly, D; Hurem, A, Designing equitable STEM education: Guidelines for parents, educators and policy-makers to reduce gender/racial achievement gaps, International Encyclopedia of Education, 2022, 4th, pp. 334-343

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