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Belongingness, Student Anxiety, and Student Performance

 

A presentation from the 2017 Summer Meeting: Cincinnati, Ohio

Abstract

A belongingness activity was implemented in introductory-level math and physics courses. In our investigation, we gave students a series of quotes from previous students about how they coped with not feeling like they belonged and then asked the current students to write a short description of how they are dealing with their feelings of belonging in their course. We looked at whether this intervention had an impact on student anxieties associated with the class and their sense of belongingness. We also looked at how the belongingness intervention affected student performance in the classes. We will discuss our initial findings and future directions.

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Author:
Todd Zimmerman,

Paper Type:
Poster

Meeting:
2017 Summer Meeting: Cincinnati, Ohio

Time:
05:45 PM

Session:
Physics Education Research II

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