most introductory biology courses serve as import-ant gateways to persistence in STEM fields
I loved biology when I took it in high school and wonder if I might even be apart of a STEM field.
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www.lifescied.org www.lifescied.org
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“wise” intervention techniques, faculty can fairly easily commu-nicate growth mindset messages at critical time points.
💡This article should be a must read for staff!
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academic struggles are theresult of controllable rather than uncontrollable factors
! I couldn't have said it better.
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leaving a final sample of 417 students (70.3% female;34.3% FG; 67.4% White, 8.8% Asian/Asian American, 12.0%Hispanic, 4.8% Black, 2.2% Native American). We conducted apower analysis for an ANCOVA with four groups (2 × 2) usingG*Power Version 3.1 (Faul et al., 2007). Estimating 80% statis-tical power and an α of 0.05, a sample size of at least 200 (or50 students
All these specifics make it connect to ethos but makes it all the more confusing for me as I am not great at statistics and such. But if it lacked this piece of evidence it would be weaken the argument.
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Pacific Northwes
! Love the PNW!
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The intervention improved grades in the course for everyone, on average, comparedwith control messages, and were especially beneficial for FG students.
⭐This intervention is amazing and should be more commonly used.
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Randomizatio
In my pyschology 100 class last quarter I recall learning about different kinds of surveys done. This is one of them and it's great to see it play out.
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Therefore, even subtle interventionmessages can have profound impacts for students when themessage is psychologically attuned to the situation and deliv-ered during a time when students may be searching
⭐This is a very powerful conclusion to come to.
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ffect did not differ by generational status.
I wish this statement was wrote on a bit more as it left me wondering lots of factors.
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(10.23 percentage points)
💡This is a great example of logos as it is data but if im being honest i'm not great at dealing/observing with numbers so it makes it much more confusing for me.
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In a large field study, we found that when a biology instructorcommunicated growth mindset messages at critical timesduring the semester (i.e., directly after exam grades wereposted), students earned higher grades in the course, on aver-age, compared with control messages.
Great example of ethos/ logos due to it revealing results and also being credible.
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Self-report Data
This entire paragraph is an example of logos.
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These fixed mindset messagessuggest to students that seeking help and spending more timestudying the course materials would be futile without inherentability or talent.
This statement is a great example of pathos as it does a great job at showcasing emotion and impacts to people.
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owever, instructors who promote growthmindset messages can reverse these effects and motivate stu-dents to seek additional resources when they struggle
I agree strongly with this statement as instructors who promote students to have a beter mindset can truly help students in the long run and create overall healthier relationships with future instructors.
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FG students are at risk of construingchallenges (e.g., poor exam grades) as a sign that they are not“college material.”
This is an example of ethos as it explains the doubt FG students experience and lock of belonging.
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but they face a numberof economic and social obstacles that make succeeding in college more difficult
This is also a great example of pathos as it explains the harships these students have to face.
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Dweck and Leggett, 1988; Dweck,1999).
The author of the article implemented lots of emaples of ethos through refrencing credible, previous studies.
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“false growth mindset”
This reminds me of an article I read sophmore year in AVID. We annotated an article regarding fixed/growth mindsets. It was rather similar to this one just with less logos to back it up.
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but they face a numberof economic and social obstacles that make succeeding in college more difficult.
My sister was a First Gen student at Highline College and I recall all the obstacles she had to go through but luckily she had many resources to look to for help!
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A total of 553 undergraduate students were enrolled in theIntroductory Biology course. One hundred sixteen studentswere excluded from analysis (two students were erroneouslyexcluded from random assignment and were not assigned acondition, 19 students withdrew from the course after random
This is an example of logos as it uses data and specifics to make the study more reliable.
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