Inclusion of women in physics classrooms in first-year engineering programs

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20983/culcyt.2024.3.2e.6

Keywords:

gender equity, higher education, formative evaluation

Abstract

This work complements STEP UP's gender-focused communication manual by developing a complementary rubric. This rubric builds on the communication aspects outlined in the manual and quantifies them using achievement levels. This approach had yet to be proposed in any previous work related to STEP UP. The rubric and the communication manual are recommended as training tools for gender-focused communication in the physics classroom.

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Author Biographies

Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Professor-researcher, Departamento de Ciencias, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Manuela Ortiz Díaz, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Professor, Departamento de Ciencias, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Claudia Bautista Flores, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Full-time professor, Departamento de Ciencias, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Carolina Berenice Rodríguez Garza, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Director of the Program in Industrial Physics Engineering, Departamento de Ciencias, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Santa Esmeralda Tejeda Torres, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Professor-researcher, Departamento de Ciencias, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Instituto para el Futuro de la Educación, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey

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Published

2024-12-30

How to Cite

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L. F. Chaparro Sierra, M. Ortiz Díaz, C. Bautista Flores, C. B. Rodríguez Garza, and S. E. Tejeda Torres, “Inclusion of women in physics classrooms in first-year engineering programs”, Cult. Científ. y Tecnol., vol. 21, no. 3, pp. E71-E78, Dec. 2024.

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Special Edition "Comprehensive Learning of Physics Throughout Life"