blockinggenderbias-evaluation

Evaluation Instructions

In the research that inspires this toolkit, the main outcome measure is the gap between men’s and women’s grades in STEM courses. Studies show that classes where students complete this toolkit’s writing exercise have smaller gender gaps in grades than do classes where students do not complete the writing exercise.

Here is one way to measure whether the writing exercise had this effect in your course:

1. For the term BEFORE you used this toolkit, subtract the average final exam grade for women from the average final exam grade for men (Time 1 Gender Grade Gap)
2. For the term in which you used this toolkit, do the same: subtract the average final exam grade for women from the average final exam grade for men (Time 2 Gender Grade Gap)
3. Compare the two gender grade gaps. The Time 2 Grade Gap is likely smaller than the Time 1 Grade Gap.

To learn about SPARQ’s evaluation services, email us at stanford_sparq@stanford.edu.