Despite more challenges, minoritized, female, and lower-income students were more likely to rate their online STEM experience as good as or better than in person¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students from minoritized race/ethnicity groups, females, and lower-income students were more likely to rate their online course experience as just as good as, or better than, in person despite experiencing more challenges. → Means 2020

Evidence¶

Means 2020¶

Means, B., & Neisler, J. (2020). Unmasking Inequality: STEM Course Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Digital Promise Global. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/c978880f-6afe-4778-9df2-dac931a9c471 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/102

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The report's executive summary states an exception to the challenges-satisfaction pattern "was found for students from minoritized race/ethnicity groups, females, and lower-income students," who rated online quality as good as or better than in person. Only summary-level detail is available in the supplied text.

"these students were more likely to rate the quality of their experiences when their STEM course was online as just as good as, or even better than, when the course was meeting in person."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Four or more major challenges were more prevalent among women, Hispanic and minoritized students, and lower-income students — related
• Technology access problems during the COVID shift were more prevalent among minoritized students and students from lower-income households — related
• Hispanic and low-income students reported more challenges and technology problems after the shift online than non-Hispanic White and higher-income peers; rural students did not differ — related
• Nearly half of STEM students experienced internet connectivity problems that interfered with course participation after the COVID shift to remote instruction — related
• Hispanic students reported higher frequencies of six of the seven non-technology challenges measured in the survey — related
• Students experiencing more major challenges reported lower satisfaction with their post-COVID STEM course and learning — related