The current study tested the effectiveness of a psychological intervention, called values affirmation, in reducing the gender achievement gap in a college-level introductory physics
Concept: Equity
In a randomized field experiment with high school students, we found that a relevance intervention, which encouraged students to make connections between their lives
This intervention, a series of brief but structured writing assignments focusing students on a self-affirming value, reduced the racial achievement gap. Over 2 years,
