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Last Published
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March 02, 2020 04:13 PM
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March 05, 2020 06:29 AM
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Experimental Design (Public)
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The study intends to evaluate how providing implicit bias training to higher education instructors impacts students outcomes. We will offer---in the spring of 2020---an in-person implicit bias training to a randomly selected sample of instructors teaching courses at the Math, Reading and Writing departments at Portland Community College (PCC). The training is designed to expose faculty members to their own implicit biases and provide them with tools to adjust their automatic pattern of thinking with the ultimate goal of mitigating any biased behavior. This treatment--- implemented by psychologists---will be based on scientific evidence and previous research results and it will adopt a non-judgmental approach that focuses on the recipients’ self-interest and organizational interest. Follow up emails will be sent bi-weekly to remind instructors of training content to raise awareness about potentially biased behavior. We will then evaluate the impact of interacting with instructors exposed to training on students' outcomes.
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The study intends to evaluate how providing implicit bias training to higher education instructors impacts students' outcomes. We will offer---in the spring of 2020---an in-person implicit bias training to a randomly selected sample of instructors teaching courses at the Math, Reading and Writing departments at Portland Community College (PCC). The training is designed to expose faculty members to their own implicit biases and provide them with tools to adjust their automatic pattern of thinking with the ultimate goal of mitigating any biased behavior. This treatment--- implemented by psychologists---will be based on scientific evidence and previous research results and it will adopt a non-judgmental approach that focuses on the recipients’ self-interest and organizational interest. Follow up emails will be sent bi-weekly to remind instructors of training content to raise awareness about potentially biased behavior. We will then evaluate the impact of interacting with instructors exposed to training on students' outcomes.
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Planned Number of Observations
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We will have information on 300 instructors (unit of randomization). We will also have information on approximately 8000 students. Each students is enrolled, on average, in 1.8 courses at the Math, Writing and Reading Departments.
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We will have information on 300 instructors (unit of randomization). We will also have information on approximately 10,500 students. Each students is enrolled, on average, in 1.8 courses at the Math, Writing and Reading Departments.
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