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Belonging in Science
Lauren Aguilar
PARADIGM
& Department of Psychology, Stanford University
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DIVERSITY =
CREATIVITY DECISIONS
PRODUCTIVITY $$$
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MY BELONGING STORY
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YOUR BELONGING STORY
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FUNDAMENTAL NEED TO BELONG
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QUESTIONS OF BELONGING
§ Do I belong in a physics class? § Will the teacher and the other students
respect me? Physics Today. Aguilar, Walton & Weiman, 2014
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CUES OF (NOT) BELONGING
§ STEREOTYPES § ENVIRONMENT § SOCIAL-INTERPERSONAL
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WOULD I BELONG?
VS.
Murphy, Steele, & Gross, 2007
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WOULD I FIT IN?
(Cheryan, Plaut, Davies, & Steele, 2009)
VS.
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WOULD I FIT IN?
(Cheryan, Plaut, Davies, & Steele, 2009)
VS.
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"I never thought I would pursue mathematics before my last year in high school.” “It’s so important what others see in you. I lost my interest in math.” "The social barriers for girls who are interested in mathematical sciences might not be lower now than they were when I grew up.”
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DIVERSITY STRATEGIES
§ Increase belonging
§ Change mindsets about belonging in STEM
§ Microinclusions § Men in STEM = diversity allies
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MICROINCLUSIONS
§ A feeling of working together in STEM with male peers § Sense of connection to peers § Increase belonging
Tip Hey Sarah,I find this helpful: It is sometimes faster to plug in numbers (a bunch of different numbers like positive numbers, negative numbers, zero) rather than trying to solve the equation.Hope this helps you too!-Daniel
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MATH EXAM PERFORMANCE
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Working Separately! Working Together!
F(1, 56)=10.28, p=0.002 * p = .0004
éPerception of connection from male peer
Aguilar, Carr, & Walton, in prep
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PHYSICS FIELD STUDY
§ Introductory Physics at Stanford University § Key gateway course to STEM majors
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STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN PHYSICS
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FIELD STUDY OVERVIEW § Aim
§ To bolster women’s sense of belonging & improve peer interactions in a large introductory physics course
§ Change perceptions and narrative
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SENSE OF BELONGING MESSAGE
§ Positive narrative for interpreting adversity
§ Normal to worry about belonging § These worries dissipate with time
(Walton & Cohen, 2011)
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SENSE OF BELONGING INTERVENTION
§ Previous Students Survey & Quotes § Most students worried about whether they
belonged in physics but grew confident in their belonging with time.
§ Write essay describing how their own experiences echo the experiences in survey & quotes.
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BELONGING INTERVENTION QUOTE
“…I worried that I was different from the other students and whether I had the right preparation…I wasn't sure at first if I fit in—if I would make friends, or find study partners, or if people would respect me. But eventually, I realized that almost everyone worries at first about whether they fit in, and feels isolated and insecure at times—it’s a big class and it’s challenging…Now it seems ironic—everybody feels like they are unprepared or different from everyone else…, when really we're all going through the same things.”
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STEM GPA IN QUARTERS DURING & AFTER STUDY
F (1,227) = 7.95, p = .005* p = .03
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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
100%
Control Social Belonging
Female Non-Engineers Male Non-Engineers Female Engineers Male Engineers
WOMEN’S STEM FRIEND NETWORKS
Walton, Logel, Peach, Spencer, Zanna, 2014
p < .01
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THE POWER OF BELONGING
§ Buffers women from belonging worries § Simple, brief, cost-effective § Promise for improving women’s
achievement and persistence in science
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BELONGING IN PHYSICS
CAUSES CONSEQUENCES SOLUTIONS
§ SOLUTIONS § Social context matters § Community & peer connections § Mentor support
§ High standards and assurance § Telling your (not) belonging story
§ Interdisciplinary collaboration § More…Growth mindset, setbacks as fresh starts,
easeful bureaucracy. paradigmiq.com
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Thank you!
Collaborators & Wise Folks
§ Greg Walton § Patricia Burchat § Chaya Nanavati § Carol Dweck § Carl Weiman § Dweck-Walton Lab
Stellar Research Team § Pooja Desai § Susan Chang § Joseph Smeall-Villarroel § Josh Davis § Rosemary Callejas § April Yang § Amanda Smith § Cliff Owl § Jeremy Gilford § Michael Nguyen § Daniel Mrdjenovich § Evelyn Plumb § Russell Caughey § Taelor Clay § Imani Parker-Fong § Veena Bansal § Kale Futterman