Lessons from high-achieving students of color in physics

✍ Scribed by Sharon L. Fries-Britt; Toyia K. Younger; Wendell D. Hall

• Book ID: 102286679
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 60 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-0579
• DOI: 10.1002/ir.363

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This chapter is based on a multiyear study of 110 physics majors at colleges and universities across the United States. Its focus was on understanding their interactions with faculty and peers, experiences in their respective physics programs, and the extent to which they were motivated by race to succeed as scientists.