Zoom Out: An Intervention on the Virtual Learning Environment Improves Minority Students’ Grades in Two Field Experiments in Israel
By Kinneret Endevelt, Eran Halperin, and Roni Porat
10 pagesLecturers in the experimental condition added a transcript of their names in Arabic. Our findings revealed a substantial and positive impact on Palestinian student’s sense of belonging, class participation, and overall grades.
Our intervention demonstrates that small institutional changes when carefully crafted can have a significant impact
Notable to me in the study was that even the Jewish kids in the experiment saw a slight improvement in their GPA from the increased inclusivity of their virtual classroom, despite disliking it.