Sense of belonging among first-year physics students in Germany: Exploring intergroup differences and correlations

Markus Sebastian Feser; Inka Haak; Thorid Rabe

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Markus Sebastian Feser ¹ ^* , Inka Haak ² , Thorid Rabe ²

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¹ Faculty of Education, Physics Education, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, GERMANY² Faculty of Science, Physics Education, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, GERMANY^* Corresponding Author

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Within the present study, we investigated first-year physics students’ senses of belonging to physics and to their university given different backgrounds and prerequisites. Moreover, we explored whether, and to what extent, these two senses of belonging relate to characteristics that curtail students’ academic success and impact the dropout rate from physics programs. For this purpose, we conducted a voluntary, anonymous online survey at 20 universities in Germany. A total of 238 first-year physics students participated. The results of the present study not only align with those of previous research (e.g., the correlative results) but also extend the current state of research (e.g., the revealed intergroup differences) and provide starting points for future research. Conclusions are drawn from these results at the end of the paper.

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sense of belonging
physics
higher education
first-year students
academic dropout
underrepresented student groups

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2023, Article No: em2345

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Feser MS, Haak I, Rabe T. Sense of belonging among first-year physics students in Germany: Exploring intergroup differences and correlations. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2023;19(11), em2345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13656

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Feser, Markus Sebastian, Inka Haak, and Thorid Rabe. "Sense of belonging among first-year physics students in Germany: Exploring intergroup differences and correlations". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2023 19 no. 11 (2023): em2345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13656

Harvard

Feser, M. S., Haak, I., and Rabe, T. (2023). Sense of belonging among first-year physics students in Germany: Exploring intergroup differences and correlations. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(11), em2345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13656

MLA

Feser, Markus Sebastian et al. "Sense of belonging among first-year physics students in Germany: Exploring intergroup differences and correlations". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 19, no. 11, 2023, em2345. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/13656