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SDSU Researcher Develops App To Promote Inclusive Teaching

The landing page for the web application EQUIP is shown on a computer, Jan. 23, 2019.
Tarryn Mento
The landing page for the web application EQUIP is shown on a computer, Jan. 23, 2019.
SDSU Researcher Develops App To Promote Inclusive Teaching
GUEST: Daniel Reinholz, assistant professor of math, San Diego State University Subscribe to the Midday Edition podcast on iTunes, Google Play or your favorite podcatcher.

A San Diego State University researcher has developed a new web application that may help teachers overcome their own implicit biases.

EQUIP or Equity Quantified in Participation is a free and open-source application which aims to promote fair and inclusive teaching. To use, teachers input student demographic and participation data. The app then generates a detailed analysis that can help an instructor, for instance, track whether he or she is unintentionally excluding certain students from classroom instruction.

Daniel Reinholz, an SDSU assistant professor of math worked with a researcher at Michigan State University to create the application.

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Reinholz talks about how EQUIP can create equitable classrooms Wednesday on Midday Edition.