The gender gap in FMCE pre-scores could not be explained by differences in the number of physics courses taken in high school. In a select sample, we found that women on average had lower force and motion conceptual evaluation (FMCE) pre-scores (the FMCE is a short conceptual assessment of Newton’s laws), and FMCE pre-score entirely mediated the effects of high school preparation and social-psychological factors on exam performance. Recent work has linked gender disparities in college physics course performance to disparities in high school physics preparation, but to our knowledge, the origin of the disparity in high school physics preparation is still underexplored. There is a substantial body of work in physics education looking at gender disparities in physics.
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