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Girls and women in stem : a never ending story / edited by Janice Koch, Barbara Polnick, Beverly Irby.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Research on women and educationPublisher: Charlotte, NC : IAP - Information Age Publishing, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781623965587
  • 1623965586
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Girls and women in STEM.DDC classification:
  • 500.82 23
LOC classification:
  • Q130 .G57 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Janice Koch and Beverly Irby -- Intersections of African American women in STEM and lingering racial and gender bias / Catherine Martin-Dunlop and Whitney Johnson -- African American women's resilience in hard science majors / Ezella McPherson -- Reflections of eight Latinas and the role of language in the middle school science classroom / Carolyn Parker -- Maternal perspectives on getting a degree in computer science: does class trump race? / Louise Ann Lyon -- The evolution of the chilly climate for women in science / Roxanne Hughes -- The effect of alternative assessments in natural science on attitudes toward science in grade 8 girls in South Africa / Nicole N. Wallace and Annemarie Hattingh -- The role of out-of-school time in encouraging girls in STEM / Merle Froschl and Barbara Sprung -- STEM summer institute: a model program for stem integration for girls / Crystal T. Chukwurah and Stacy S. Klein-Gardner -- Robotics programs: inspiring young women in STEM / Cecilia (Ceal) D. Craig -- Looking through a mirror with a third eye: improving mathematics teaching in culturally diverse classrooms / Sylvia Taube and Barbara Polnick -- The FORWARD program / Catherine Mavriplis, Rachelle S. Heller, Paul Sabila, and Charlene Sorensen.
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Introduction / Janice Koch and Beverly Irby -- Intersections of African American women in STEM and lingering racial and gender bias / Catherine Martin-Dunlop and Whitney Johnson -- African American women's resilience in hard science majors / Ezella McPherson -- Reflections of eight Latinas and the role of language in the middle school science classroom / Carolyn Parker -- Maternal perspectives on getting a degree in computer science: does class trump race? / Louise Ann Lyon -- The evolution of the chilly climate for women in science / Roxanne Hughes -- The effect of alternative assessments in natural science on attitudes toward science in grade 8 girls in South Africa / Nicole N. Wallace and Annemarie Hattingh -- The role of out-of-school time in encouraging girls in STEM / Merle Froschl and Barbara Sprung -- STEM summer institute: a model program for stem integration for girls / Crystal T. Chukwurah and Stacy S. Klein-Gardner -- Robotics programs: inspiring young women in STEM / Cecilia (Ceal) D. Craig -- Looking through a mirror with a third eye: improving mathematics teaching in culturally diverse classrooms / Sylvia Taube and Barbara Polnick -- The FORWARD program / Catherine Mavriplis, Rachelle S. Heller, Paul Sabila, and Charlene Sorensen.

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