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Girls and women in STEM : a never ending story / edited by Janice Koch, Emerita Hofstra University, Barbara Polnick, Sam Houston State University, Beverly Irby, Texas A & M University.

Other author/creatorKoch, Janice, 1947-
Other author/creatorPolnick, Barbara.
Other author/creatorIrby, Beverly J.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Charlotte, NC : IAP - Information Age Publishing, [2014]
Descriptionx, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Research on women and education
Research on women and education. ^A1080040
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2013045519
ISBN9781623965570 (Hardcover)
ISBN1623965578 (Hardcover)
ISBN9781623965563 (Paperback)
ISBN162396556X (Paperback)

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