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 | Koch, Janice, 1947- |
| Other author | Polnick, Barbara. |
| Other author | Irby, Beverly J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Charlotte, NC : IAP - Information Age Publishing, [2014] |
| Description | x, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2013045519 |
| ISBN | 9781623965570 (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1623965578 (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781623965563 (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 162396556X (Paperback) |