Pedagogical reform and college women's persistence in mathematics
Autor/in:
Strand, Kerry J.; Mayfield, M. Elizabeth
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 1
Inhalt: "Significant gender differences persist in the election of mathematics courses and
math-related majors in college. Recent research suggests that part of the blame lies
with conventional pedagogical approaches and that alternative approaches emphasizing
practical applications, collaborative problem solving, and group work make mathematics
more understandable and appealing to all students, particularly women. Using questionnaires
administered to 355 traditional-age female college students, the authors examined
the relationship between alternative teaching strategies in high school mathematics
classes and two categories of outcome variables: mathematics-related attitudes and
mathematics persistence in college. Multivariate analysis showed that experience with
this so-called female-friendly pedagogy is positively related to students' math-related
attitudes and that these attitudes predict math persistence in college. However, the
authors' data also indicate that alternative teaching strategies have no discernible
direct effect on students' choices of mathematics courses or mathrelated." (author's
abstract)|
CEWS Kategorie:Studium und Studierende, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Mathematicians, attributional complexity and gender
Autor/in:
Stalder, Daniel R.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 2
Inhalt: "Given indirect indications in sex role and soda! psychology research that mathematical-deductive
reasoning may negatively relate to social acuity, Study 1 investigated whether mathematicians
were less attributionally complex than nonmathematicians. Study 1 administered the
Attributional Complexity Scale, a measure of social acuity, to female and male faculty
members and graduate students in four Midwestern schools. Atlrihutional complexity
(AC) is the ability and motivation to give complex explanations for behavior. Study
1 found a significant interaction between field and gender. Only among women did mathematicians
score lower on AC. In addition, an established gender difference in AC (that women
score higher than men) was present only among nonmathematicians. Studies 2 and 3 offered
some preliminary support for the possibility that it is generally female students
who score tow on AC who aspire to he mathematicians and for the underlying view that
female students' perceived similarity to mathematicians can influence their vocational
choices." (author's abstract)|
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Übergang Schule - Hochschule : Klassifikation von Initiativen zur Förderung des naturwissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses
Titelübersetzung:Transition from school to university : classification of initiatives to promote trainee scientists
Autor/in:
Ley, Michael
Quelle: Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland -KMK-; Hochschulrektorenkonferenz -HRK-; Bonn, 2002. 95 S.
Inhalt: In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gibt es eine Reihe von Initiativen, die darauf abzielen, Schülerinnen und Schülern ein möglichst authentisches Bild von den Aufgaben und Arbeitsweisen der modernen Naturwissenschaften zu vermitteln und das Interesse an einer systematischen Auseinandersetzung mit diesen Aufgaben zu fördern. Das Ziel der Studie besteht darin, typische Modellvarianten zu identifizieren, die im Bereich der Nachwuchsförderung angetroffen werden können. Die Untersuchung liefert keine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme sämtlicher Initiativen im Bereich der Bildungswerbung. Statt dessen wird ein Ordnungssystem entwickelt, das einen Vergleich der unterschiedlichen Initiativen erleichtert sowie Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten kennzeichnet, die das Gebiet der Nachwuchsförderung im Ganzen betreffen. Auf der Grundlage einer Erhebung, bei der insgesamt 120 Projekte an Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland berücksichtigt wurden, konnten 22 Projekttypen unterschieden werden, die in der Dokumentation zu sechs verschiedenen Projektgruppen zusammengefasst werden. Die verschiedenen Projekttypen sowie die übergeordneten Projektgruppen werden in der Studie ausführlich gekennzeichnet und an einzelnen, besonders prägnanten Beispielen veranschaulicht. (IAB)
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 3-4, S. 285-303
Inhalt: "This article describes a study of the National Science Foundation's Program for Women and Girls (PWG) (now called the Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology) conducted by the Urban Institute between 1998 and 2000. The study assessed the PWG's contributions to the field of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education and gender equity. The study found that the PWG successfully effected both positive, short-term changes in human capital and long-term changes in knowledge capital and social capital resources to improve equity in SMET." (author's abstract)
Dokumentation Forschungsprojekte, 1. bis 3. Förderrunde 1997-2001
Herausgeber/in:
Paravicini, Ursula; Riedel, Christiane; Niedersächsischer Forschungsverbund für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Medizin, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Quelle: Niedersächsischer Forschungsverbund für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Medizin, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover; Norderstedt: Books on Demand (Wissenschaftliche Reihe NFGG, Bd. 1), 2002. ca. 330 S.
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Dokumenttyp:Monographie
Taking stock: where we've been, where we are, where we're going
Autor/in:
Chu Clewell, Betriz; Campbell, Patricia B.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 3-4, S. 255-284
Inhalt: "Focusing on 'where we've been, where we are, and where we're going,' the authors examine minority women's and white women's progress in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) over the past decade. Starting from an exploration of participation and achievement data, the authors move on to cover the theories behind SMET gender differences, including those based on testing, biology, social-psychology, and cognitive sciences. Looking at practice as well as theory, the authors explore the impacts that interventions and contextual influences, such as societal change and education reform, have had on efforts to achieve gender parity in SMET. The article concludes with the recommendation of logical next steps to preserve and expand the gains made by women in these fields." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Fördermaßnahmen, Naturwissenschaft und Technik
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Gender attributions of science and academic attributes : an examination of undergraduate science, mathematics and technology majors
Autor/in:
Hughes, W. Jay
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 1, S. 53-65
Inhalt: "Questionnaire data (n=297) examined the relationship between gender attributions of science and academic attributes for undergraduate science, mathematics, and technology majors from the perspective of gender schema theory. Female and male respondents perceived that (a) the role of scientist was sex typed as masculine, (b) their majors were more valuable for members of their gender than for those of the opposite gender, (c) their majors were more valuable for themselves than for members of their gender in general. Androgynous attributions of scientists and the value of one's major for women predicted value for oneself, major confidence, and career confidence, and masculine attributions of scientists predicted class participation for female respondents. Feminine attributions of scientists predicted graduate school intent; value for women predicted major confidence and subjective achievement, and value for men predicted value for oneself, course confidence, and career confidence for male respondents." (author's abstract)
CEWS Kategorie:Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Geschlechterverhältnis
Dokumenttyp:Zeitschriftenaufsatz
At the crossroads : women, science, and engineering
Autor/in:
Clewell, Beatriz; Burger, Carol J.
Quelle: Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, Vol. 8 (2002) No. 3-4, S. 249 253
Inhalt: "This article introduces the articles featured in the August 2002 issue of the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering; discusses the gap between boys' and girls' achievement in mathematics and the sciences; efforts to increase the representation of women in science, engineering and technology; and the progress of academic female scientists and engineers in the U.S. and Great Britain." (author's abstract)