NDL 112 -- Women and Science
Reading Assignments
 
Due Date Material Pages 
1/4/00
-Hypatia's Heritage, by Margaret Alic. Intro, Prologue, Chapter 1,2.
-Uneasy Careers and Intimate Lives, ed. by Pnina Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram. Introduction, Chapter 4.
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1/5/00
-Abir-Am and Outram, Chapter 10.
-Women Scientists in America, by Margaret Rossiter.  Introduction, Ch 6.
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1/6/00
-Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972, by Margaret Rossiter. 
Introduction, Ch 4(MG), Ch 5(KV), Ch 6 (LG), Ch7 all.
 47-49
1/7/00
 -Women Scientists in America: Before Affirmative Action, 1940-1972, by Margaret Rossiter. Chapter 16.
-Love, power and knowledge:  towards a feminist transformation of the sciences by Hilary Rose. Chapter 7 (Nine decades, nine women, ten nobel prizes:  gender politics at the apex of science)
-Nobel Prize Women in Science:  their lives, struggles and momentous discoveries, by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.  Chapter 1 (A Passion for Discovery).
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1/10/00
-Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering:  no universal constants, by Ambrose et. al. (pp23-31)
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1/11/00
 - Scientific American: Explorations: Women in Science: April 27, 1998 
-"The Pipeline is Leaking Women All the Way Along" and "A Thoroughly Modern Marriage", both from the April 16, 1993 issue of Science magazine. 
 -"Profile of a Field: Neuroscience (The Pipeline is Leaking)", "Key Issue: Mentoring", "Profile of a Field: Chemistry (Women Have Extra Hoops to Jump Through)", "Profile of a Field:  Mathematics (Heroism is Still the Norm)", "Key Issue: Tenure", "Creative Solutions:  Foundations Lend a Hand", all from the March 13, 1992 issue of Science magazine. 
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1/12/00
-"Surprises Across the Cultural Divide" from March 11, 1994 issue of Science magazine.  (abstract)
-The Chilly Classroom Climate:  A Guide to Improve the Education of Women by Sandler, Silverberg and Hall.  pp1-35 
-Failing at Fairness by Sadker and Sadker, Preface and Chapter 1
39-41 
1/13/00
 -Failing at Fairness by Sadker and Sadker, Chapter 3,4
-"Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies", by Catherine Krupnick. 
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1/14/00
 -Failing at Fairness by Sadker and Sadker, Chapter 5,7
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1/17/00
 -Failing at Fairness by Sadker and Sadker, Chapter 6
-Gender Bias in College Admissions Tests (FairTest)
-The ACT: Biased, Inaccurate, Coachable, Misused (FairTest)
-The College Board Responds:  SAT and Gender Difference (Feb. 1998)
-Fighting the Gender Gap:  Standardized Tests Are Poor Indicators of Ability in Physics 
-  Spencer, S.J., Steele, C.M. & Quinn, D.M. (1999). Stereotype threat and women's math performance. Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 35, 4-28.  (Read intro pp4-7 and general discussion pp21-26) (also  available through the IDEAL database through library webpage)
- Steele, C.M. (1997). A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. American Psychologist, 52, 613-629.   (Read intro pp613-616top and p619-620 to middle of second column)

Browse:  Secrets of the SAT (Frontline)

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1/18/00
 -On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research (National Academy of Sciences, 1994) Introduction through Values in Science
-Reflections on Gender and Science by Evelyn Fox Keller.  Introduction pp3-13, Chapter 9:  A World of Difference pp158-176.
-"The Egg and the Sperm:  How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles" by Emily Martin in Feminism and Science eds. Evelyn Fox Keller and Helen. E. Longino pp103-114.
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1/19/00
-Whose Science?  Whose Knowledge?  by Sandra Harding.  Chapter 12:  What is Feminist Science?
-"Conflicts and Tensions in the Feminist Study of Gender and Science" by Helen E. Longino and Evelynn Hammonds in Conflicts in Feminism eds. Hirsch & Fox Keller.
-Reflections on Gender and Science by Evelyn Fox Keller.  Epilogue pp 177-179.
-"Called 'Trimates,' Three Bold Women Shaped Their Field" and "Seeing Nature Through the Lens Of Gender" both from Science, April 16, 1993. pp420-429.
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1/20/00
 -Benbow, C.P., & Stanley, J.C. (1980).  Sex differences in mathematical ability:  fact or artifact?  Science, 210, 1262-1264.
-Two popular accounts of Benbow & Stanley
--"Do Males Have a Math Gene?", Newsweek, December 15, 1980.
--"The Gender Factor in Math", Time, December 15, 1980.
-Goldstein, D., Haldane, D., & Mitchell C. (1990).   Sex differences in visual-spatial ability:  The role of performance factors Memory & Cognition 18 (5), 546-550.
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1/21/00
 Research Day  
1/24/00
 -"Sex Differences Research:  Science or Belief? by Ruth Bleier in Feminist Approaches to Science, ed. Ruth Bleier
-Science as Social Knowledge by Helen E. Longino.  Excerpts from Chapter 6:  Research on Sex Differences.
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1/25/00
 -Failing at Fairness by Sadker and Sadker, Chapter 9
-The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools (Wendy Kaminer, Atlantic Monthly, April 1998) (optional)
-AAUW Separated by Sex News Release (optional)
-A Closer Look at Women's Colleges by Irene Harwarth U.S. Department of Education (optional)
-Women's Colleges: A Legacy of High-Achieving Women (Sebrechts, President, Women's College Coalition) (opt)
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1/26/00
-Teaching the Majority Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics and Engineering edited by Sue V. Rosser.  Intoduction.  (Ch. 5 LG, Ch. 7,9 KV, Ch. 10,11 MG)
-Browse:  Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms:  A Guide for Faculty (Brown University)
-Browse: Programs/Sites for Girls/Women
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1/27/00
 -"Foundations Addressing Gender Gap In Science" (The Scientist, November 28, 1997)
-"Policies To Stop Tenure Clock Support Family Life" (The Scientist, November 28, 1997)
-Women Scientists Stress Need For Visibility At Conferences (The Scientist, November 28, 1997)
-"Key Issue: Mentoring",  "Key Issue: Tenure", "Creative Solutions:  Foundations Lend a Hand" (Science, March 13, 1992) 
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1/28/00
 Brief presentations on projects  

abstract:  Why Have All the Women Gone?  by Anne Preston
(Preston, Anne. "Where have All the Women Gone? A Study of Exit of Women from the Science and Engineering
Professions." American Economic Review, (1994) V. 84, No. 5, 1446-1462. )

-Affirmative Action
--Affirmative Action:  Why Did Affirmative Action Come About?
--Affirmative Action and Higher Education

-"Female Friendly Science:  Including Women in Curricular Content and Pedagogy (Rosser 1993)
-Digest:  Procedures To Increase the Entry of Women in Science-Related Careers (US Dept. Education)
 

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