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-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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-Abir-Am and Outram, Chapter 10.
-Women Scientists in America, by Margaret Rossiter. Introduction, Ch 6. |
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-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 |
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-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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-Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: no universal constants, by Ambrose et. al. (pp23-31) |
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- 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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-"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 |
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-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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-Failing at Fairness by Sadker and Sadker, Chapter 5,7 |
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-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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-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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-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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-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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-"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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-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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-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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-"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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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.
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-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)