This enlightening article at The Washington Post summarizes recent research showing that math anxiety in elementary school teachers has a profound impact on their students. Disturbingly, by the end of only one school year, “girls taught by a teacher with high math anxiety started to score lower than boys in …
An interesting story at Nature proposes that the lack of female voices in the public media, particularly as representatives of science, is limiting which perspectives are visible and accessible to the public. The author suggests that female scientists first start by speaking up more at seminars and conferences. We have …
Arizona State University recently launched CareerWISE, a website aimed at increasing retention of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Ph.D. programs. There are lots of interesting features on the website, but they share the goal of helping women to cope with difficult situations. There are videos capturing the …
Giving Away Success: Why Women Get Stuck and What to Do About It Susan Schenkel, McGraw-Hill 1984 Although this book is out of print, it comes highly recommended. Follow the link above to find it in the UW library catalog. From Amazon’s editorial reviews: [This book] examines the underlying causes …
