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ScopeThis guide gathers select print and electronic resources for educators, parents, researchers, and young women on how to get girls (particularly middle and high school aged) interested in science and scientific careers/ For Educators, Parents, and MentorsBooksClewell, Beatriz C., Bernice Taylor Anderson, and Margaret E. Thorpe. Breaking the barriers: helping female and minority students succeed in mathematics and science.San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass, 1992. 333 p. Encouraging girls in math and science. Diane F. Halpern and others. Washington, Institute of Education Sciences of the National Center for Education Research, 2007. 47 p. Girls in science: a framework for action. Leisl Chatman and others. Arlington, VA, NSTA Press/National Science Teachers Association, c2008. 290 p. Goetz, Susan Gibbs. Science for girls: successful classroom strategies. Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2007. Growing smart: what’s working for girls in school: executive summary and action guide. Commissioned by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. Researched by Sunny Hansen, Joyce Walker, and Barbara Flom. Washington, The Foundation, c1995. 45 p. James, Abigail Norfleet. Teaching the female brain: how girls learn math and science. Thousand Oaks, CA, Corwin, c2009. 188 p. Sadker, David Miller, Myra Sadker, and Karen Zittleman. Still failing at fairness: how gender bias cheats girls and boys in school and what we can do about it. Rev. and updated ed. New York, Scribner, 2009. 373 p. Samuels, Linda S. Girls can succeed in science!: antidotes for science phobia in boys and girls. Thousand Oaks, CA, Corwin Press, c1999. 228 p. Tolley, Kimberley. The science education of American girls: a historical perspective. New York, RoutledgeFalmer, 2003. 287 p. Articles/ReportsAdenika-Morrow, T. Jean. A lifeline to science careers for African-American females. Educational leadership, v. 53, May 1996: 80-83. Alexakos, Konstantinos, and Wladina Antoine. The gender gap in science education: strategies to encourage female participation in science. Science teacher, v. 70, Mar. 2003: 30-33. Bailey, Susan McGee. Shortchanging girls and boys. Educational leadership, v. 53, May 1996: 75-79. Behm, Charlotte. Big picture science. Science teacher, v. 68, Mar. 2001: 36-39. Buck, Gayle, and Nancy Ehlers. Four criteria for engaging girls in the middle level classroom. Middle school journal, v. 34, Sept. 2002: 48-53. Buck, Gayle, Vicki Plano Clark, and Nicole Beeman-Cadwallader. Science role models for adolescent girls. Science scope, v. 32, Dec. 2008: 40-43. Clewell, Beatriz Chu, and others. What do we know?: seeking effective math and science instruction. Washington, Urban Institute, Feb. 2005. 24 p. Girls disengage from high school science. Education digest, v. 75, Apr. 2010: 44-45. Heilbronner, Nancy N. Jumpstarting Jill: strategies to nurture talented girls in your science classroom. Gifted child today, v. 32, winter 2009: 46-54. Huebner, Tracey A. Encouraging girls to pursue math and science. Educational leadership, v. 67, Sept. 2009: 90-91. Jolly, Eric J., Patricia B. Campbell, and Lesley Perlman. Engagement, capacity, and continuity: a trilogy for student success. Funded by the GE Foundation. Groton, MA, Campbell-Kibler; St. Paul, Science Museum of Minnesota, Sept. 2004. 24 p. Koenig, Kathleen, and Margaret Hanson. Fueling interest in science: an after-school program model that works. Science scope, v. 32, Dec. 2008: 48-51. Pollina, Ann. Gender balance: lessons from girls in science and mathematics. Educational leadership, v. 53, Sept. 1995: 30-33. Reis, Sally M., and Carol Graham. Needed: teachers to encourage girls in math, science, and technology. Gifted child today, v. 28, summer 2005: 14-21. Rop, Charles Breaking the gender barrier in the physical sciences. Educational leadership, v. 55, Dec. 1997/Jan. 1998: 58-60. Vanmali, Binaben H., and Sandra K. Abell. Finding a place for girls in science. Science and children, v. 46, July 2009: 62-63. Activities and Curriculum ResourcesAfter-School Science Plus The Girl Solution Girls at the Center: Girls and Adults Learning Science Together Techbridge Girls Curriculum Warren, Rebecca Lowe, and Mary H. Thompson. The scientist within you: experiments and biographies of distinguished women of science, v. 1, 2nd ed. Eugene, OR, ACI Pub., c1996. 212 p. Warren, Rebecca Lowe, and Mary H. Thompson. The scientist within you: women scientists from seven continents, v. 2. Eugene, OR, ACI Pub., c1995. 212 p. Women life scientists: past, present, and future. Edited by Marsha Lakes Matyas and Ann E. Haley. Bethesda, MD, American Physiological Society, 1997. 338 p. Wonderwise Internet ResourcesExpanding Your Horizons Network Girls Tech Girlstart Great Science for Girls Sally Ride Science Club Science: It’s a Girl Thing! SciGirls Activities and Lessons For ResearchersBooksBeyond bias and barriers: fulfilling the potential of women in academic science and engineering. Washington, National Academies Press, c2007. 317 p. Etzkowitz, Henry, and others Athena unbound: the advancement of women in science and technology. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2000. 282 p. Fisher, Robert L. Making science fair: how can we achieve equal opportunity for men and women in science? Lanham, MD, University Press of America, c2007. 114 p. The Gender and science reader. Edited by Muriel Lederman and Ingrid Bartsch. London, New York, Routledge, 2001. 505 p. Hall, Linley Erin. Who’s afraid of Marie Curie?: the challenges facing women in science and technology. Emeryville, CA, Seal Press, c2007. 319 p. Hanson, Sandra L. Swimming against the tide: African American girls and science education. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 2009. 213 p. Howes, Elaine V. Connecting girls and science: constructivism, feminism, and science education reform. New York, Teachers College Press, c2002. 168 p. Margolis, Jane, and Allan Fisher.Unlocking the clubhouse: women in computing. Cambridge, MIT Press, c2002. Schiebinger, Londa L.The mind has no sex?: women in the origins of modern science. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1989. 355 p. Sheffield, Suzanne Le-May.Women and science: social impact and interaction. Santa Barbara, CA, ABC-CLIO, c2004. 409 p. Teaching the majority: breaking the gender barrier in science, mathematics, and engineering. Edited by Sue Vilhauer Rosser. New York, Teachers College Press, c1995. 264 p. Why aren't more women in science?: top researchers debate the evidence. Edited by Stephen James Cecil and Wendy M. Williams. Washington, American Psychological Association, c2007. 254 p. Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: upping the numbers. Edited by Ronald J. Burke and Mary C. Mattis.Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar, c2007. 379 p. Selected ArticlesBrotman, Jennie S., and Felicia M. Moore. Girls and science: a review of four themes in the science education literature. Journal of research in science teaching, v. 45, Nov. 2008: 971-1002. Buck, Gayle A., Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, and Susan K. Kirby. Bringing female scientists into the elementary classroom: confronting the strength of elementary students’ stereotypical images of scientists. Journal of elementary science education, v.14, fall 2002: 1-9. Campbell, Patricia B., and others. Upping the numbers: using research-based decision making to increase diversity in the quantitative disciplines. Funded by the GE Foundation. Groton, MA, Campbell-Kibler; Newton, MA, Education Development Center, Jan. 2002. 16 p. Clewell, Beatrice Chu, and Patricia B. Cambell. Taking stock: where we've been, where we are, where we’re going. Journal of women and minorities in science and engineering, v. 8, nos. 3 and 4, 2002: 255-284. Crowley, Kevin, and others. Parents explain more often to boys than to girls during shared scientific thinking. Psychological science, v. 12, May 2001: 258-261. Farland-Smith, Donna. Exploring middle school girls’ science identities: examining attitudes and perceptions of scientists when working “side-by-side” with scientists. School science and mathematics, v. 109, Nov. 2009: 415-427. Gottfredson, Linda S. Assess and assist individuals, not sexes. Issues in education, v. 8, no. 1, 2002: 39-47. Hill, Catherine, Christianne Corbett, and Andresse St. Rose. Why so few? Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, American Association of University Women, c2010. 109 p. Inzlicht, Michael, and Talia Ben-Zeev. A threatening intellectual environment: why females are susceptible to experiencing problem-solving deficits in the presence of males. Psychological science, v. 11, Sept. 2000: 365-371. Johns, Michael, Toni Schmader, and Andy Martens. Knowing is half the battle: teaching stereotype threat as a means of improving women’s math performance. Psychological science, v. 16, Mar. 2005: 175-179. Jones, Jenny. Closing the gender gap. Civil engineering, v. 80, July 2010: 60-63. Jovanovic, Jasna, and Sally Steinbach King. Boys and girls in the performance-based science classroom: who’s doing the performing? American educational research journal, v. 35, autumn 1998: 477-496. Rodrick, Linda M., and Dyanne M. Tracy. Gender cultures in a science classroom: teaching that frees girls and boys to learn. Equity & excellence in education, v. 34, Sept. 2001: 29-34. Spelke, Elizabeth S. Sex differences in intrinsic aptitude for mathematics and science?: a critical review. American psychologist, v. 60, Dec. 2005: 950-958. Tenenbaum, Harriet R., and Campbell Leaper. Parent-child conversations about science: the socialization of gender inequalities? Developmental psychology, v. 39, Jan. 2003: 34-47. Tindall, Tiffany, and Burnette Hamil. Gender disparity in science education: the causes, consequences, and solutions. Education, v. 125, winter 2004: 282-295. Weisgram, Erica S., and Rebecca S. Bigler. Effects of learning about gender discrimination on adolescent girls’ attitudes toward and interest in science. Psychology of women quarterly, v. 31, Sept. 2007: 262-269. Zeldin, A., and F. Pajares. Against the odds: self-efficacy beliefs of women in mathematical, scientific, and technological careers. American educational research journal, v. 37, spring 2000: 215-246. For Young WomenBooksHoyt, Beth, and Erica Ritter. The ultimate girls’ guide to science: from backyard experiments to winning the Nobel Prize! Hillsboro, OR, Beyond Words Pub., 2003. 128 p. Karnes, Frances A., and Kristen R. Stephens. Young women of achievement: a resource for girls in science, math, and technology. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2002. 279 p. Pasternak, Ceel. Cool careers for girls as environmentalists. Manassas Park, VA, Impact Publications, 2002. 128 p. Pasternak, Ceel, and Linda Thornburg. Cool careers for girls in air and space. Manassas Park, VA, Impact Publications, c2001. 117 p. Pasternak, Ceel, and Linda Thornburg. Cool careers for girls in computers. Manassas Park, VA, Impact, c1999. Pasternak, Ceel, and Linda Thornburg. Cool careers for girls in engineering. Manassas Park, VA, Impact Publications, 1999. 133 p. For biographies of women scientists, see the Library of Congress’s reference guide, Biographies of Women Scientists for Girls and Young Women. Internet ResourcesBraincake Engineer Girl Engineer Your Life GirlsGoTech.org I Was Wondering 4000 Years of Women in Science More InformationLibrary of Congress GuidesBiography of Women Scientists:
For Girls and Young Women Suggested Internet Search Termsgirls and science Related Journal and Magazine Titles (*Suited for lay audience.)
Selected materials are available in the Girls and Science vertical file in the Science Reading Room. Compiled by Kimberly Hedlin, July 2010 |
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