Igniting
Girls' Interest in Science CareersBalancing the Equity Equation: The Importance of Experience and Culture
in Science Learning
February 2003
Cultural background, family characteristics, and home environment often play a part in a student's academic participation, progress, and achievement. Alternative teaching methods and assessment tools can help address inequities of background from student to student.
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Igniting
Girls' Interest in Science Careers
October 2005
Encouraging students’ interest in science has never been more important. Science
plays a greater role in our lives than ever before, and students who have a
solid foundation in science are prepared to pursue a wide range of opportunities
in high school, college, and the workplace.
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Using Standards to Address Diversity in Science
January 2004
A scrutiny of the national and some state science standards shows that they
don't show middle school teachers how an "application of equity and diversity"
would look in a classroom. The author helps to fill the void of "how"
by giving examples of how middle school teachers might apply diversity in their
science classroom.
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Achieving
Gender Equity in Middle School Science Classrooms
February 2003
Mrs. P’s five methods of achieving gender equity: consistently evaluating clasroom
dynamics, personalizing classroom structure, creating a cooperative learning
environment, providing diverse role models, and being available can encourage
equal participation and enthusiasim for science.
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