Gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM): Current knowledge, implications for practice, policy, and future directions

MT Wang, JL Degol - Educational psychology review, 2017 - Springer
Although the gender gap in math course-taking and performance has narrowed in recent
decades, females continue to be underrepresented in math-intensive fields of Science …

Gender similarities and differences

JS Hyde - Annual review of psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Whether men and women are fundamentally different or similar has been debated for more
than a century. This review summarizes major theories designed to explain gender …

[BOOK][B] Action research: A guide for the teacher researcher.

GE Mills - 2000 - ERIC
This guide defines action research and provides historical and theoretical contexts for its
use. Specific advice is given for the teacher-researchers engaging in action research, and a …

Women in academic science: A changing landscape

SJ Ceci, DK Ginther, S Kahn… - … science in the public …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Much has been written in the past two decades about women in academic science careers,
but this literature is contradictory. Many analyses have revealed a level playing field, with …

[BOOK][B] Sex differences in cognitive abilities

DF Halpern - 2000 - taylorfrancis.com
In the third edition of her popular text, Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Diane Halpern
tackles fundamental questions about the meaning of sex differences in cognition and why …

[BOOK][B] Delusions of gender: How our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference

C Fine - 2010 - books.google.com
“[Fine's] sharp tongue is tempered with humor.... Read this book and see how complex and
fascinating the whole issue is.”—The New York Times It's the twenty-first century, and …

Intelligence: new findings and theoretical developments.

RE Nisbett, J Aronson, C Blair, W Dickens… - American …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
We review new findings and new theoretical developments in the field of intelligence. New
findings include the following:(a) Heritability of IQ varies significantly by social class.(b) …

Women's underrepresentation in science: sociocultural and biological considerations.

SJ Ceci, WM Williams, SM Barnett - Psychological bulletin, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
The underrepresentation of women at the top of math-intensive fields is controversial, with
competing claims of biological and sociocultural causation. The authors develop a …

[BOOK][B] The female brain

L Brizendine - 2007 - books.google.com
Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been
overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty …

The reality and evolutionary significance of human psychological sex differences

J Archer - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this article are:(i) to provide a quantitative overview of sex differences in human
psychological attributes; and (ii) to consider evidence for their possible evolutionary origins …