Understanding girls : : quantitative and qualitative research / / Dale Rose Baker.

Understanding Girls: Quantitative and Qualitative Research is a retrospective of the author’s research that led to receiving the 2013 Distinguished Contributions Award to Science Education through Research. This book includes selected articles that document changes in her research approaches and the...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] ;, Taipei, [Taiwan] : : Sense Publishers,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Language:English
Series:Cultural Perspectives in Science Education
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Can the Differences between Male and Female Science Majors Account for the Low Number of Women at the Doctoral Level in Science
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research into Gender in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture and the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Research in College Science Teaching: Can the Difference between Male and Female Science Majors Account for the Low Number of Women at the Doctoral Level in Science , by Dale R. Baker (reprinted article)
  • The Influence of Role-Specific Self-Concept and Sex-Role Conflict on Career Choices in Science
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • The Influence of Role-Specific Self-Concept and Sex-Role Identity on Career Choices in Science, by Dale R. Baker (reprinted article)
  • Sex Differences in Classroom Interactions in Secondary Science
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Sex Differences in Classroom Interactions in Secondary Science, by Dale R. Baker (reprinted article)
  • Sex Differences in Formal Reasoning Ability: Task and Interviewer Effects
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Sex Differences in Formal Reasoning Ability: Task and Interviewer Effects, by Michael D. Piburn and Dale R. Baker (reprinted article)
  • Letting Girls Speak Out about Science
  • Why I Conducted This Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research into Gender in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture and the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Letting Girls Speak Out about Science, by Dale Baker and Rosemary Leary (reprinted article)
  • Equity Issues in Science Education
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research into Gender in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Equity Issues in Science Education, by Dale R. Baker (reprinted article)
  • An Intervention to Address Gender Issues in a Course on Design, Engineering, and Technology for Science Educators
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • An Intervention to Address Gender Issues in a Course on Design, Engineering, and Technology for Science Educators, by Dale Baker, Stephen Krause, Şenay Yaşar, Chell Roberts and Sharon Robinson-Kurpius (reprinted article)
  • What Works: Using Curriculum and Pedagogy to Increase Girls’ Interest and Participation in Science and Engineering
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work.-What Works: Using Curriculum and Pedagogy to Increase Girls’ Interest and Participation in Science, by Dale Baker (reprinted article)
  • Girls’ Summer Lab: An Intervention
  • Synopsis
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Good Intentions: An Experiment in Middle School Single-Sex Science and Mathematics Classrooms with High Minority Enrollment
  • Study Synopsis
  • Why I Conducted the Study
  • Methodological Decisions
  • Science Education at the Time of the Study
  • Research in the Wider Field of Education
  • The Culture of the Times
  • Impact of My Work
  • Summary: What Does It All Mean
  • References.