BRING ON THE GEEKETTES.

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  • Source:
    Maclean's, 10/24/2005, Vol. 118 Issue 43, p43, 2p, 2 Color Photographs
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      LEARNING & scholarship; GIRLS; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; WOMEN in education; SOCIAL influence; CULTURE
    • Subject Terms:
      Education; Science & Technology
    • Author(s):
      Bourette, Susan
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the barriers that women and girls face in pursuing careers in mathematics and science. Attitude of girls about learning such topics; Assertion that women continue to lag behind men globally in science-related fields; Results of a study in which social influences outweighed aptitude regarding the way girls performed on difficult math tests; Theory that culture is more important than chromosomes in women's math and science achievement; Description of programs at various schools and universities that give girls a chance to learn about science and math that engages them intellectually.