K-12 program draws girls to science
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With respect to programs to help get more women in science and engineering
there was a article from ACM describing a program by MathWorks:
EE Times (10/17/05) No. 1393, P. 1; Riley, Sheila
To help overcome the proportionate absence of girls in engineering,
MathWorks is sponsoring an after-school robotics club for fifth grader girls
where, in teams of three, they design a robotic device to improve
handicapped access. That the environment is all female helps the children
feel like they are not in competition with boys, and the project is also
appealing because it makes them feel like they are helping others. The
program is just one of many throughout primary and secondary education
around the country aimed at boosting the participation of underrepresented
demographic groups in math and science. At the forefront of such initiatives
is the nonprofit Project Lead the Way (PLTW), which develops pre-engineering
courses for middle schools and high schools. PLTW strives to offer a
rigorous primer that is often a better predictor of a student's success in a
college engineering program than grades and SAT scores. PLTW courses are
taught by trained instructors in 45 states and the
District of Columbia, spanning fields such as digital electronics, civil
engineering, and computer-related manufacturing, with enrollments of more
than 250,000 students. To address the gender disparity, PLTW has developed
brochures marketing the classes specifically to girls that are distributed
to parent-teachers associations at schools considering adopting the program,
in the hopes of seeing a female enrollment of 40 percent, double the current
portion of professional engineers. The programs seek to build girls'
confidence and expose them to female role models. The issue has attracted
corporate attention, as well, as a group of senior women from Texas
Instruments has formed the Women of TI Fund, which supports programs
promoting engineering to women and has established the Gender Parity
Initiative, which trains educators about how their teaching techniques
affect girls.
To see the full article, go to:
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172301205
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With respect to programs to help get more women in science and engineering there was a article from ACM describing a program by MathWorks:
To help overcome the proportionate absence of girls in engineering, MathWorks is sponsoring an after-school robotics club for fifth grader girls where, in teams of three, they design a robotic device to improve handicapped access. That the environment is all female helps the children feel like they are not in competition with boys, and the project is also appealing because it makes them feel like they are helping others. The program is just one of many throughout primary and secondary education around the country aimed at boosting the participation of underrepresented demographic groups in math and science. At the forefront of such initiatives is the nonprofit Project Lead the Way (PLTW), which develops pre-engineering courses for middle schools and high schools. PLTW strives to offer a rigorous primer that is often a better predictor of a student's success in a college engineering program than grades and SAT scores. PLTW courses are taught by trained instructors in 45 states and the District of Columbia, spanning fields such as digital electronics, civil engineering, and computer-related manufacturing, with enrollments of more than 250,000 students. To address the gender disparity, PLTW has developed brochures marketing the classes specifically to girls that are distributed to parent-teachers associations at schools considering adopting the program, in the hopes of seeing a female enrollment of 40 percent, double the current portion of professional engineers. The programs seek to build girls' confidence and expose them to female role models. The issue has attracted corporate attention, as well, as a group of senior women from Texas Instruments has formed the Women of TI Fund, which supports programs promoting engineering to women and has established the Gender Parity Initiative, which trains educators about how their teaching techniques affect girls.
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