> www.theatlantic.com/cgi-bin/o/issues/2000/05/sommers.htm
I forwarded this URL to my acquaintance Vicka Corey, who used to study
sex differences among high-school students in physics classes (this
became a paper called "Physics for Girls and Other People," which I
think is findable on the Web). She gave me permission to post her
reply, though she emphasized that she's "half a dozen years out of
touch with the field," so her references are a bit old.
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:24:45 -0400
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She talks about "reading and writing", but not "math and science".
She talks about "being in college", but not about "getting education that
is likely to lead to gainful employment".
She talks about "enrolled in college" but not "enrolled full-time in
prestigious or technical universities".
For peer-reviewed (and a few otherwise) counters, I'd suggest you check
the following:
Al Methen, Amena E. and Wilkinson, William J. "In support of
a sociological explanation of sex differences in science and
mathematics achievement: evidence from a Kuwaiti study of secondary
school certificate examinations", Research in Science and
Technological Education, v6 n1 p91-101, 1988.
Betz, Nancy E. "What stops women and minorities from choosing
and completing majors in science and engineering?" Federation
of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, 1990.
Keller, Evelyn Fox _Reflections on Gender and Science_, Yale
University Press, New Haven, CT 1985.
Sandler, Bernice R. "The classroom climate: chilly for women?"
in Deneef, et al, editors, The Academic Handbook, Durham: Duke
University Press, 1988, pages 146-152.
Spertus, Ellen "Why are there so few female computer scientists?"
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report 1315,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1991.
(i believe this has been updated -- check for her on the web)
Hacker, R. G. "Gender differences in science-lesson behaviours."
_International Journal of Science Education_ v13 #4, p439-46, 1991.
Belenkey, Mary Field et. al. _Women's Ways of Knowing_, Basic
Books, New York, 1986.
Klainen, Sunee et. al. "The superior achievement of girls in
chemistry and physics in upper secondary schools in Thailand."
_Research in Science and Technological Education_; v7 n1, 1989
Lawrenz, Frances "Gender effects for student perception of the
classroom psychosocial environment." _Journal of Research in
Science Teaching_; v24 n8 p689-9, 1987
Tamir, Pinchas "Achievement of Jewish and Arab students who
studied inquiry oriented curriculum for several years."
_Studies in Educational Evaluation_; v12 n2 p191-95 1986
Kelly, Alison and Smail, Barbara "Sex stereotypes and attitudes
to science among eleven-year-old children." _British Journal of
Educational Psychology_, v56 pt2 p158-68 Jun 1986
