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Despite the fact that girls and boys perform equally well in STEM subjects in the classroom, fewer women pursue STEM degrees and enter STEM-related careers. Learn more about interventions that combat this gender gap, ranging from mentorship programs to organizational and institutional policy changes.

National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track

Male and female faculty revealed a 2:1 preference for hiring women across both math-intensive and non-math-intensive fields, with the single exception of male economists, who showed no gender preference.

Wendy M. Williams, Stephen J. Ceci (2015)

A Threatening Intellectual Environment: Why Females Are Susceptible to Experiencing Problem-Solving Deficits in the Presence of Males

Stereotype threat affects women, but not men, resulting in their underperformance on counter-stereotypical tasks like math.

Michael Inzlicht, Avi Ben-Zeev (2000)

STEMing the Tide: Using Ingroup Experts to Inoculate Women's Self-Concept in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

Observing and interacting with female experts in STEM fields improved female students’ attitudes towards those fields and increased their interest in pursuing STEM careers.

Jane G. Stout, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Matthew Hunsinger, Melissa A. McManus (2011)

Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap

Female students perform significantly better in introductory math and science courses if taught by female faculty, and they are more likely to pursue majors in science, technology, engineering or math.

Scott E Carrell, Marianne E Page, James E West (2010)

The Effects of Gender Stereotypic and Counter-Stereotypic Textbook Images on Science Performance

Female students perform better in science when the images in their textbooks include women scientists.

Jessica J Good, Julie Woodzicka, Lylan Wingfield (2010)

How Partner Gender Influences Female Students’ Problem Solving in Physics Education

During peer learning activities in physics class, female students paired with other females learn better than those paired with males.

Ning Ding, Egbert Harskamp (2006)

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STEM

A Threatening Intellectual Environment: Why Females Are Susceptible to Experiencing Problem-Solving Deficits in the Presence of Males

Stereotype threat affects women, but not men, resulting in their underperformance on counter-stereotypical tasks like math.

Michael Inzlicht, Avi Ben-Zeev (2000)

Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap

Scott E Carrell, Marianne E Page, James E West (2010)

How Partner Gender Influences Female Students’ Problem Solving in Physics Education

During peer learning activities in physics class, female students paired with other females learn better than those paired with males.

Ning Ding, Egbert Harskamp (2006)

National hiring experiments reveal 2:1 faculty preference for women on STEM tenure track

Wendy M. Williams, Stephen J. Ceci (2015)

STEMing the Tide: Using Ingroup Experts to Inoculate Women's Self-Concept in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

Observing and interacting with female experts in STEM fields improved female students’ attitudes towards those fields and increased their interest in pursuing STEM careers.

Jane G. Stout, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Matthew Hunsinger, Melissa A. McManus (2011)

The Effects of Gender Stereotypic and Counter-Stereotypic Textbook Images on Science Performance

Female students perform better in science when the images in their textbooks include women scientists.

Jessica J Good, Julie Woodzicka, Lylan Wingfield (2010)

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