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Girls' and Boys' Math Performance Now
Equal
A new study published in the Science
magazine July 15, 2008 issue, "Gender
Similarities Characterize
Math Performance," reports that girls and
boys performances in math on assessment tests
are now equal based on a study of seven
million students in ten states. Read the
article or listen to the NPR report, "Girls' Math Skills Equal To Boys', Study
Finds."
NCWIT Talking Points Resource
The National
Center for Women and Information (NCWIT)
has new Talking
Points, by the NCWIT
K-12 Alliance and NCWIT
social scientists. A downloadable PDF is
available online and discusses
misconceptions about IT
careers, how girls can
prepare for successful admission to a
relevant program in college, and how careers in IT
provide meaningful work.
AWE Research Overviews
Organizing a mentoring program? Be sure to
check out the mentoring overview at AWEonline.org. Developed in
collaboration with National
Academy of Engineering Center for the
Advancement of Scholarship of Engineering
Education (NAE CASEE), these overview tools
on numerous topics are designed so that
practitioners can get the benefit of research
(what works, what doesn't) without having to
take the time to find and read all of the
relevant articles. If you have suggestions
for new topics, send them to awe@engr.psu.edu
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Becoming Leaders Handbook
A new resource developed by the Society
of Women Engineers and the American
Society of Civil Engineers, Becoming
Leaders: A Practical Handbook for Women in
Engineering, Science, and Technology,
is now available. The handbook includes
strategies for students in STEM, helpful tips
for job hunting, and discusses topics such as
work-life balance and more. The handbook can
be purchased online at http://www.asce.org/bookstore/book.cfm?
book=8421.
Inadequate Progress in U.S. Scientific
Talent
Tapping
America's Potential (TAP), a coalition of
16 of the nation's leading business
organizations, recently released a report
assessing three years' progress in working
towards the TAP goal of doubling the number
of students earning bachelor's degrees in
STEM by 2015. The TAP progress report, "Gaining Momentum, Losing Ground,"
indicates that despite growing support for
the TAP agenda in recent years, little real
progress has been made toward the goal of
doubling the number of students earning
bachelor's degrees in STEM subjects. The
number of STEM degrees awarded to
undergraduate students has only increased by
24,000, to 225,000 -a number that is not on
track to meet the TAP goal 400,000 by 2015.
Microsoft Expression Web Software
Available for NGCP Members
Microsoft
has donated their Expression Web Software to the
National
Girls Collaborative Project to distribute to
non-profit organizations
working with high school girls. The software
allows students to learn how to build a Web
site from the ground up. Tutorial and
curriculum units available at http://www.microsoft.com/facultyconnection/preco
llegiate.
Request the software at
http:
//www.ngcproject.org/softwarerequest.
NGCP Program Directory - Register your
Program
Today!
The online Program Directory lists
organizations and
programs that focus on motivating girls to
pursue
STEM careers. The purpose of the directory
is
to help
organizations and individuals network, share
resources, and collaborate on STEM-related
projects
for girls. When you sign up for the Program
Directory
you will enter your program description,
resources
available within your organization, program
and/or
organizational needs and contact
information.
http://www.ngcproject.org/directory
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