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Patterns of Gender Parity in the Humanities and STEM Programs: The Trajectory under the Expanded Higher Education System
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Chang, Dian-Fu; ChangTzeng, Hsiao-Chi – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This study considers patterns of participation according to gender in post-mass higher education from the perspective of higher education expansion in Taiwan. Becker's "D" coefficient ("D") is used to detect the patterns of gender parity in a 'critical mass' field in higher education. The study compared participation in STEM…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Gender Issues, Humanities, STEM Education
The Illinois Class of 2002 and Gender: A Descriptive Summary Four Years after High School. Policy Research: IERC 2009-3
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Brown, Kathleen Sullivan; Mullin, Christopher M.; White, Bradford R. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2009
This longitudinal study focuses on a new generation. Members of the high school class of 2002 were born in the years 1983 and 1984. In order to situate their lives in historical context, it is helpful to think back to some of the major events in the lives of these young Illinois citizens. This analysis of the cohort of 2002 provides leaders of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Equal Education, Females
Research Methods with a Smile: A Gender Difference Exercise that Teaches Methodology.
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Lipsitz, Angela – Teaching of Psychology, 2000
Describes an activity in which the students examine gender differences in smiling, using individual yearbook photos as a data set. Explains that the activity provides a means for reviewing null and alternative testing, operational definitions, interpretation of results, and external validity. Addresses the activity evaluation. (CMK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Facial Expressions, Gender Issues