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Sally K. Merritt – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) professions results from several factors that deter females from pursuing careers in STEM. Girls' low interest in science and lack of feeling both belonging and efficacy in science, which emerge as early as middle school, are believed to be part of the problem. This study reports…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Sex Stereotypes, Females, Middle School Students
Zarrett, Nicole; Veliz, Phillip; Sabo, Don – Women's Sports Foundation, 2020
This is one of the first studies of its kind to systematically examine processes influencing youth entry, retention, and dropout from sports. To accomplish this objective, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF), in partnership with The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation, commissioned a national survey about the participation and experiences of youth in…
Descriptors: Females, Athletics, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes
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Tanga, Pius T.; Nyasha, Kausi – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: This study explored the perceptions of stakeholders regarding the practice of cross-racial adoption (CRA) in East London, South Africa. Method: A qualitative research design was used. Data were collected through individual interviews and focus group discussions from 23 participants. The data were analyzed qualitatively, using thematic…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Blacks, Whites, Adoption
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Farland-Smith, Donna – Journal of Educational Issues, 2015
This article looks broadly at the critical aspects involved in the "struggle" on different phases of one's academic life in order to observe how underrepresented girls take a variety of experiences with scientists and internalize them into their personal science identities. Some of the central struggles discussed are perceptions of…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, Scientists, Self Concept
Dandridge, Janae' K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examines the perspective of public secondary education through the lived experiences and voices of 10 African American male students. The study was qualitative in nature and utilized an action research case study design. The researcher conducted semi structured interviews with a randomly selected group of African American male students…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary Education, High School Students, African American Students
Weinreich, Peter – 1978
A study of identity development was carried out in Bristol, England, with Asian, West Indian, and indigenous British adolescents. Ethnic and gender differences in patterns of identification conflict with others were found between minority group boys and girls. Both sexes from both minority groups, however, had substantial identification conflicts…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict, Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnicity