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Direct linkKahveci, Ajda; Southerland, Sherry A.; Gilmer, Penny J. – Science Education, 2008
The focus of this research was to understand how a program for women in science, mathematics, and engineering (SM&E) at college level in the southeastern United States functioned to influence women's decision making in terms of participation in these fields. By employing Lave and Wenger's theory of situated learning, we explored this program…
Descriptors: Women Scientists, Females, Womens Education, Decision Making
Kahveci, Ajda; Southerland, Sherry A.; Gilmer, Penny J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
In this research our purpose was to examine the effectiveness of a program in retaining women in science, mathematics, and engineering majors. We compared undergraduate women participating in a support and mentoring program with nonprogram students in terms of their retention in these majors. The pretest and posttest results over one academic year…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Women Scientists, Mentors, Engineering Education
