Toward inclusive STEM classrooms: What personal role do faculty play?

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Killpack, Tess L ^a   Melón, Laverne C ^b  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; STATISTICAL BIAS; STEREOTYPING; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGINEERING; FACULTY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; STEREOTYPING; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84982881451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.16-01-0020     Document Type: Article

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