The differential effects of female only vs. co-ed enrichment programs on middle school students' attitudes toward science, mathematics and engineering

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hirsch, Linda ^a,b   Carpinelli, John ^a,c   Kimmel, Howard ^a,c   Rockland, Ronald ^a,c,d   Bloom, Joel ^a,e,f  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Pre College Programs   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*

^d NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Academic and Student Services   (United States)

^f Albert Dorman Honors College

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

MEASURES ANALYSIS; MIXED GENDER PROGRAMS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 85029061879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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