Scarecrow Press
Pages: 128
978-0-8108-5367-6 • Paperback • September 2007 • $78.00 • (£60.00)
978-1-4616-7103-9 • eBook • September 2007 • $74.00 • (£57.00)
Susan Gibbs Goetz has been an elementary, middle, and high school science teacher; an elementary principal; and is currently associate professor at The College of St. Catherine, an all-women's college. She has spent much of her career researching the learning styles of females, particularly as it relates to science education.
Part 1 CHAPTERS
Chapter 2 1. Girls: Unique from the Start
Chapter 3 2. Girls and Learning: Falsehoods and Facts
Chapter 4 3. Turning Girls on to Science
Chapter 5 4. Strategize for Success
Part 6 APPENDIXES
Chapter 7 A. Why the Difference?
Chapter 8 B. How Hands-On, Minds-On Methods Work
Chapter 9 C. Single-Sex Schools: Yea or Nay?
Chapter 10 D. And the Walls Come Tumbling Down
Part 11 Bibliography
Part 12 About the Author
a strongly documented work, based highly in research....of interest to a researcher or to one wanting to support an increase in girls studying science, mathematics, and computers.
— American Reference Books Annual