Discipline-Based Education Research Group

 

Date of this Version

1-23-2014

Document Type

Presentation

Citation

Abstract for DBER Group Discussion on 2014‐01‐23

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Copyright (c) 2014 Olha Ketsman & Carolina C. Ilie

Abstract

Prior research indicates that there are small numbers of women in STEM areas and in physics in particular; the latter may suggest that women who have potential to contribute to physics choose other careers. This presentation examines the gender gap in STEM with a focus on physics. We discuss a that was survey administered to undergraduate science students at one primarily undergraduate college in the United States, the factors that impacted student decisions in physics, and recommendations to increase student retention.

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