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Selected Bibliography of Books Related to Gender Equity in Math and Science

American Association of University Women. Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America: Full Data Report. Washington, DC: American Association of university Women, 1990.

American Association of University Women. "Equitable Treatment of Girls and Boys in the Classroom." AAUW Equity Brief, June 1991.

The AAUW Report: How Schools Shortchange Girls. Washington, DC: The AAUW Educational Foundation and National Education Association, 1992.

Sadker, David, and Myra Sadker. "Sexism in the Classroom: From Grade School to Graduate School." Phi Delta Kappa, '67, 7 (1986): pp.512-15.

Ibid, "Is the OK Classroom OK?" Phi Delta Kappan, 66, 5 (1985): pp. 358-61.

Ibid, "Sexism in the Schoolroom of the'80's." Psychology Today, March 1985, p.54.

Sadker, David and Sadker, Myra. The Sex Equity Handbook for Schools.

Campbell, Patricia B. "Math, Science and Too Few Girls: Enough Is Known for Action." Documentation developed under the auspices of the Women's Educational Equity Act by Campbell-Kibler Associates, Groton, MA, 1991.

White, Patricia E. Women and Minorities in Science an Engineering: An Update. Washington DC: National Science Foundation, 1992.

de Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex. Translated and Edited by H.M. Parshley with an introduction by Deirdre Bair. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952; reprint, New York: Vintage Books, 1989.

Eaky, Kenneth. "Girls' Low Self-Esteem Slows Their Progress, Study Finds." San Francisco Examiner, January 9, 1991, p. A1.

Featherstone, Heather. "Girls Math Achievement: What We Do and Don't Know." The Harvard Education Letter, January 1986,pp.1-5.

Fennema, Elizabeth, and Julia Sherman. "Sex-Related Differences in Mathematics Achievement, Spatial Visualization and Affective Factors." American Educational Research Journal, 14, 1 (1977): pp: 51-71.

Fennema, Elizabeth and Nancie Zane. "Bein' Wrapped Too Tight: When Low Income Women Drop Out of High School." In Dropouts from Schools: Issues, Dilemmas and Solutions, Lois Weis, Eleanor Farrar, and Hugh G. Petrie, eds. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1989, pp. 23-53.

Keller, Evelyn Fox. Reflections on Gender and Science. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.

Kolata, Gina. 'Math Genius May Have Hormonal Basis" Science 222, December 23, 1983, p. 1312.

Grant, Linda. " Race-Gender Status, Classroom Interaction and Children's Socialization in Elementary School." In Gender Influences in Classroom Interaction, Louise Cherry Wilkinson and Cora B. Marrett., eds. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1985, pp. 57-77.


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