Part one of term paper
According to the 1992 study How Schools Shortchange Girls, girls have been less likely than boys to take the most advanced courses in science. In higher level mathematics women are again underrepresented and most women seem to posses anxiety when it comes to math and the sciences. The social stereotype that most people including many teache ...

Part two of term paper
... is a distinctive roll that instructors play that influences women in their desires and abilities concerning math and science. Teachers can help women excel in science fields but research shows that most science classes send messages that discourage female students who then often stop taking science classes. "Young women may feel unwelcome in science classes for a number of reasons: examples and applications are most often masculine, interactions sanction male dominance, science content appears to ...