Part 1 of Essay
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 i ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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 have no connection to women's experience, and competition is emphasized over collaboration (Taylor and Sweetnam). So what do the teachers who positively influence young women do that is so different it completely changes women's view about science? In a study of eighty women who became science teachers, they were asked about the teacher ....