Images of women in STEM fields

This study investigated how eighth-grade students perceived images of women in STEM and non-STEM careers. Thirty-six images were posted on-line; we measured five characteristics of each image. Forty students participated in the study. We found that there were significant differences in attractivenes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. Cho, M. Goodman, B. Oppenheimer, J. Codling, T. Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2009-09-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/08/03/Jcom0803%282009%29A03/Jcom0803%282009%29A03.pdf