Single Gender Programs: Do They Make a Difference?
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Journal / Book Title
33rd Annual Frontiers in Education, 2003
Abstract
Over the last two decades much work has been done to address the needs of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas and to develop interventions that encourage girls to pursue careers in these areas. A popular solution seems to be "single-gender" education but whether or not the positive results of these programs can be attributed to the single-gender environment is questionable. The Center for Pre-college Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has offered a "girls-only" Women in Engineering and Technology program (FEMME) since 1981. To test the hypothesis that the positive results of FEMME may be due to good educational methodologies, rather than due to the single-gender environment, NJIT developed the Pre-Engineering Program (PrEP). The PrEP and one of the FEMME programs are identical in every way, except for the inclusion of male students in PrEP. This paper summarizes the current research on single-gender education in STEM and the results of our study.
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2003.1263376
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
Print ISSN: 0190-5848
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Koppel, Nicole B.; Cano, Rosa M.; Heyman, Suzanne B.; and Kimmel, Howard, "Single Gender Programs: Do They Make a Difference?" (2003). Department of Information Management and Business Analytics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 119.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/infomgmt-busanalytics-facpubs/119
Published Citation
Koppel, N. B., Cano, R. M., Heyman, S. B., & Kimmel, H. (2003, November). Single gender programs: Do they make a difference?. In 33rd Annual Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003. (Vol. 1, pp. T4D-12). IEEE.
