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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bennett, Jill E.; Sekaquaptewa, Denise – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
This study tested the effect of a message describing a social norm of egalitarian attitudes and behaviors in an engineering college on male students' attitudes and behavioral intentions surrounding diversity in engineering. Participants were first-semester university students enrolled in four sections of an introductory engineering course in…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Social Behavior, Engineering Education, Males
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Ramsey, Laura R.; Betz, Diana E.; Sekaquaptewa, Denise – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2013
Academic environments can feel unwelcoming for women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Two studies examined academic environments of female undergraduates majoring in STEM fields at a university in the United States. In Study 1, we compared women in STEM who are in a welcoming environment to those in a traditional STEM…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, STEM Education, Womens Education, Females
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Ramsey, Laura R.; Sekaquaptewa, Denise – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
Previous research has illuminated an important connection between stereotypes and the performance of those targeted by a stereotype. This body of work suggests that even implicit (i.e., nonconscious and unintended) math-gender stereotyping is related to poor math performance among women. Our longitudinal study sought to measure students'…
Descriptors: Females, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences