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This 5-page paper, provided by the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science, discusses a computer game that uses techniques such as gender-neutral characters and storytelling to help get female and male students interested in higher-level mathematical and strategic...

This 104-page paper, published by the National Academies Press, presents the summary of a symposium on careers of women in science. The symposium was organized into three areas: one focusing on the next generation; a second that looks in depth at the issues in computer science; and a third on...

This presentation by Richard Murnane of the Harvard Graduate School of Education was given to the Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011. In it, Murnane addresses the following: 1) What is unique in the 21st century that makes these skills especially valuable in the...

This document reports on how key stakeholders in work force preparedness nationwide are responding to pressures of the skills race. Part 1 presents an overview of the skills challenge and the economic and social consequences of failing to meet the challenge. Part 2 examines the impact of the skills...

This literature review covers 300 articles on women in engineering and women's access and preparation for engineering careers. The review is also applicable to working women in general. Topics include work/life balance, pathways to an engineering career, work force issues that impact women...

This webpage, provided by Internet Scout Research Group, is part of the Working Partners Toolkit. This toolkit, which includes Partnership Models, Case Studies, and Resources and Data; was designed to help educators strengthen their relationship with industry. Eight partnership models used by the...

Jointly funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), this Workshop of Assessment of 21st Century Skills was held in 2011 and was designed to address the following questions: • How can 21st century skills be assessed? • What assessments of these skills...

Jointly funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), this Workshop of Assessment of 21st Century Skills was held in January of 2011 and was designed to address the following questions: How can 21st century skills be assessed? What assessments of these...

In this 6-page document, Chris Hancock and Scot Osterweil explain a computer game, the Logical Journey of the Zoombinis. The intent of this computer game is to make math fun for girls and young women, while introducing concepts such as logical relationships, graphing and algebra. This paper may be...

This presentation, by Stephen Fiore of the University of Central Florida, was given during the second Workshop of Assessment of 21st Century Skills was held in May, 2011. In it, Fiore discusses different definitions of interpersonal skills, and they are assessed, what is missing from the current...