Career expectations and aspirations of urban middle school girls

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela P. Vargas ◽  
Jennie Park-Taylor ◽  
Emma Fialkov ◽  
Lynelle Torres Chang
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Urban Middle School ◽  
School Girls

Creating Hybrid Spaces for Engaging School Science Among Urban Middle School Girls

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Calabrese Barton ◽  
Edna Tan ◽  
Ann Rivet
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
School Science ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Urban Middle School ◽  
Hybrid Spaces ◽  
School Girls

The middle grades are a crucial time for girls in making decisions about how or if they want to follow science trajectories. In this article, the authors report on how urban middle school girls enact meaningful strategies of engagement in science class in their efforts to merge their social worlds with the worlds of school science and on the unsanctioned resources and identities they take up to do so. The authors argue that such merging science practices are generative both in terms of how they develop over time and in how they impact the science learning community of practice. They discuss the implications these findings have for current policy and practice surrounding gender equity in science education.

scholarly journals Pilot Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among Sedentary Urban Middle School Girls

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine B. Robbins ◽  
Karin A. Pfeiffer ◽  
Kimberly S. Maier ◽  
Yun-Jia Lo ◽  
Stacey M. Wesolek (LaDrig)
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Urban Middle School ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Pilot Intervention

Human Factors in Space Exploration: Fitts' Law Activity for Middle School Girls

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Darin Ellis ◽  
Thomas G. Edwards ◽  
Lavie Golenberg ◽  
Abhilash Pandya
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Fitts Law ◽  
School Girls

scholarly journals Psychosocial Factors Influencing Calcium Intake and Bone Quality in Middle School Girls

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 932-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreela V. Sharma ◽  
Deanna M. Hoelscher ◽  
Steven H. Kelder ◽  
Pamela Diamond ◽  
R. Sue Day ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Bone Quality ◽  
Calcium Intake ◽  
Middle School Girls ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
School Girls
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