IUBio

Re. stereotypes, more on

bmartin at utmem.edu bmartin at utmem.edu
Mon Nov 6 13:22:52 EST 2000


In article <3A05C91F.C1AF4B5C at hotmail.com>, notmyaddress at hotmail.com
(SLF) wrote:

> isn't the point not whether one sex responds differently to
> negative reinforcement, but really how to eliminate it
> in the classroom, and to strengthen the
> ability of the student to withstand it from the outside,
> so that the accomplishment is judged on objective
> standards.

I totally agree.  Hence, my initial concern about citing a study that
may be meaningless.  If a study is not done appropriately, its
conclusions are of no use in eliminating the gender problems in these
fields.

B. Martin







More information about the Womenbio mailing list

Send comments to us at biosci-help [At] net.bio.net