Hi

there is research in engineering education on gender balance in teams

We don't have lone women in teams....better to pair women and have some all
male teams

I can dig the research next week if you are interested

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On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Kirkpatrick, Michael Scott - kirkpams <
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> This spring I have a class with a significant imbalance between men and
> women – 9 women and 26 men have enrolled. Any thoughts on whether to spread
> the women out, bunch them together, or it doesn’t matter?
>
>
> In Computer Science, this type of imbalance (10-20% women) is typical. In
> fields (like CS) where women tend to be underrepresented, best practices
> generally say that you should never leave a woman in a group by herself.
> Isolating a female student can unnecessarily aggravate variety of
> contextual factors (stereotype threat, impostor syndrome, defensive
> classroom climates, etc.). I can't say if similar effects happen in other
> fields, but this seems to be the consensus in CS.
>
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> Michael Kirkpatrick
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Computer Science
> James Madison University
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