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 jim *Educational Consultant specializing in Team-Based Learning* Read my TBL book Getting Started with Team–Based Learning <http://learntbl.ca/book> Visit my TBL website at www.learntbl.ca Take my TBL course http://learntbl.ca/take-a-course/ and build your first TBL module in just 2 weeks _______________________________________ Jim Sibley and Amanda Bradley 106-2575 West 4th Ave. Vancouver, BC Canada h 604-564-1043 w 604-822-9241 On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Kirkpatrick, Michael Scott - kirkpams < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > -------------------------- > Michael Kirkpatrick > Assistant Professor > Department of Computer Science > James Madison University > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here. > <https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> > > Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on > the UBC IT website. > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click the following link: https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1 Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.