Hi all,

I don't have the articles on hand, but my recollection of the research is that you want women to form the majority of a group here, and that it's not quite enough to just have pairs. Of course, you should take me with a grain of salt since I don't have the actual research on hand.

Cheers,
-Michael

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:24 PM Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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




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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.

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