 Toy
makers struggle to attract girls
It's hard to walk into a toy store and not be struck by the utter
excitement of children facing such a vast array of games, building
sets, race cars, dolls, action figures, arts and crafts, infant
toys and stuffed animals. But the giggles these products create
hide the underlying problems facing the toy industry: declining
sales, competition from electronics and, in a word, girls.
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It's
rational to cheer girls on in math, science
hundreds of girls will flock to the California Institute of Technology
to celebrate the joys of science. Targeted at fifth- to eighth-graders,
the Sally Ride Science Festival will encourage its pony-tailed and
barretted audience to see science as a viable, vibrant career option.
That Ride is using her cachet as our most famous female astronaut
to champion the cause of girls in science is to be applauded; what
is so dispiriting is that such efforts are still needed.
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more
Switching
on the Tech Gene
A new web-based show encourages young women to tune in and associate
DIY less with bread making and more with breadboard wiring.
Created by Alison Lewis, a web designer and instructor at Parsons
School of Design, Switch is a free online show connects young women
with technology by guiding them through fashion and design projects.
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more
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data analysis, reliability issues and various other areas
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Department of Psychology
Conducting Internet research of other programs. Assisting
with the development of the Psychology program manual and
other duties as assigned.
Healthy
Families and Child Welfare
Collecting data and various forms of information to generate
a report on the development of services, events, funding
sources and overall service outcomes of the local Collaboratives.
Quality
Child Care Initiative
Conducting assessments and interviews with child care providers
to assist in developing quality child care with a rating
and assessment scale.
Research
Assistant
Conducting Internet and literature reviews for authors.
Searching for predefined information and sources to assist
in the development of a book.
Research
Assistant/ Program Monitor
Conducting survey interviews and writing reports. Data collection,
imputing and analysis. Conducting Internet and document
research. Literature review and analysis. Program management
and supervision of data collectors. Worked on the DC Child
care market rate report and youth programs report.
Thesis
Conducting research and analysis on technophobia and African
Americans. This is currently in progress. Check back for
updates on this project.
Training
Coordinator Assistant
Research materials needed for training manual including
literature reviews, Internet research and program comparisons.
Data collection, imputing and analysis. Generating reports
and Team leader for data collection team.
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