1997 WISE Best Practices Guidebook:
The Classroom

Table of Contents

Forward

The Chilly ClimateBernice R. Sandler

Professing science for and by women: A collaborative project on women and scientific literacy  Stacy A. Wenzel and UIC Women and Scientific Literacy Project Collaborators

Improving Graduate Education: Lessons Learned from Studying Graduate Student Attrition   Barbara Lovitts

Building Mutuality and Resolving Conflicts between Graduate Students and Faculty: A Proactive Approach   Karen L. Klomparens and John P. Beck

Classroom Climate Workshops For Graduate Teaching Assistants  Emily M. Wadsworth and Dorothy R. Mennen

Gender Conscious Content and Pedagogy: Reforms Throughout the UW System Heidi S. Fencl

Diversity, Cooperative Learning, and Peer Tutoring in a First-Semester Chemistry Course   Shelley Minteer, Kenneth Sando and Rolando Arroyo-Sucre

New Wine in Old Bottles. The Liberal Art of Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction  Brian P. Coppola 47

Appendix A: Recommended Readings for CIC WISE Best Practices Workshop I - The Classroom Participants

Appendix B: Additional Classroom Diversity Issues Bibliography

Appendix C: List of Participants (CIC WISE Best Practices Workshop I - The Classroom)

Appendix D: Degrees Earned by Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics from Member Institutions of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation  (CIC) Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Initiative  Jesse L. M. Wilkins


Editor’s Note: All papers reflect material that was presented during the Best Practices Workshop and are printed without editing (except formatting) as submitted by the authors .

Jane Zimmer Daniels, Editor


The Chilly Climate, Bernice R. Sandler ] Professing science for and by women ] Building Mutuality and Resolving Conflicts between Graduate Students and Faculty ] Classroom Climate Workshops For Graduate Teaching Assistants ] Gender Conscious Content and Pedagogy ] Diversity ] New Wine in Old Bottles ] Appendix A ] Appendix B ] Appendix C ]