Breaking the Barriers

Breaking the Barriers shows how increased career awareness and exposure to mentors and role models can help students see science and math-related careers as desirable and viable options. It explains how test preparation, activity-based instruction, cooperative learning, and tutoring can help to improve academic outcomes.

Part One: Promoting Participation in Mathematics and Science 1. Identifying Barriers to Female and Minority Participation 2. Breaking the Barriers: The Critical Middle School Years Part Two: Effective Intervention Strategies 3. Changing Student Attitudes Toward Mathematics and Science 4. Improving Academic Performance Part Three: Intervention Models 5. Conceptualizing Programs: A Systems Approach 6. Determining Program Outcomes Part Four: Guidelines for Successful Implementation 7. Planning and Developing Programs 8. Funding, Managing, and Evaluating Programs 9. Disseminating and Institutionalizing Programs AppAndixes: A. Case Studies: Ten Effective Programs B. Resources:List of Programs and Materials C. Research on Inequities inMathematics and Science