{"product_id":"breaking-the-barriers-isbn-9781555424824","title":"Breaking the Barriers","description":"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\u003cbr\u003e 1. Identifying Barriers to Female and Minority Participation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Breaking the Barriers: The Critical Middle School Years\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Effective Intervention Strategies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Changing Student Attitudes Toward Mathematics and Science\u003cbr\u003e 4. Improving Academic Performance\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Intervention Models\u003cbr\u003e 5. Conceptualizing Programs: A Systems Approach\u003cbr\u003e 6. Determining Program Outcomes\u003cbr\u003e Part Four: Guidelines for Successful Implementation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Planning and Developing Programs\u003cbr\u003e 8. Funding, Managing, and Evaluating Programs\u003cbr\u003e 9. Disseminating and Institutionalizing Programs\u003cbr\u003e AppAndixes: A. Case Studies: Ten Effective Programs B. Resources:List of Programs and Materials C. Research on Inequities inMathematics and Science  \u003cp\u003eBeatriz Chu Clewell and Bernice Taylor Anderson are the authors of Breaking the Barriers: Helping Female and Minority Students Succeed in Mathematics and Science, published by Wiley.  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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988856062181,"sku":"NP9781555424824","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781555424824.jpg?v=1761781796","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/breaking-the-barriers-isbn-9781555424824","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}