Physics education research: A research subfield of physics with gender parity

Women currently outnumber men in obtaining undergraduate degrees but are underrepresented within STEM fields. However, women’s representation varies by STEM field, and even further by STEM subfield. One field that has held a persistent low representation of women is physics. This paper seeks to unco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ramón S. Barthelemy, Ben Van Dusen, Charles Henderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015-09-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020107