Women in STEM Quizizz

Elizabeth, a student in your STEM class, comes to you one day looking upset. She tells you that she feels like she doesn’t fit in with the boys in the class because they told her “girls don’t belong here”. What do you respond with?

• Tell her she should try being like them and act how they act

• Tell her girls tend to be more emotional than boys so she shouldn’t take it personally

• Tell her to be more independent and ignore their presence

• Tell her this class might not be for her

• None of the above

What is the gender-equality paradox?

• A phenomenon where women tend to drop out of the STEM field more than men

• A hypothesis where more gender-equal countries have larger gender gaps in the STEM field

• A hypothesis where less gender-equal countries have larger gender gaps in the STEM field

• A phenomenon where men tend to drop out of the STEM field more than women

What is the “leaky pipeline”?

• A hypothesis where more gender-equal countries have larger gender gaps in the STEM field

• A phenomenon where men tend to drop out of the STEM field more than women

• A hypothesis where less gender-equal countries have larger gender gaps in the STEM field

• A phenomenon where women tend to drop out of the STEM field more than men

Which area of STEM have women made significant gains in from 1970 to 2019?

• Computer science

• Math

• Social Sciences

• Life and physical sciences

What is a solution to the barrier girls face when building a math identity?

• Grade boys more harshly than girls

• Avoid using self-deprecating language as a female teacher

• Assign books with only pictures of male scientists

• Bring in a male neurobiologist to speak about the STEM field

How would you create a test that fairly assesses the abilities of everyone in the room?

• Include multiple-choice questions only

• Include free-response questions only

• Include both multiple-choice and free response questions

Our brains are wired to find ________________ in our social environment to make them easier to navigate. (Pick the best answer that fits)

• Stereotypes

• Differences

• Danger

• Similarities

Males generally have a smaller hippocampus than females

• TRUE

• FALSE

Females generally have larger amygdalas than males

• TRUE

• FALSE

In terms of brain interaction, women tend to have more activity involving _________ and men tend to have more activity involving ____________

• Both hemispheres; one hemisphere

• One hemisphere; both hemisphere

• Both hemispheres; both hemispheres

• One hemisphere; one hemisphere