Whitelegg, Elizabeth, Holliman, Richard, Carr, Jennifer, Scanlon, Eileen, Hodgson, Barbara
How do the images that children see on TV influence their interest in science, technology, engineering or mathematics? This report provides details of the (In)visible Witnesses research project, led...
Whitelegg, Elizabeth, Holliman, Richard, Carr, Jennifer, Scanlon, Eileen, Hodgson, Barbara
This briefing is based on the (In)visible Witnesses study by a team of researchers led by Liz Whitelegg and Richard Holliman at the Open University. This project is one of five commissioned by the...
Whitelegg, Liz, Holliman, Richard, Allgaier, Joachim, Hodgson, Barbara, Scanlon, Eileen
It is widely believed that sex-role stereotypes of scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians (STEM) have the potential to influence viewers’ perceptions of these subjects, and...
Whitelegg, Liz, Holliman, Richard, Allgaier, Joachim, Hodgson, Barbara, Scanlon, Eileen
It is widely believed that sex-role stereotypes of scientists, engineers, technologists and mathematicians (STEM) have the potential to influence viewers’ perceptions of these subjects, and...
Learners’ strategies with multiple representations (2006)
San Diego, Jonathan P., Aczel, James, Hodgson, Barbara, Scanlon, Eileen
This empirical study investigated how varied instantiations of mathematical representations influenced learners’ strategies. The analysis took into account gazes, utterances, actions and writings...
San Diego, Jonathan, Aczel, James, Hodgson, Barbara, Scanlon, Eileen
When learners are asked to verbalise their thoughts about multiple mathematical representations, some researchers are left to analyse utterances based on video records of activity which may have...
Women in higher education: issues and challenges for part time scientists (2005)
Donovan, Claire, Hodgson, Barbara, Scanlon, Eileen, Whitelegg, Elizabeth
This paper reports on the experience of some women who work part-time as Associate Lecturers (ALs) in Science or Technology at the UK Open University (OU), a unique higher education institution....
San Diego, Jonathan, Aczel, James, Hodgson, Barbara
This study investigates changes in conjectures of four typical students when they are using different kinds of technologies, particularly in relation to their preferences for representations and the...
San Diego, Jonathan, Aczel, James, Hodgson, Barbara
Numerous studies have suggested that different technologies have different effects on students’ learning of mathematics, particularly in facilitating students’ graphing skills and preferences for...
Young Women's Perceptions and Experiences of Becoming a Research Physicist (2002)
Whitelegg, Elizabeth, Hodgson, Barbara, Scanlon, Eileen, Donovan, Claire
The research presented here focuses on young women’s (under 30 years of age) views of their future careers in physics research and the barriers and constraints they have already experienced and...
Li, Nai, Kirkup, Gill, Hodgson, Barbara
This article is an analysis and discussion of early returns of a large-scale study. It reports on women students' attitudes toward the Internet and usage in educational contexts from a cross-cultural...