Small changes produce dramatic results for women in engineering

Grades are 10 per cent higher for female engineering students who attend a brief session about transitioning to engineering, Waterloo study finds.

The research team included Mark Zanna and Steven Spencer, both professors in Waterloo’s Department of Psychology and Jennifer Peach, a graduate student. The lead author is Gregory Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University who spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo.

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