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A timely trend in Draw-A-Scientist studies shows children in the US are now depicting more female scientists than ever before. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

If you asked your child to "Draw a scientist," what would they draw? The answer could provide insight into the state of women in STEM.

Imagine asking a classroom full of elementary school students to draw a scientist. Now try to guess how many of them would sketch a female or male scientist. In the decade that spanned 1966 to 1977, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When asked to draw a scientist, children ...

In a landmark 1983 study, David Wade Chambers collected answers to an open-ended directive that researchers had posed to nearly 5,000 students between 1966 and 1977: Draw a scientist. Chambers, who ...

When drawing scientists, US children now depict female scientists more often than ever, according to new research, which analyzed five decades of 'Draw-A-Scientist' studies conducted since the 1960s.

The researchers' interest began with a landmark study from 1966-1977 that found less than one per cent or 28 of 4,807 children drew a female scientist. But in later studies from 1985-2016, 28 per cent ...