Technical Assistance
Working with Girls

Ways to Keep Girls Interested:

• Give them a stipend



• Make the questionnaires girl-friendly by creating decorated borders



• Provide them with special research kits



• Have energizing meetings

Ways to Use Data Collection as Part of Programming:

• Organize answering research questions (or journals) so that they correspond to themes used during program activities



• Use instruments to evaluate programs



• Use instruments to help participants in proposals



• Incorporate critical thinking activities from data collection process



• Use data collection experiences to encourage taking political action or develop critical analysis



• Encourage and teach young women to code and analyze data

Ways to Enhance Cross-Institutional Alliances:

• Recruit student interns to collect data



• Recruit graduate students to assume a role in the research process



• Invite young women from other programs/organizations to participate in research projects



• Train young women from other programs/organizations on data collection

Provided by:
Dana Davis
Social Science Division
Purchase College
State University of New York
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400
Phone: 914-251-6624