Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Another possible confounding factor in why SOME fields in STEM seem to lose adolescent girls is that biology drives a more social learning style for girls.

So team activities, and those with "partners" or mentors tend to be more successful at retention. There are those in Computer Science who are exploring these gender based differences with an eye toward making coding an activity that girls and young women find fulfilling enough to want to pursue.
Google has recently created a Girls Who Code site promoting a Summer Immersion Program for 10th-11th grade girls http://girlswhocode.com/programs/ and an accompanying site Made with Code https://www.madewithcode.com .