Give positive (specific) feedback

• Educational research has shown that teacher's positive (and specific) feedback is very important for girls (more important than for boys).
• Try to create a supportive environment that allows to ask a lot of questions (You might want to say that they are no stupid questions).
• Explicitly welcome students to ask questions.

[1] Paechter, M., Luttenberger, S., Ertl, B. (2020). Distributing Feedback Wisely to Empower Girls in STEM

[2] Skipper, Y.  & Leman, P.J.  (2017). The role of feedback in young people’s academic choices

[3] She, H. C. (2000). The interplay of a biology teacher's beliefs, teaching practices and gender-based student-teacher classroom interaction