Gender differences in mathematics : an integrative psychological approach

Gender differences in mathematics : an integrative psychological approach / edited by Ann M. Gallagher, James C. Kaufman.

"Females consistently score lower than males on standardized tests of mathematics, yet no such differences exist in the classroom. These differences are not trivial, nor are they insignificant. Test scores help determine entrance to college and graduate school and, therefore, by extension, a pe...

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Other Authors: Gallagher, Ann M., Kaufman, James C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Mathematical ability > Sex differences.
Mathematics > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects.
Sex differences in education.
Mathematics.
Gender identity.
Sex factors in disease.
sex role.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Sex factors in disease
Mathematics
Gender identity
Mathematical ability > Sex differences
Mathematics > Study and teaching > Psychological aspects
Sex differences in education
Geschlechtsunterschied
Mathematische Begabung
Wiskunde.
Vaardigheden.
Leerlingen.
Sekseverschillen.
Aptitude numérique.
Différence selon le sexe.
Aspect psychologique.
Apprentissage des mathématiques.
Éducation.
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:
  • Research on the women and mathematics issue : a personal case history / Susan F. Chipman
  • The perseverative search for sex differences in mathematics ability / Jeremy B. Caplan, Paula J. Caplan
  • A psychobiosocial model : why females are sometimes greater than and sometimes less than males in math achievement / Diane F. Halpern, Jonathan Wai, Amanda Saw
  • Gender differences in math : cognitive processes in an expanded framework / James P. Byrnes
  • Cognitive contributions in sex differences in math performance / James M. Royer, Laura M. Garofoli
  • Spatial ability as a mediator of gender differences on mathematics tests : a biological-environmental framework / Ronald L. Nuttal, M. Beth Casey, Elizabeth Pezaris
  • Examining gender-related differential item functioning using insights from psychometric and multicontext theory / Allan S. Cohen, Robert A. Ibarra
  • The gender-gap artifact : women's underperformance in quantitative domains through the lens of stereotype threat / Paul G. Davies, Steven J. Spencer
  • Math is hard!" (Barbie, 1994) : responses of threat vs. challenge-mediated arousal to stereotypes alleging intellectual inferiority / Talia Ben-Zeev [and others]
  • The role of ethnicity on the gender gap in mathematics / Alyssa M. Walters, Lisa M. Brown
  • The gender gap in mathematics : merely a step function? / Sophia Catsambis
  • I can, but I don't want to" : the impact of parents, interests, and activities on gender difference in math / Janis E. Jacobs [and others]
  • Gender effects on mathematics achievement : mediating role of state and trait self-regulation / Eunsook Hong, Harold F. O'Neill, David Feldon
  • Gender differences in mathematics self-efficacy beliefs / Frank Pajares
  • Gender difference in mathematics : what we know and what we need to know / Ann M. Gallagher and James C. Kaufman.

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