Researchers report that children express the stereotype that mathematics is for boys, not for girls, as early as second grade, before gender differences in math achievement emerge. Children express ...

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, women in high-level math courses face a phenomenon called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat occurs when a ...

Can asking women to simply bubble in their gender before a test hurt their performance on math tests? Conversely, does mentioning that a math test is gender-neutral boost women’s achievement? More ...

My daughter, Kestrel, gets her STEM on at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science When we hike, my 5-year-old daughter wants to play math quiz. I ask her things like, “If there are eight legs in a ...

A little less obvious are messages that detail what girls can and cannot do. A worrisome new study shows that second grade girls and boys have already absorbed stereotypes about math and reading -- ...

Whether it’s the — mostly male — television personalities that present science to the masses (Bill Nye the Science Guy, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson… ), or the — again, mostly male — heroes of hit ...

Women tend to perform poorly on math tests if you suggest to them before asking the questions that they might. That’s the fascinating conclusion of several studies mentioned in the Washington Post ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance. The research by psychologists Amy Kiefer of the University of ...

In the previous two posts, I talked about two factors that lead girls to drop math: their belief that math is a talent not a skill, and their desire to pursue careers that have lots of social ...

Children express the stereotype that mathematics is for boys, not for girls, as early as second grade, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers. And the children applied the ...

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, women in high-level math courses face a phenomenon called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat occurs when a ...