Factors which correlate with the Achievement Gap: Gender
Articles and Research Papers |
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Closing the Gap for Girls in Math-Related Careers by Jo Sanders and Karen Peterson, Fall 1999 - linked from the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
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 "Women and girls have made profound progress
in mathematics during the 1990s. What was once an alarming
gender gap in mathematics achievement and participation has
been reduced to a few percentage points..." |
| Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women from the National Center for Education Statistics (2000). | "Girls are generally doing as well as or better than boys in school, though they still trail boys in math and science, a federal report released last week shows." |
| Review of Gender Issues in the Teaching of English, ed. Nancy Mellin McCracken and Bruce C. Appleby (Portsmouth, NH: Boynton, 1992, 218 pages). | A good review of a book for secondary English teachers. |
| Teaching ESL/EFL Students to Recognize Gender Bias in Children's Literature, from The Internet TESL Journal | Review paper. "The purpose of the paper is to provide a review of children's literature in view of gender stereotypes, which will help teachers better understand the issue and problem of stereotyped female roles in their teaching sources." |
