Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
MinnPost

Math-score differences arise from cultural factors, not innate biological differences, study suggests

A study concluded that math performance for boys and girls improves when there is greater gender equality. It was an odd place to find it, but while reading the New York Times chess column last ...
Forbes

Gender Differences In Math Ability Just Don’t Add Up

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. In 1992, a time which for many of us seems not that long ago, ...
American Enterprise Institute

SAT Math Scores Reveal HUGE Gender Differences

On a previous post, I documented the statistically significant male-female test score gap for the 2008 SAT math exam, and the graph above shows that this statistically significant difference of more ...
Purdue University

An unbalanced equation: Purdue HDFS graduate student uncovers math education differences across genders

Numbers, blocks, puzzles, rulers. Math is all around us every day. However, recent research by Suzanne Varnell, a graduate student in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family ...
American Enterprise Institute

Huge Gender Differences Persist on SAT Math Test

The College Board recently released detailed data on percentile ranks by gender for the 2011 SAT tests, and data for the 2011 SAT math test are presented in the table and chart above. 1. For all math ...